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Instructional Coaching

Pencil and ruler.
Julie Mason, Ashlee Marsh June 26, 2018

How Do You Get The Kids To Do The Heavy Lifting?

How is it possible for students to take ownership of their learning and to persevere and help themselves when the going gets tough? In this post, teacher Ashlee shares tips that have worked for her and her students....
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Growing plant.
BetterLesson June 20, 2018

Tennessee DOE Blended Learning Pilot Yields Promising Results

Explore the results of the Tennessee Department of Educatio's first year of its two-year pilot with BetterLesson instructional coaching....
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Two remote people connected.
Cheryl Belknap June 7, 2018

What Makes Coaching Effective? 7 Tips for School Administrators

In-school coaching is timely, actionable, and an investment in making continuous improvement a reality in your building....
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Rocket taking off.
Cheryl Belknap, Ryan Humphrey June 5, 2018

Using Video to Grow Your Teaching

Recording a lesson in order to grow your teaching is quick, relatively easy— and it works!...
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Two people on a video call.
Julie Mason May 3, 2018

Three Reasons Why Instructional Coaching Is More Effective Than Any Other PD

Learn why personalized, ongoing coaching is one of the most effective tools to help teachers implement new strategies and tools in their classrooms....
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Pencil.
Kelly Kennefick May 1, 2018

Backwards Planning: A Powerful Strategy for Instructional Coaching

Ensure that vision and goals are at the forefront of the instructional coaching process with backwards planning....
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Two remote people connected.
Valerie Librizzi, John Wesley Pope April 23, 2018

Five Things I Learned While Working with a PD Coach

Read an interview to see how one teacher used instructional coaching to build his students’ literacy skills in his agriculture classes....
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Lightbulb.
BetterLesson April 2, 2018

Tackling the Teacher Shortage in Rural Schools

The National Rural Education Association (NREA) is partnering with BetterLesson to deliver one-to-one professional development to educators in some of the country’s most remote regions....
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Two remote people connected.
BetterLesson March 20, 2018

Press Release: Lindsay USD Educators to Receive One-to-One Coaching from BetterLesson

Read how Lindsay Unified School District educators received one-to-one coaching from BetterLesson instructional coaches....
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