Course Outline
7. Coaching With LENA Grow Reports (12 min)
Now that you have a better understanding of overall coaching session steps, let’s focus on a key part of the LENA Grow program — report interpretation and discussion! Reports help begin strengths-based conversations about what teachers' real-life classroom days are like, along with the experiences and behaviors of individual children.
LENA Grow uses the Room Report and the Child Report to help teachers develop a deeper understanding of classroom equity, gain insights into talk behavior, and set goals for future LENA Days.
The Room Report provides an overview of a LENA Day, helping teachers gain insight into the daily and hourly language environment of their classrooms. These are the primary reports used during the LENA Grow 1 Essentials sequence. Watch the video to learn more about LENA Grow’s Room Report.
The Child Report provides a detailed view of a specific child’s language experience. Use these reports to focus on a particular child’s hour-to-hour experience throughout the day. Although the Child Report can be used at any time throughout the program, we formally introduce it during the second sequence, LENA Grow 2 Insights. Watch the video to learn more!
What does a report conversation look like? Watch the video below to see how a coach uses the Coach Guide to structure a strengths-based conversation around reports. How does the coach:
- Actively listen?
- Identify and explore teacher strengths?
- Develop actionable goals?
- Create space for self-discovery?
If you want to follow along using your own materials, open your Coach Guide to Essentials Week 4 and download this sample report.
Remember, we are viewing the coaching session right after the coach and teacher discuss their LENA Day experience.
Visit the LENA Library to learn even more about LENA Reports!
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