The School Instructional Coach, Mrs. Katrina Barr, at New Berlin Elementary, has responsibilities that include staff development on the implementation of standards based instruction. Instruction is delivered using the 60 minute workshop model. The teaching is broken down into three areas: mini-lesson, student work time, and closure. During the 10-15 minute mini-lesson, the teacher introduces the standard element (what the students are expected to accomplish) and strategy for the students to accomplish using charting, authentic literature, and class discussions. The students have 35-45 minutes of independent work time. In this session, the students apply the strategy either independently or as a group. While the students are working, the teacher holds student conferences, makes observations, or works with a small group of students. Once the independent time is completed, the students gather back together for the lesson’s closure (5-10 minutes). Here, students share a piece of work where they applied the strategy and the teacher reviews the expectations from the lesson.