Instructional Coaching

"Essays and reflections about literacy coaching. These may include book reviews, protocols, videos, or other content to support coaches as they build their repertoire of strategies for supporting teachers' job-imbedded professional learning."

This comprehensive guide encompasses a multilayered model that provides a rich experience for both coach and trainee. How to Coach Teachers Who Don't Think Like You covers the process and content of coaching and describes a unique approach that encourages teachers to write and reflect upon their practices. Coaches can use literacy strategies to train across content areas and learn how to individualize their approach to honor teachers' distinctive learning styles. The author presents samples of teacher writing and student work generated from coaching and offers narratives from practicing coaches across the country in school-based, district, and independent settings to illustrate the real world of coaching.

Great ideas in educational categories for technology integration.

Blog Post by Shira Leibowitz

"Instructional coach David Ginsburg illustrates a key coaching skill: helping teachers apply feedback from a specific context to their practice in general. This clip also illustrates the importance of providing students clear expectations and procedures."

Instructional Coaching - Resources

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* What new teachers want in their induction programs is "experienced colleagues who will take their daily dilemmas seriously, watch them teach and provide feedback, help them teach and provide feedback, help them develop instructional strategies, model skilled teaching, and share insights about students' work" (Johnson & Kardos 2002).

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Great resources for teachers on a variety of Media Literacy topics.

Resources from Colorado coaching group

12 Self-Paced Modules

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"Atul Gawande's feature article The New Yorker this week, Personal Best: Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?, has sure sparked a lot of discussion this week on instructional coaches. I thought I'd bring together a few of what I consider the best resources on the topic."

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The research is very specific: Well trained, proficient and effective teachers produce student learning.