3 Steps to Conduct a Needs Assessment: Making a tiered plan for school-wide support (with Chrissy Beltran)

Before instructional coaches jump into planning support for our schools, it's important to figure out what kinds of support we need and how we can differentiate that for our school, teams, and individual teachers. In this episode, you'll learn from Chrissy Beltran a three step process to make a tiered plan for school-wide support. We'll talk about how to gather teacher and administration input and combine this with your own experience in classrooms to identify needs at different levels. Chrissy Beltran is a resource creator and consultant for instructional coaches and elementary teachers in the area of literacy. With 20 years of educational experience, Chrissy has worked with students and teachers in grades preK-8, teaching coaches how to design their coaching programs, build an intentional school-wide action plan, and implement strategies from their coaching strategy toolboxes. Plus she’s got a special spot in her heart for literacy coaches! Her podcast, Instructional Coaching with Ms. B, is a weekly installment of practical coaching talk, strategies, and ideas for helping instructional coaches grow their schools! Connect with Casey on⁠ Facebook⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠,⁠ LinkedIn⁠, or⁠ YouTube⁠! Want to shrink learning gaps, increase teacher capacity, and make your school the place people WANT to be? Are you frustrated or tired of PLCs lacking focus, depth, and being “all over the place”? A Clarity Cycle is exactly what you need and I want to share it with you! Learn more ⁠here⁠!   Increase buy-in and get everyone on the same page and NEVER have to wonder about a focus for PLCs again!