Pyramid Model Coaches

This resource page provides tools, materials, and resources for Pyramid Model coaches to use in their work.

The Coach/Teacher Relationship

• The Coaching Relationship
  The coaching relationship is unique! It is the mechanism for delivering support to a teacher for the implementation of Pyramid Model practices.  This handout provides a review on what coaching is and what coaching is not.
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• Sample Teacher-Coach Agreement
  Sample Teacher-Coach Agreement (Editable)
  This sample agreement provides a context for having a discussion about the coaching relationship.
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• Coaching Teachers: Activities and Supports
  This checklist provides activities that are involved in coaching classroom teachers.
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• Coaching Strategies
  What are the strategies that can be used during your observations and debriefing sessions? This handout provides a list and operational definitions.
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• Sample Email of Coach Feedback
  Email feedback is a nice way to remind a teacher about implementation goals, provide feedback on your observation, and summarize next steps.This sample provides you with some ideas for elements to include when providing constructive email feedback.
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Tools

• Inventory of Practices for Promoting Children’s Social Emotional Competence
  The CSEFEL inventory of practices can be used as a self-assessment prior to action planning with a teacher.
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• Using the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT)
  Many coaches use the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool to provide data on Pyramid Model practices implementation within classrooms for 2-5 year olds.  This form provides some guidance on how the TPOT is used for data-driven coaching.
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• Coaching Log
  Coaching Log (Editable)
  Do you want to track your coaching contacts?  This log allows you to track who received coaching and the coaching strategies that were used.
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Goal Planning

• Teacher Goal Planning Form
  Teacher Goal Planning Form (Editable)
  The teacher goal planning form can be used prior to action planning to help a teacher prepare his/her thoughts after Pyramid Model training.
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Action Planning

Are you coaching teachers to implement behavior support plans? You will probably want to start with an action plan.

• Action Plan Template A
  Action Plan Template A (Editable)
  This sheet provides a template to use with a teacher for action planning.
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• Action Plan Template B
  Action Plan Template B (Editable)
  This sheet provides a template to use with a teacher for action planning.
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Behavior Support Plan Implementation

Use the forms below in your coaching for behavior support plan implementation.

• Individualized Positive Behavior Support (IPBS) Fidelity Checklist
  Individualized Positive Behavior Support (IPBS) Fidelity Checklist (Editable)
  This is a checklist that will help you with the implementation of the behavior support plan development process.
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• Individualized Behavior Support Plan Action Planning Form
  Individualized Behavior Support Plan Action Planning Form (Editable)
  This action planning form can be used by a behavior support team to identify the steps needed to get materials and people ready for plan implementation. Items that are often listed include: making visuals; coaching the teacher within a routine; coaching the family within a routine; getting materials; developing the child’s communication system; creating charts; creating monitoring and data tools; and developing mini-plans for specific environments/activities.
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• Sample Implementation Checklist
  Blank Implementation Checklist
  Blank Implementation Checklist (Editable)
  You might also want to develop a way to help the teacher with implementation fidelity. Check out this approach to using a data-based system for tracking implementation fidelity. The process involves identifying all the plan steps and then taking data on implementation.
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• Sample Implementation Checklist Outcomes
  Blank Implementation Checklist Outcomes Worksheet
  The excel spreadsheet shows the teachers' progress with implementation.
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