Five Essential Practices for Communication: The Work of Instructional Coaches

The work of instructional coaches, both general and discipline-specific, has become increasingly important as more schools rely on their leadership for improvements in teaching and learning. Much of their work hinges upon their effective communication with teachers and school administrators. This ar...

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Published in:The Clearing house 2016-01, Vol.89 (1), p.14-17
Main Author: Walkowiak, Temple A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Best Practices
Coaching (Performance)
Communication
Communication Skills
Communication Strategies
Educational leadership
Educational Practices
Instructional coach
Instructional Improvement
leadership
Learning
Mathematics
Mathematics Instruction
school improvement
Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Teacher Improvement
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:The work of instructional coaches, both general and discipline-specific, has become increasingly important as more schools rely on their leadership for improvements in teaching and learning. Much of their work hinges upon their effective communication with teachers and school administrators. This article outlines five practices for instructional coaches to use in order to achieve and maintain effective communication; these five practices draw upon the author's prior work as an instructional coach and upon her own research. The practices are presented by sharing the voices of three mathematics instructional coaches, their teacher colleagues, and their school administrators.
ISSN:0009-8655
1939-912X
DOI:10.1080/00098655.2015.1121121