David Pittman
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David Pittman has been in education for 10 years, mainly as a fourth-grade teacher and curriculum writer. He is currently an instructional coach for an elementary school in the suburbs of Chicago.
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Pick a Poem
David Pittman delights in a student’s enthusiasm for poetry, leading him to reflect on how teachers often need to overcome their own negative history with poems to spark student love of the genre.
The Lion Unit
Uh-oh. A teacher pulls out her tried-and-true lesson plans for a unit on lions, and David Pittman wonders what his role will be as her literacy coach.
Clearing the Plate: Helping Teachers Feel Free, Not Full
David Pittman is stunned when a teacher he is coaching begs off from more work together. The experience helps him reassess how he collaborates with overwhelmed colleagues.
The Third Rail: Coaching and Instructional Assessment
David Pittman finishes a coaching cycle with a teacher and realizes his hesitancy to evaluate the teacher during his classroom visits hinders any celebration of the teacher's growth during their time together.
Outreach by Reaching Out
David Pittman begins a morning resenting bus duty, and ends with insights into how literacy coaches can use chance encounters to build connections with families.
Know Their Story
David Pittman finds that a teacher is dismissed as a veteran, which can be code for good luck getting that one to change. What he discovers is someone with a rich life and history beyond the classroom that is worth tapping into.
You’ve Done It. What Happens Next?
David Pittman shares the unspoken questions new literacy coaches will ask themselves or will face from teachers in their new role.
Student Centered and Teacher Driven: Coaching and Instructional Assessment
David Pittman tackles the "third rail" of literacy coaching: assessing instructional quality.
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