Course 3: The Rollins Coaching Process
This third course provides prospective Cox Campus Instructional Coaches with a step-by-step guide on how to implement the Coaching Impact Cycle: Identify, Learn, and Improve, to support teachers in developing skills that promote children’s development in language and literacy.
- Cost
- 100% Free
- Time to complete
- 3.5 Hours
- Provides a
- Certificate of Training
Recommended for
- B-5 Coaches or Prospective Coaches
By the End of This Course You’ll Be Able To
- Coaches will become acquainted with the Rollins B-5 Impact Cycle and the Cox Campus’ unique approach to the coaching process. Coaches will also understand how to complete an ecosystem construction measure, identify ecosystem priority areas, and set goals using the joint action plan.
- Coaches will attain the knowledge and skills necessary for guiding a teacher effectively through the identify phase of the impact cycle.
- Coaches will attain the knowledge and skills necessary for guiding teacher effectively through the explain phase of the impact cycle.
- Coaches will attain the knowledge and skills necessary for guiding a teacher effectively through the modeling and guided practice phase of the impact cycle.
- Coaches will attain the knowledge and skills necessary for guiding a teacher effectively through the observe and improve phases of the impact cycle.
Why It Matters
- Instructional coaching is the ultimate form of professional development in improving teacher practices and ultimately child outcomes.
How it Works
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Learn at Your Own Pace
You don’t have to finish the course all in one sitting. In fact, we recommend you take this course a little bit at a time, incorporating what you’ve learned in the classroom.
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Earn IACET CEUs
In order to pass and receive IACET CEUs for this course, you will first need to complete all the lessons, then complete the end of course assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
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Free Guided Resources
As you go through a course, we’ll introduce you to free resources that will help you implement what you’re learning.
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Never Learn Alone
Have a question on what you’re learning in the course or how to use a resource? Reach out to the Cox Campus community for advice or to lend a helping hand to others.
Lessons
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Lesson 1
The First Glimpse - Welcome to the Coaching Process
Duration 30 minutesAn introduction to the impact cycle and the Rollins Center's unique approach to the coaching process. The second half of the lesson explains how an ecosystem construction measure is used to identify priority areas and set site-level goals, objectives, and action steps. -
Lesson 2
Beginning the Cycle - The Initial Conversation & Identify Phases
Duration 29 minutesBeginning the journey through the Rollins B-5 Impact Cycle, the lesson opens with a recap of the initial conversation from the previous course and then flows into the identify phase. -
Lesson 3
The Impact Cycle Continued - The Explain Phase
Duration 19 minutesThe explain phase of the impact cycle is used for clarifying and expanding upon the knowledge gained from taking Cox Campus courses. This lesson explores how the coach can best assist the teacher in understanding a new teaching strategy. -
Lesson 4
The Impact Cycle Continued - Modeling & Guided Practice
Duration 35 minutesModeling and guided practice are exercises used to provide practice opportunities for a teacher learning to implement a new strategy in their classroom. This lesson details how each of these options are carried out in the pursuit of improved child outcomes. -
Lesson 5
Completing the Cycle - The Observe and Improve Phase
Duration 30 minutesThis lesson covers the final two phases of the impact cycle. Beginning with the observe phase, the teacher implements what they have learned as the coach monitors. The improve phase consists of a debriefing meeting to discuss what the coach observed and where improvements may be needed. -
Lesson 6
Practice Makes Perfect - Interactive Learning Assessments
Duration 47 minutesA capstone examination of the learner's understanding of the course as a whole. Each lesson is re-visited through practice and assessment steps to determine learner comprehension of key course elements. The lesson also features a panel discussion on the common challenges that coaches face during the process. -
Lesson 7
End of Course Assessment
Duration 25 minutesIn this lesson, you will take the end-of-course assessment. You must score 80% or higher to pass the assessment and receive your certificate of completion.
Your Facilitator
Crystal Grimes
Birth To Five Facilitator
Crystal is a Birth to 5 Family Engagement Facilitator at Rollins. She provides coaching on Cox Campus practices.
Success Stories
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"The Cox Campus will give you practical tools to dramatically benefit the children in your classrooms, giving them the power to be successful in elementary school and well beyond."MeganTeacher
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"I love the Cox Campus courses because I am able to log on at my convenience and learn a little more information to help me be a better teacher/caregiver and even a better parent."StaceyInfant/Toddler Teacher
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"I have experienced more meaningful conversations with my students and have seen them flourish in literacy due to the incorporation of strategies I’ve learned."KatiePre-K Teacher
FAQs
The Cox Campus is the digital outreach platform for the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy. Our team is composed of experienced teachers, early learning and language experts, neuroscientists, school leaders, speech language pathologists and authorities in adult learning and curriculum design to give all children access to the Science of Reading to change the odds for all children.
When you sign up for the Cox Campus, you'll get access to interactive, video-based courses, hundreds of free printable resources, virtual workshops and webinars from early childhood development experts, and a community of child-pacing professionals and families.
The Cox Campus is for all child-facing adults to work to improve child outcomes and positively impact learning. We have courses and content designed for educators, school district leaders, medical professionals, childcare providers, families, and more.
Everything on the Cox Campus is available at no cost – ever. Thanks to generous partner investments and grant funding, the Cox Campus creates online courses and resources for child-facing adults so literacy is a reality for every child.
All the resources and courses on Cox Campus are created based on the latest research and science in early childhood development. Childhood development experts at the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School create all of the content based on strategies they implement in real classrooms.
New courses, resources, and teaching guides are released frequently. All of the content on Cox Campus is designed to help teachers, families, and community leaders with challenges they may be facing right now.
The Rollins Center, of the Atlanta Speech School, in some cases, may allow an instructor, facilitator, content editor or a subject matter expert or consultant with proprietary interests to conduct professional development activities at Rollins events, provided that appropriate disclosure of such interest is made. Disclosure of proprietary interest will be made on course material and at the beginning of the course/learning event, when applicable.
