Eagle Point SD 9 staff outline instructional coaching model focused on professional development and academic monitoring

An unidentified staff member presented an update on the Eagle Point School District 9 instructional coaching model at the board's March 20, 2024 work session, telling trustees the district has framed coaches' duties around two core responsibilities.

"The first part on your packet explains our instructional coaching model, outlining that there's two main areas of responsibility," the staff member said, noting the areas as "one, our partnering and professional development, and number two, academic monitoring." The presenter delivered a written packet to trustees and walked through the model and early data the district has begun to collect.

The packet, the presenter said, pulls together the district's expectations for instructional coaches and progress on each item identified as part of coaches' and administrators' responsibilities. The presenter emphasized that tasks assigned to instructional coaches should fall under one of the two stated areas of responsibility; if a task does not fall under those areas, it should not be part of a coach's duties.

The presenter also said several of the district's instructional coaches and some administrators were present for the update to the board. The presentation covered the model's intended roles for coaches and principals and described preliminary measures the staff is using to evaluate the model during the current school year.

No formal vote or board action on the coaching model was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; the session proceeded through the update and into subsequent agenda items.