Coaches and instructional leaders do important work to support teachers and students engaging in the building knowledge and vocabulary Early Reading Accelerator. This instructional priority should be a hallmark of high-quality professional learning and coaching in the early grades (Aguilar, 2013).

Coaching:

Coaching is a form of professional development that brings out the best in people, uncovers strengths and skills, built an effective team, cultivates compassion, and built emotionally resilient educators. Coaching at its essence is the way that human beings and individuals have always learned best (Aguilar, 2013).

• Apprenticeship is an ancient form of coaching.

• An experienced practitioner welcomes a learner who improves her practice by watching, listening, asking questions, and trying things out under the supportive gaze of the mentor.

• There is a difference between a mentor and a coacher.