EDA738
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Instructional Coaching: Building Teacher Capacity
through Mentoring and Collaboration
This course is designed to provide opportunities for candidates to explore what it means to be an effective instructional coach, gain field experience in various coaching methods, including co-teaching experiences, in a supportive and critically reflective environment, and help candidates develop a toolbox to support a range of coaching interactions. The course will focus on the following five central questions:
1. What knowledge, skills and dispositions do instructional coaches need to be effective:
2. How can instructional coaches establish and maintain collaborative relationships with teachers?
3. How can instructional coaches use different forms of professional development to foster teacher learning and growth?
4. How can instructional coaches support student learning and achievement?
5. How can instructional coaches establish and maintain collaborative relationships with principals and/or other instructional leaders?
1. What knowledge, skills and dispositions do instructional coaches need to be effective:
2. How can instructional coaches establish and maintain collaborative relationships with teachers?
3. How can instructional coaches use different forms of professional development to foster teacher learning and growth?
4. How can instructional coaches support student learning and achievement?
5. How can instructional coaches establish and maintain collaborative relationships with principals and/or other instructional leaders?