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Caswell County launches AI pilot and expands coaching for beginning teachers
Summary
Caswell County Schools administrators heard a midyear report from the North Carolina New Teacher Support Project about coaching activity, classroom-management focus areas and a new AI coaching pilot using the Sydney platform; the program will be opt-in for teachers.
Sydney Ramos, a coach with the North Carolina New Teacher Support Project, told the Caswell County Schools Board of Education that she has provided 147 coaching visits, totaling about 94 hours, to 14 beginning teachers in the district through the midyear point.
Ramos said her work has emphasized classroom environment and routines, planning for varied student learning needs and lesson planning. “The primary area that we’ve been looking at this year is the learning environment,” she said, noting classroom procedures, routines and management as recurring themes. She said her coaching is confidential and non-evaluative, which teachers told her makes them more willing to discuss challenges openly.
The presentation included results from midyear surveys Ramos administered; she said response rates…
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