Track coaching activities to support districtwide coaching implementation¶

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Description¶

The brief recommends that districts implementing instructional coaching track coaching activities as part of a system of supports. It presents this as one of three insights drawn from the New Teacher Center's experience, alongside providing clear guidance to coaches and engaging district leaders, to help ensure coaches devote time to the full range of coaching activities.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts need mechanisms for tracking what coaches do as part of implementing a coaching program.

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• district leaders implementing instructional coaching programs

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving teachers' instruction through coaching

Related Strategies¶

• Engage district leaders as they implement a coaching program
• Provide clear guidance to coaches when implementing a districtwide coaching program
• School and district leaders' recommendations for implementing effective classroom coaching programs

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