coaching

11 Things Supervisors Should Do to Support Instructional Coaches December 9, 2025
Instructional coaching is a highly effective form of professional development and learning (PDL) in K-12 schools. As Daryl Michel and Dawn Brookhart point out in their popular new guidebook Instructional…
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Instructional Leadership in SFC: Why It Matters, What to Do September 11, 2025
Today’s guest post shares wisdom from Daryl Michel and Dawn Brookhart, authors of the upcoming book Instructional Leadership in Student-Focused Coaching. Building on Hasbrouck & Michel’s widely used guide Student-Focused Coaching,…
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Preparing for a Culturally Responsive Home Visit: 10 Things to Do October 22, 2024
As a home visitor, how can you be more culturally responsive when working with families whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds differ from your own? Today’s post provides some tips for…
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10 Key Elements of Coaching in Early Childhood May 23, 2024
In early childhood programs, coaching can be a highly effective strategy for supporting both colleagues and families as they enhance their knowledge, develop new skills, and promote healthy development of…
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7 Ways Educator Coaches Can Build Strong Alliances with Coachees November 7, 2023
Coaching between allied educators—across Grades PreK-12—is a highly effective professional learning strategy and a great way to strengthen outcomes for all students. In an earlier blog post, we outlined four…
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What Is Student-Focused Coaching? 4 Key Goals Every Instructional Coach Should Start With September 7, 2023
Today’s blog post is excerpted and adapted from Student-Focused Coaching by Jan Hasbrouck and Daryl Michel: a one-stop, step-by-step guide to instructional coaching in K–12 schools using the research-based SFC…
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10 Tips for Building a Collaborative Coaching Partnership August 17, 2023
Used in programs across the U.S. and around the world, Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) is a research-based coaching framework for supporting early childhood practitioners’ use of evidence-informed teaching practices. Effective PBC…
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Resource Roundup: 5 Essential Books on Coaching February 28, 2023
Schools and programs are increasingly turning to evidence-supported coaching frameworks for their professional development efforts. Why? Because coaching partnerships and other models of professional collaboration have proven to be among…
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6 Ps of Coaching in Early Childhood October 13, 2022
If you work in an early childhood setting, has your program incorporated coaching yet? Growing in popularity, coaching is a powerful strategy for enhancing the skills of early childhood practitioners…
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4 Key Steps of an Effective Coaching Framework September 13, 2022
Coaching between educators is one of the best ways to enhance teacher practice and improve outcomes for all learners. To make the most of coaching, whether for individual teachers or…
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