Instructional coaches: 5 common misconceptions

In recent years, leveraging instructional coaching has become more commonplace as schools strive to improve teacher practice and professional learning. Research suggests that instructional coaching can have significant, positive effects on instructional practices and student learning, even more than student-level interventions like high-dosage tutoring or summer programs. Instructional coaches play a crucial role in supporting teachers and improving instruction within their schools.

Launching instructional coaching is easy, right? Just pull some strong teachers out of the classroom, put them into a content position to provide collegial support and professional learning, have a lead administrator guide them, provide them with a few books or a workshop or two, and send them out into the district. After all, what could go wrong?

Answer: A lot.

Full article published by Donna Spangler in SmartBrief on February 13, 2024.

This article debunks widespread myths about coaching roles, skills, and responsibilities to promote clarity, effectiveness, and respect for the unique value coaches bring to schools...

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