Peer Coaching Action Research Paper - Houston Baptist University

The Peer Coaching Process 15learners. Maximum student achievement is related to maximum engagement and meaningfullearning in the classroom. In order to make learning meaningful, then, it is necessary forteachers to understand where their students are coming from and how to help and to equiplearners to go from there. The same concept applies to the peer coaching process: it is necessaryfor peer coaches to understand where their coachees are coming from and how to help and toequip them to effectively integrate technology in the curriculum and classroom.In order to facilitate a technology-integrated learning environment, it is imperative toprovide time to teach colleagues about what tools are available, how to use them, and how toadvance their own knowledge of the effective integration of technology in their curriculum.Encouragement and motivation for peer coachees should be consistently provided by both thepeer coach as well as school administration. According to Showers & Joyce (1996), it is of greatimportance for the school to adopt a community-wide, collaborative culture of coaching in orderto achieve greater professional development within the organization.