Teacher Growth

Coaching Choice Boards

TeachBoost Team

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Teachers learn best when they're given a voice and a choice in their professional learning. Pam Hubler, instructional coach in South Carolina, shares how she creates opportunities for teachers to choose their level of coaching support through the use of Coaching Choice Boards, and how you can build your own!

  • Weekly Coaching Roundup: Creating Your Coaching Menu

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    Showcasing your role as an IC and all you have to offer can be tricky at times, but it can be a sweet feeling when done properly. We hope you came hungry for instructional coaching because we're serving up an extensive selection of ideas for your next coaching menu. Bon appรฉtit! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ

  • Weekly Coaching Roundup: Gathering Teacher Feedback

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    Instructional coaches value input from teachers on their practice, and there are plenty of ways to put them at the forefront of their learning. Read on for some practiced ways you can gather feedback from your teachers! ๐Ÿ‘

  • January 2021 Instructional Coaching Must-Reads

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    2021 is off to a safe start here at TeachBoost, and we hope the same for you! Let's wrap up January with the top articles of the month from our weekly coaching roundups. Learn how one IC and his team created a look-fors framework built on his org's shared vision of high-quality instruction, why sharing feedback with your teachers may need to wait until you can sit down together, why the six levels of listening are fundamental to coaching, and more. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ˜€

  • Weekly Coaching Roundup: Web Apps for ICs

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    Last year's shift to remote learning and instruction encouraged many of us to explore new online tools, but with so many options out there it can feel a little overwhelming to choose the right ones. Luckily your friends here at TeachBoost have your back! Here are some of the top web apps for ICs we've found your peers raving about. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ˜€

  • October 2020 Instructional Coaching Must-Reads

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    All treats and no tricks from October's Weekly Coaching Roundups. ๐Ÿญ Read below to learn a few tips for building teacher capacity, the benefits of using coaching choice boards, how you can take control of remote learning, a six-step coaching cycle for rolling out new classroom technology, and more! Enjoy. ๐Ÿ‘ป

  • June 2020 Instructional Coaching Must-Reads

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    June not only wrapped up the 2019-20 school year but also brought the official start of summer! โ˜€๏ธ Check out the top articles from June's Weekly Coaching Roundups to learn how you can step up your approach to virtual coaching, tips for checking in with teachers remotely, a few foundational must-haves of coaching programs that work, and more. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ‘

  • Weekly Coaching Roundup, Week 22: May 29, 2020

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    This week we learned a few key areas ICs should focus their time on while working remotely, what one IC noticed and experienced her first week back in the building after COVID, how Coaching Choice Boards can help next school year, and more. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ˜€

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