Teacher Growth

Coaching Choice Boards

TeachBoost Team

TeachBoost Team

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!

  • January 2021 Instructional Coaching Must-Reads

    TeachBoost Team

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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˜€

  • October 2020 Instructional Coaching Must-Reads

    TeachBoost Team

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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

    TeachBoost Team

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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

    TeachBoost Team

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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˜€

  • May 2020 Instructional Coaching Must-Reads

    TeachBoost Team

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    Picking our favorites from May's Weekly Coaching Roundups was tough! Read below to learn what a Coaching Choice Board is and how you can make your own, the four mindsets you need when coaching remotely, how educators can make learning more interactive online, and more. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ‘

  • Weekly Coaching Roundup, Week 20: May 15, 2020

    TeachBoost Team

    Weekly Coaching Roundup - May 2020 (Half) (Seasonal)

    This week we learned how one coach uses Coaching Choice Boards to empower the teachers she works with, what "genius hours" are and why they're important for students, a few ways leaders can be more strategic and skillful in their support, and more. Enjoy! ๐Ÿ‘

  • 4 Key Mindsets for Coaching Remotely

    Stephanie Affinito

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    Coaching and leading remotely is a new challenge for most instructional coaches, and it requires a shift in the way we think and carry out our daily routines. Stephanie Affinito, literacy education professor at the University at Albany in New York, is back with some of her must-have attributes of ICs working remotely.

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