The PIIC Approach: PIIC’s approach to instructional mentoring and instructional coaching reflects the growing consensus about what constitutes good professional development for teachers. It is:

• Ongoing and job-embedded, recognizing that teachers want and need strategies for continuous improvement in their work.

• Linked to state standards, curriculum, and assessment, so that teachers build knowledge and skills directly related to what their students need to learn.

• Confidential and non-evaluative, so that teachers can work honestly and openly with their coaches and colleagues on self-improvement.

• Founded on evidence-based strategies for improving instruction, to offer teachers practical, classroom-focused assistance.