Instructional Coaching for Teachers
Education Resource Strategies
ERS helps school districts organize resources to drive greater opportunities and outcomes for all students.
Instructional coaching is a professional learning practice in which instructional experts observe teachers in action and provide one-on-one feedback to improve their teaching.
When done well, instructional coaching is a proven method for instructional improvement, enhancing teacher retention, and boosting student achievement.?But with many school systems facing intense budget pressures, instructional coaching will likely be one of the first programs considered for cuts.
In this current teaching?landscape, sustaining instructional coaching is an opportunity we can’t miss.
Our latest paper, Sustaining High-Quality Instructional Coaching in a Challenging Budgeting Environment , shows how district leaders can adopt an ROI-based approach to instructional coaching to sustain it as part of a long-term vision for reimagining the teaching job.?
P.S. For more on the teaching role, we recently wrote an?op-ed for Education Week on how teacher contracts need to change .
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