This month I have a special treat for you! Anna Martin, an instructional coach in the Oakland Unified School District, will be my guest blogger. In my last post, I shared an End of Year Report that she wrote about her work with a new teacher. Check it out if you didn't see it--it provides a close and detailed account of transformational coaching. I asked her to write about the experience of creating these End of Year (EOY) reports, and so here are her thoughts.
What I Learned from Writing End of Year Reports
By Anna Martin
Elena asked me to write about the process and experience of writing end of year reports, so I agreed (she's my boss, by the way). What I offer is a brief 6-point guide to both my process and how EOYs helped me as a coach.
During the past year, I found it helpful to take the time to pause, write, and reflect on a session--time I often didn't have. Writing end of year reports gave me a heightened level of clarity beyond any single reflection and the process itself taught me a great deal--about my clients, about my coaching, and about myself.
