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= GIPPSLAND TEACHING AND LEARNING COACH INITIATIVE 2010 - 2012 =

= Who is in our team? = = Where do Teaching & Learning Coaches "fit" in the regional organisation ? =

 **Coaching Principles**:  - Recognizing equality- coaches, leaders and teachers are equal partners - Respecting choice- schools and teachers should have a choice about what and how they learn - Encouraging voice- coaching as a form of professional learning should empower and respect the voice of teachers. - Engaging in dialogue- Professional learning through coaching should encourage dialogue - Encouraging reflection- reflection is an integral part of Professional learning - Enacting praxis- teachers and leaders should apply their learning to their real life practices as they are learned- learn-reflect- act - Experience reciprocity- coaches should expect to get as much as they give, coaches are continually learning from their collaborations with coached teachers
 * // Ref: Instructional coaching: A partnership approach to improving instruction, by Jim Knight2007 California USA //**