Instructional Coaching

Learn about how teachers can effectively support other teachers in professional development, sharing best practices, and improving instruction.

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  • 6 Schoolwide Strategies to Improve Reading Skills

    Helping students build their identities as readers and explicitly teaching the mechanics of reading can yield big gains across grade levels.
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  • How Instructional Coaches Can Use Co-Teaching to Support Teachers

    A matrix based on a teacher’s belief in themselves and their belief in students can facilitate effective instructional coaching.
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  • How to Plan Effective Professional Development for Instructional Coaches

    Instructional coaches need thoughtfully crafted and fruitful training opportunities that meet the specific needs of their work.
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  • Building a Positive Staff Culture Takes Work

    If schools want a strong collegial atmosphere, they need to foster it intentionally—both across the school and on smaller scales.
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  • Using Video for Professional Development

    When teachers film themselves in the classroom, it helps them reflect on and improve their teaching practice.
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  • Improving Your Teaching With an AI Coach

    New tools are leveraging artificial intelligence to help teachers glean insights into how they interact with students.
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  • Rethinking the Role of the Instructional Coach

    When instructional coaches also teach in the classroom, they can build mutual trust and respect with teachers.
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  • A Strategy for Boosting Student Engagement in Math

    A four-step approach to group work can get students talking and boost their mathematical and metacognitive thinking.
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  • 9 Questions You’ll Be Asked at an Instructional Coach Interview

    Making the transition to a new role can be stressful, but you can prepare for the interview to demonstrate that you’re the best candidate for the job.
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  • Embracing Patience in Education

    For school administrators, it’s tempting to rush into new initiatives, but setting a slower pace offers many benefits.
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  • How Instructional Specialists Can Build Meaningful Relationships Across Schools

    These strategies can help educational specialists become allies and form supportive relationships with teachers, even across multiple campuses
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  • The Case for Instructional Coaching Throughout a Teacher’s Career

    Staff and students alike benefit when teachers are given the opportunity to collaborate, problem solve, and improve their craft through coaching across their careers. 
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  • How to Get a Teaching Job in 2021

    We surveyed administrators, instructional coaches, and career counselors around the country for their insights on applying for teaching jobs this year.
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  • Creating Your Own Professional Learning Practice

    An instructional coach looks at several ways teachers can take ownership of their professional development.
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  • Adapting an Effective Math Collaboration Activity for Distance Learning

    An instructional coach and math teacher who developed a powerful model for student collaboration have tweaked it for the pandemic.
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