What does an Instructional Coach do within the school?
- Provide job-embedded professional development.
- Model and demonstrate highly-effective best practices.
- Offer non-evaluative, objective feedback on a regular basis.
- Create an environment where student needs drive professional development.
- Offer guidance and feedback at the exact time teachers need it most – in the classroom.
- Inspire teachers to try new learning strategies and tools.
- Facilitate the transition from teacher-centered to learner-driven classrooms.
- Are site-based teacher leaders who support both students and their teachers.
- Collaborate with teachers in order to engage students in innovative ways.
- Help to close the digital use divide by ensuring that all students understand how to use technology to create content.