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This is an excellent web page with resources for coaches from worksheets that can be used to define roles to agendas and ideas for coaching. This particular section addresses the need to define roles and expectations at the outset with the principal and the staff. She also focuses on the importance of preparation for developing a strong partnership.

This article details a study of how long term instructional and cognitive coaching may evolve over time as well as the need for coaching methods to be differentiated based on the needs and expertise of the person being coached. Additionally, this study identifies and explores specific methods utilized by coaches to scaffold the coachee's learning and cultivate greater autonomy.

This document discusses inquiry-based and cognitive coaching as methods that improve teaching practice by focusing on the underlying beliefs the teacher has that are impacting their instruction. By asking questions, the coach uncovers these beliefs with the teacher and then determines how a different perspective could cause the instruction to change.