Welcome to 2024/2025 School Year!
According to the Instructional Coaching Group, "Instructional coaches (ICs) partner with teachers to help them improve teaching and learning so students become more successful." (Impact Cycle, p.2) This is done through using "The Impact Cycle". While each coaching scenario is unique, the general pattern is the same.
Here is an outline of the Impact Cycle:
Identify
Current Reality
Goal
Teaching Strategy
Learn
Checklists
Modeling
Improve
Direction
Progress
Improvements
Actions
Coaching Forms / Resources
Current Reality
Goal
Teaching Strategy
Coaching Forms / Resources
Checklists
Modeling
Coaching Forms / Resources
Direction
Progress
Improvements
Actions
Strategies for Enrolling Teachers
Data-Gathering Tools
Instructional Playbook
Instructional Playbook - Continued ...
Strategies for Assessing Student Attitude (Surveys)