Now in a revised and updated second edition for today's changing K-12 landscape, this book gives instructional coaches an innovative framework for building strong relationships and enacting positive change in schools. Emphasizing a systems approach, Rita M. Bean and Jacy Ippolito explain the multiple roles of the coach as change agent,…

Coaching is a popular and high-leverage instrument for instructional reform. Coaching holds potential to accelerate teacher learning and school improvement. Linking results from current research, we portray how coaching benefits from robust infrastructure. This article offers three design recommendations that leaders can implement to optimize…

While the expectations and challenges facing K-12 educational leaders are considerable and significantly increasing, the support they receive in training, leadership development, and ongoing support has been limited in range and relevance. Although Cognitive Coaching is not a leadership development program, per se, Cognitive Coaching is a model of…

This study investigated instructional coaching as perceived by teachers in selected Mississippi School Districts. The population for this study consisted of 120 teachers working in various school districts. Teachers were asked to respond to survey questions using Survey Monkey. This quantitative study analyzed teachers' perceptions of…

While coaches can have a positive impact on teachers' practice and students' learning, in many school districts teachers have the autonomy to decide whether and when to work with a coach. Coaches then must work to gain access to teachers' classrooms. In a recent study of 28 content-focused coaches, researchers Jen Munson and Evthokia Stephanie…

Teachers critically need classroom management skills. To develop these skills, teachers need high-quality professional development (PD). To support teachers, schools need practical tools for assessing the effects of PD on teachers' use of classroom management practices. The adapted alternating treatments design (AATD) may be a tool for this…

Professional development looks to improve professional practices of education and to enhance the quality of programs in education settings. Researchers and practitioners study coaching as one of the professional development strategies to support learning processes and improve instruction, interactions, and overall development of teachers and…

How do educators sustain K-12 district initiatives? Teaching and learning initiatives, despite being well-intentioned, often struggle to gain traction due to limited teacher acceptance or inconsistent program fidelity, so much so that many are familiar with the concept of "initiative decay." Even the most promising initiatives can…

It is well documented that literacy coaches engage in a wide variety of tasks related and unrelated to their role. However, little is known about their efficacy beliefs related to performing these tasks. In this article we describe the development and initial testing of the Literacy Coaching Self-Efficacy Scale that was designed and created to…

While coaching exists as a widely accepted employee development practice in the business world, the coaching mindset has not firmly taken hold in K-12 education. According to the 2015-2016 National Teacher and Principal Survey, the average percentage of public schools with at least one on-site instructional coach is 37% (United States Department…

In response to COVID-19, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) invested approximately $295 million to support digital learning efforts. This investment, referred to as the Mississippi Connects Initiative, funded state level infrastructure improvement, bulk device purchasing, digital subscription purchasing, telehealth and teletherapy…

Educating is difficult work, and education is a stressful profession. Burnout among teachers and other stakeholders in the field has been a known phenomenon for decades. To support teachers in promoting student success, instructional coaches have become a fixture in many schools across the U.S. However, little is known about their worklife…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the research on numeracy coach in the Canadian context. Design/methodology/approach: This study was a systematic review of studies about numeracy coaching in Canada, which described the trend of knowledge production on this topic. The study made use of qualitative meta-analysis. According to…

Effective principal supervisors focus on building principals' instructional leadership capacity. Strategies that include data analysis, feedback loops, job-embedded practice, and executive coaching should be a part of every principal supervisor's repertoire of skills. Current research suggests principal supervisors should make specific teaching…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine differences in perceived SEL implementation levels across different campus levels (elementary and secondary) when SEL professional development and coaching support were provided to campus staff. A causal-comparative research designed utilized survey data previously collected to examine…