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Coaching without a context bars schools and districts from experiencing their full potential for instructional improvement. Successful coaching initiatives clearly articulate the roles and expectations of coaching, the expertise coaches need, how coaching relates to the overall shared vision of a school or district, and the fact that professional inquiry is valued and generative across all job levels....

"My last post was also about instructional coaching and I started it off by stating that in order for instructional coaching to work, the conditions must be right. A reader asked, in the comments, what exactly are those conditions and how do you know if they're right?"

"Just as teachers need data to most effectively support students, instructional coaches need data to support their teachers. We recently spoke with Paola Valdivia, Manager of Teacher Leadership Development (MTLD) in Teach For America's Southern Louisiana region, about how she uses data to support first- and second-year teachers, called corps members. Regardless of the grade-level, experience-level, or content-area of the teachers you support, or the school in which they teach, we think these strategies for data-driven instructional coaching will help."

Instructionalcoach.org is pleased to present an online weblog written by Dr. Jim Knight specifically about Instructional Coaching. In this weblog, Dr. Knight will offer his insight into Instructional Coaching and education - a useful tool for all teachers. Be sure to bookmark the page as he will be updating frequently!

Instructional coaches can help alleviate some of the burden of change. Instructional coaches are on-site professional developers who teach educators how to use proven teaching methods.

A treasure trove of downloadables to assist the instructional coach!  Grab these. Now.

Thoughts and a few great printables for hiring instructional coaches

Cache of links to some yummy instructional coaching resources.

HOLY INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING RESOURCES, BATMAN!  So many simple, effective download-edit-and-use right away ideas on this wiki.  I could have used this 5 years ago!  

"This collection of tools are designed to assist in the development and understanding of coaches, teachers, and administrators. We hope you will find them helpful."

"Becoming accustomed as a coach to not having your own classroom or your own students was probably challenging. I am sure, however, you quickly engaged in conversations with your colleagues about offering to demonstrate or co-teach some lessons to those teachers willing to share their students with you. Although alien at first, I'll bet it was very rewarding to work with students again and feel that great "high" that a teacher feels when the lesson worked well. "

"These questions have helped me become more reflective with my actions, have allowed me to focus on the teacher I will be coaching, and assist in planning the differentiated, classroom-embedded, technology staff development of which I am an avid proponent."

This soccer coaching game is a good one to use with young players when you would like to stop the parents interfering from the sidelines during a match. It uses role reversal ideas to show pushy parents how shouting instructions to their children can be distracting and unhelpful. Kids love it!

Great blog about instructional coaches. I love the post about coaches being like plate spinners at the circus.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for math instruction.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for science instruction.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for English instruction.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for social studies instruction.