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Ellen Eisenberg

Ellen B. Eisenberg is the executive director of the Pennsylvania Institute for Instructional Coaching (PIIC). Established in 2009, PIIC is supported by the Annenberg Foundation and the Pennsylvania Department of Education. It is a statewide resource for developing and supporting the delivery of consistent, high-quality professional development around instructional coaching and mentoring. Her work involves helping school districts plan an effective instructional coaching model built on PIIC's Before/During/After cycle of consultation and the four-quadrant framework of effective core coaching elements.

 

Eisenberg's experience with instructional coaching evolved through her 35-year teaching career and includes working with a whole-school reform model designed by Johns Hopkins University from 2000 to 2005 and her work as the executive director of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative from 2005 to 2009. Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, it was the United States' only multitiered teacher coaching initiative, providing trained teacher leaders—called coaches—to high schools across Pennsylvania. Eisenberg has authored and coauthored several articles and has presented several times locally, nationally, and internationally.

 

Transitioning Out of Emergency Coaching and Teaching

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on July 27, 2021 at 2:30 PM

As we venture back to in-person teaching and learning, we must decide what tactics worked in the past and what we should leave there. Ellen Eisenberg, executive director of The Professional Institute for Instructional Coaching, highlights what she believes we should strengthen, keep, and dismiss for the return to school and the role of the IC during the process. 🏫

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Relationships, Building Relationships, Collaboration, Student Growth, Classroom Technology, Teacher Support, Coaching Methodologies, Student-Focused, Peer Coaching, Crisis Skills, Online Tools

Peer Coaching Strategies for More Collaborative Partnerships

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on September 21, 2019 at 11:11 AM

Ellen Eisenberg, executive director of The Professional Institute for Instructional Coaching, introduces us to some peer coaching concepts and explains how it can support new approaches to school-wide improvement.

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Personalized Professional Development, Coaching Relationships, Collaboration, Teacher Leadership, Growth Mindset, Coaching Conversations, Professional Growth, Peer Coaching

Why Confidentiality Is Important in Coaching

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on March 19, 2019 at 10:27 AM

How is the work of an evaluator and a coach different? Confidentiality! Ellen Eisenberg, executive director of The Professional Institute for Instructional Coaching (TPIIC), explains the value of privacy and trust in a coaching partnerships.

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Your Coaching Toolbox, Coaching Relationships, Partnership, Confidentiality, Transparency

ABCs of BDA: The Before, During, and After Coaching Cycle

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on October 30, 2018 at 10:27 AM

Ellen Eisenberg, Executive Director of The Professional Institute for Instructional Coaching (TPIIC), explains what goes into a "before-during-after" coaching cycle and how it can increase collaboration through deliberate conversations.

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Your Coaching Toolbox, Cycles, Coaching Relationships, BDA

Questions: The Currency of Coaching

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on August 21, 2018 at 10:27 AM

Ellen Eisenberg, Executive Director of The Professional Institute for Instructional Coaching (TPIIC), explains the importance of giving your coachee a voice and how to use questions to drive conversations.

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Topics: Tips and Tricks, Guest Blogger, Coaching, Your Coaching Toolbox, Questioning Techniques

Documenting Your Coaching Work

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on May 22, 2018 at 10:27 AM

Ellen Eisenberg, co-host of our Coaching Talk series from the Pennsylvania Institute of Instructional Coaching (PIIC), provides coaching tips for documenting work and creating opportunities for self-reflection.

For more posts from instructional coaches, please check out our recent posts from the TeachBoost series, Your Coaching Toolbox!

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Your Coaching Toolbox, Coaching PD, Self-reflection, Reflection, Coaching Notes

Having Difficult Coaching Conversations

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on November 28, 2017 at 10:36 AM

Ellen Eisenberg, returning guest blogger from the Pennsylvania Institute of Instructional Coaching (PIIC), shares her acquired skills for having difficult conversations as a coach and tips for a successful debrief with teachers.

For more posts from instructional coaches, for instructional coaches, please check out our recent posts from the TeachBoost series entitled: "Your Coaching Toolbox".

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Your Coaching Toolbox, Coaching Conversations, Coaching Meetings, Debrief

Mentors: the “Coach’s Coach”

Written by Ellen Eisenberg on May 22, 2017 at 11:15 AM

While coaches guide and develop their peers in a positive direction for growth and development, we often wonder "who supports the coach with their development?" Today our guest blogger, Ellen Eisenberg, dives deeper into the impact of mentoring for instructional coaches.

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Topics: Guest Blogger, Feedback, Instructional Coaching, Adult Learning, Mentors

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