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The MQI coaching cycle is designed for teachers who have participated in an MQI workshop and want to apply the MQI rubric to their own classroom instruction. The 5 follow-up cycles focus on a combination of self and peer reflection of participants classroom practice. Research on the MQI coaching cycle (download PDF) indicates significant improve in classroom instruction and teacher retention.
- Instructor: Rhonda Birnie
- For teachers who would like individual coaching and want to apply the MQI rubric to their own classroom instruction
- During the 2021-22 school year with online video conferencing
What does coaching with the MQI look like?
- When the teacher and coach meet (either virtually or in person), they use the MQI framework as a guide for the teacher’s reflection. For each of the video clips (stock video or teacher’s own), the teacher and coach use the MQI to guide their discussion through several phases:
- Teacher and coach use the MQI code(s) to describe, without judgment, what happened in the clip, focusing on one or two MQI codes.
- They elevate the instruction in the video clip, describing what this moment would have looked like if it were incrementally improved on the MQI code(s) of focus.
- Teacher identifies next steps that might lead to such elevated instruction.
- At the end of the conversation, the teacher decides on an action plan, goal(s), and MQI code(s) of focus for the next coaching cycle.
*** The process begins using stock clips and most teachers do not add in their own clip until the 2nd or 3rd cycle.