Features that spell success for a teacher coaching cycle
- Donna Spangler
- Mar 8, 2023
- 1 min read
Instructional coaches play an important role in supporting teachers and helping them grow in their practice through job-embedded professional learning.
Goal of an instructional coaching cycle
The goal of job-embedded teacher coaching methods is to help teachers improve their instructional practices, increase student learning, and support the overall goals of the school or district. The focus is on practical, hands-on, and immediately relevant strategies that are applied in the classroom, and the most common way to achieve this is through coaching cycles.
However, not all teacher coaching cycles are created equal.
This article contrasts traditional models with the Impact Cycle to show how a research-based, collaborative, and data-informed coaching approach can lead to more meaningful teacher growth and improved student outcomes...
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