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Instructional Coaching

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Christine Scoppa October 1, 2019

How Instructional Coaches Can Support Teachers in the Writing Process

Instructional coaches can best support their colleagues by sharing strategies for providing students with choice in the writing process. Learn how....
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Hadas Heyman May 23, 2019

Five Lessons I Learned Becoming a Blended Learning Coach at My School

Five lessons I learned about how to make instructional coaching (with tech in mind) more effective for teachers and students....
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Romain Bertrand May 2, 2019

Define-Explore-Build: Three Simple Steps to Make Your PD More Actionable

Read an interview with instructional coach Jelena Byers on how she used the Design-Explore-Build framework to create and implement a series of workshops for her teachers....
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Jessica Anderson April 25, 2019

Virtual Coaching: Three Factors to Consider When Engaging Adult Learners in Professional Development

Mobilizing coaching may be the pathway for providing the targeted support teachers in your district need to stay engaged in your vision....
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Krystal Bankston April 4, 2019

Strategies to Increase Teacher Retention at Your School

Consider these steps administrators can take to keep great educators in their school....
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Natalee Hawks March 21, 2019

Tech Supports for Authentic Language Development

Support all students with academic language and explicitly support students who are learning English as another language....
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Cheryl Belknap March 14, 2019

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Try a New Strategy, Part 1

Explore a few student-centered instructional strategies that can be implemented in the classroom immediately....
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Erin Magee, Chris DeWald December 18, 2018

Using Experimentation to Engage Students in the Goal Setting and Reflection Process

Learn how allowing students to grapple with complex tasks and set their own goals develops important transferable skills like time management....
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Laura Cruz, Liora Chessin October 11, 2018

What Teachers and Students Can Accomplish with Project-Based Learning

See the journey of one coach who helped her coaching participant succeed with project-based learning....
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