Provide clear guidance to coaches when implementing a districtwide coaching program¶

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Description¶

The brief recommends that districts provide clear guidance to coaches as they implement a coaching program. This is one of three insights from the New Teacher Center, intended to ensure coaches understand expectations and devote sufficient time to the full range of coaching activities needed to improve teachers' instruction.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts must articulate clear expectations and guidance for coaches' work.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• instructional coaches
• district leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving teachers' instruction through coaching

Related Strategies¶

• Engage district leaders as they implement a coaching program
• Track coaching activities to support districtwide coaching implementation
• Provide guidance to districts on implementing the statewide ToR definition
• School and district leaders' recommendations for implementing effective classroom coaching programs
• District strategies for spreading and deepening formative assessment practice systemwide

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jeff Archer, Jeffrey Max. (2019). Building a System of Supports for Instructional Coaching: Insights from the New Teacher Center. Washington, DC: Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/building-a-system-of-supports-for-instructional-coaching-insights-from-the-new-teacher-center