Instructional Coaching

Viewing Guide: This viewing guide facilitates learning about the assessment approaches shown in the video, and provides support for trying new practices. It contains references, tools and templates, and should be used in conjunction with the viewing of the video. PDF Segment 1: Effective Questioning (7:59)

Inside * Coaches are the multipliers that schools need, p. 2 * How do you approach coaching at a districtwide level?, p. 3 * Protocols for discussing text, pp. 6-7

Shane Safir Credit: Courtesy of Linda Galender, Impact Academy Danfeng Koon's voice is measured and empathetic as she tells me, "I appreciate the positive feedback, but I need you to be more specific and ask reflective questions in order for me to improve my practice."

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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.

Two days ago, The New Yorker Magazine published a lengthy and important article on "coaching" and featured the instructional coaching program at the Albemarle County School District in Virgina. Since that time, I've written two related posts (Now, This Is What I Call Professional Development!

"When teachers use Socratic questioning in teaching, their purpose may be to probe student thinking, to determine the extent of student knowledge on a given topic, issue or subject, to model Socratic questioning for students, or to help students analyze a concept or line of reasoning. "

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