Educate Texas - Instructional Coaching

Our Work > Prior Programs > Investing in Innovation Early College Expansion Partnership > i3 Resource Toolkit > Instructional Coaching

Instructional Coaching

Tools and artifacts to support the practice of effective coaching to create cycles of improvement.

Coaching Cycle

A Day in the Life of a Coach Webinar

A slide deck overview of instructional coaching.

25 MB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Observation Rating:

Coaching Cycle One Pager

An outline of the coaching cycle - Pre-Planning, Classroom Visit and Debrief.

29 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Observation Rating:

Coaching Guide For Teachers

A one-page document outlining how teachers should plan to work with their coach; includes signature line for teacher and coach.

19 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Professional Development, Reflection Rating:

Coaching Problems and Potential Questions

A two-pager outlining common problems in instructional coaching and questions a coach can use to solve those problems.

19 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Reflection, Student Work Rating:

Individual Coaching Journey

A template to capture change in practice as a result of coaching.

20 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Professional Development, Reflection Rating:

Initial Coaching Meeting

An agenda for a coach to use during her first meeting with the teacher she will coach.

25 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Data, Reflection, Results Rating:

Initial Coaching Plan Year

A template for planning a year of instructional coaching.

443 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Data, Reflection, Results Rating:

Instructional Coaching Scenarios

A series of coaching scenarios for reflection and discussion.

163 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Professional Development, Reflection Rating:

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Department Head as Coach Slides 2015

A slide deck focused on positioning department heads as instructional coaches.

88 MB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Department Head, Observation, Professional Development, Teaching Channel Rating:

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Introduction to Coaching Slides 2015

A slide deck focused on instructional coaching.

86 MB Rating:

Pre-Observation Sheet

A one-page pre-observation document for teachers and coaches.

78 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Observation, Reflection Rating:

Questions to Pose in Your First Coaching Meeting

A one-page list of questions for coaches at their first meeting with a teacher.

130 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Data, Reflection, Results Rating:

Template for Teacher Goal Setting

A template for teachers to set student achievement goals

112 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Data, Reflection, Results Rating:

What Good Coaches Do

A slide deck outlines Jim Knight's 7 Seven Partnership Principles for coaching.

4 MB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Coaching, Reflection Rating:

Instructional Rounds

Initiating Developing and Demonstrating Rounds

A detailed primer on using instructional rounds as a unique form of professional development.

4 MB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Observation, Professional Development Rating:

Instructional Rounds FAQ

FAQ’s about internal instructional rounds.

10 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Professional Development Rating:

Instructional Rounds Slides

A slide deck outlining the use of instructional rounds.

995 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Observation, Professional Development, Reflection Rating:

Post Rounds Script

A protocol for facilitators leading post-round conversations.

44 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Professional Development Rating:

Pre Rounds Script

A protocol for facilitators leading pre-round conversations.

23 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Professional Development Rating:

Rounds Observation Sheet

An observation sheet for use in instructional rounds.

20 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Professional Development Rating:

Sample Learning Questions

Samples of open-ended student learning questions connected to specific strategies in the Common Instructional Framework.

13 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Instructional Rounds, Professional Development Rating:

Instructional-Coaching_Teacher-Led-Instructional-Rounds-for-Highly-Effective-PLCs

131 MB Rating:

Templates

Action Planning Template

A one-page action planning template.

37 KB Tags: Professional Development, Reflection Rating:

Coaching Effectiveness Rubric

A rubric for assessment of coaching effectiveness and growth.

219 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Observation, Professional Development, Reflection Rating:

Excel Observation Checklist

An excel observation sheet with CIF strategies.

918 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Observation, Reflection Rating:

Lesson Plan Rubric including Common Instructional Framework strategies

A one-page lesson planning rubric including key elements and levels of performance.

17 KB Tags: Common Instructional Framework, Rubric Rating:

Simple Coaching Observation Template

A two-page observational template including learning targets, evidence collection, debrief questions and next steps; intended for use between teacher and instructional coach.

21 KB Tags: Assessment, Coaching Cycle, Evidence, Observation Rating:

Simple Teacher Observation Debrief Form

A simple one-page reflection form addressing CIF practices.

42 KB Tags: Common Instructional Framework, Observation, Reflection Rating:

Teacher Reflection Template

A one-page template for teacher reflection post-observation.

127 KB Tags: Coaching Cycle, Observation, Reflection Rating:

The resources in this toolkit are available for anyone to download, edit and use. We do require you to create an account so that we can email you with updates about the toolkit.

Tags are included beneath each of the documents listed to connect you with resources with similar keywords.

Instructional Coaching

Related Documents