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Instructional coaching works, or rather, it can work when conditions are right. Perhaps because some principals and district leaders have seen the impact that an effective coach can have, a handful of coaching positions still exist in this era of extreme budget cuts.

No! You don't have a new class pet, but you do have a few new resources! As we have been preparing to implement instruction of the new ELA Kentucky Core Academic Standards, we have noticed some gaps between what we previously taught and what will now be taught.

Recently I spent a day with a district wide group of instructional coaches working on the school improvement plans for their buildings. We used a backwards plan beginning with the identification of specific student growth that they wanted as a goal. Then they identified what student actions/work would be needed to produce that learning.

From the Big Fresh - Choice Literacy: What a marvelous gift for leaders in any field!

FlipSnack is an online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications. It's the ideal solution for those who wish to embed a book, magazine, catalog, newspaper, portfolio or any other kind of document into a website or blog.

Posted on February 3, 2009. Filed under: Uncategorized | During our February 3rd Network Meeting we did a Text-Rendering Protocol on the article The Zen of Faciliation.

Have you ever found yourself challenged in the classroom -- wishing you could turn to someone immediately for a guiding hand or an encouraging word? As a practicing teacher, I did. In part, that's why I worked collaboratively to research and develop virtual coaching.