Coaching for Students with Disabilities

Focus Area: Students with Disabilities
Attendees:

Instructional Coaches, Teachers

Phase: Planning

Available Now

Overview

BetterLesson instructional coaching is tailored to meet the professional learning needs of schools and districts, with a focus on promoting effective teaching practices and enhancing leadership capabilities. Grounded in the principles of action research and job-embedded best practices, our coaching methodology provides a highly personalized and differentiated approach for each participant. 

Using the “Try, Measure, Learn” approach, BetterLesson coaches guide educators through narrow, actionable shifts to establish goals, implement strategies, and evaluate outcomes in a continuous feedback loop.

Teacher Coaching: Educators collaborate with experienced instructional coaches in a safe environment. These sessions are dedicated to refining student-centered instructional practices, learning and assessing the effectiveness of new strategies, and developing plans for ongoing improvement to achieve targeted outcomes.

Leader Coaching: School and district leaders partner with experienced leader coaches to brainstorm ideas and learn new strategies for immediate implementation. Our coaches assist leaders in planning for implementation and monitoring progress towards predefined outcomes, ensuring that coaching efforts are aligned with the overall goals of the district’s professional learning initiatives.

Specifications

  • Bi-weekly, 30 Minute virtual session scheduled directly with a BetterLesson Coach
  • 4 Session Coaching Packs around one topic (tied to a virtual workshop) or Targeted (half-year) and Unlimited Coaching with flexibility is available
  • Participants will need a computer with access to Zoom, a camera, a microphone, and stable Internet connectivity
  • Participants will register for access with the BetterLesson Lab
  • Participants will schedule 1:1 coaching calls with their coach

Outcomes

Coaching supports participants where they are at, building awareness, understanding, and opportunities for application and ownership of key competencies like:

  • Inclusivity through UDL: I design lessons that are inclusive for students with disabilities by using UDL principles.
  • Differentiation: I differentiate instruction to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
  • Maintaining High Expectations: I maintain and evaluate expectations that are both high and realistic for students with disabilities.
  • Collaborating with IEP Teams: I collaborate with all partners to contribute to IEPs that reflect student strengths and needs.
  • Disability Awareness: I foster a positive culture in my classroom and school community around disability awareness.