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INITIATIVES - Instructional Coaching
Enduring Understandings:
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Professional learning is about engaging in a continuous cycle of inquiry to strive to improve our capacity to increase student learning.
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All educators can and want to improve and refine their knowledge of effective teaching and learning.
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There are differences in learning needs and styles. One size does not fit all.
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Learning is most meaningful when it is embedded in an authentic context…on the job.
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The dialogue of collaboration promotes learning and assists in establishing a common vision.
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Mutual respect and relationships are keys to successful improvement.
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Learning and improvement are most likely to occur when the learner is initially given high degrees of support, then gradually assumes more responsibility for the new skills through guided practice and finally independent control of the strategy.
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Learners benefit from prompt feedback about their efforts.
What is Instructional Coaching?
Guiding Principle -
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The overarching role of the coach is to build teacher capacity to implement effective instructional practices to improve student learning and performance.
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Essential to a successful coaching model is the building of collegial relationships between coaches, teachers and principals. Collegial relationships support a Coaching Continuum, which provides multiple points of entry for teachers. This continuum focuses on the working relationship between a teacher and coach in order to increase the teacher’s capacity to:
- Plan lessons based on the systematic study of student needs
- Think about the intentional choices they make moment-by-moment in the classroom
- Reflect with the coach on lessons as they implement effective instructional practices
- The process is cyclical and characterized by teachers and coaches working at various levels within the continuum based on student and staff needs.
Instructional Coaching Model Resource List
Instructional Coaching Meeting Resources
Who participates in Instructional Coaching?
Instructional Coaches and Teachers
Who do I contact for more information?
Sharon Becker
Director, Professional Learning