Instructional Coaching

Carolyn Turner and Michelle Elia are Ohio Literacy Leads with State Support Team 13, where they work to scale up Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement through professional development.

Gilmour, A. F., Wehby, J. H., & McGuire, T. M. (2017). A preliminary investigation of using school-based coaches to support intervention fidelity of a classwide behavior management program. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 61(2), 126-135.

Desimone, L. M., & Pak, K. (2017). Instructional coaching as high-quality professional development. Theory into practice, 56(1), 3-12.

Google for Education’s Certified Coach Program (online curriculum) offers about 20 hours of content built for instructional coaches that focuses on a wide range of topics: reflecting with teachers about the coaching cycle; working with administrators to make time for coaching; building relationships with teachers; measuring impact; and more.

 

The Digital Promise Instructional Coaching Playbook is designed to help schools and districts build and sustain effective coaching programs. This Playbook includes research findings on the positive impact of coaching and strategies to build and grow a sustainable coaching program and develop effective teacher/coach collaboration.

Knight, J. (2019). Instructional coaching for implementing visible learning: A model for translating research into practice. Education Sciences, 9(2), 101.

Principles of Instructional Coaching. Moralistic Judgement, Empathy, Effective Listening, Feedback, Understanding Change, Buy-in Versus Alignment, Good Questions, Why Conversations Break Down, The Measure of My Life, Checklists, What's a Good Deal, Resistance, Confidentiality, How to Coach Administrators, and Trust.