Full course description
Instructional Coaching
Essential Coaching Processes
- Course Type: Self-Paced, Fully-Facilitated
- Course Length: 10 Hours
- Course Access: Participants have 45 days from the date of enrollment to complete the course
This course explores how the four types of coaching—technical, challenge, collegial, and cognitive—coupled with clear components, enable coaches to respond effectively to the unique situations inherent in changing practice. The course focuses on how these four coaching types and their associated components are fundamental to an effective coaching process.
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Compare technical coaching, challenge coaching, collegial coaching, and cognitive coaching.
- Construct methods to develop a culture of coaching.
- Summarize the key characteristics of a well-designed coaching system.
- Describe the components that enable coaches to respond most effectively to specific situations.
- Generate strategies to support effective coaching.
Guiding Questions
- How can effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills increase the impact of coaching?
- In order to create a culture of coaching, how do the principal and the instructional coaches identify the best coaching model to use with various staff?
- How can instructional coaches provide evidence that influences teachers’ beliefs to improve the practice of teaching?
- How do instructional coaches use the power of communication skills to change practice?
- How can principals and instructional coaches sustain the practice of coaching?