The Hi-Tech Teacher

What Is Instructional Coaching?      For me, the word "coach" calls to mind the image of a football coach. I guess that is because we live in the South where our football coaches are paid big bucks to produce winning teams. Sports coaches analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the individuals and the team as a whole in order to develop a plan of action that can be implemented to get that big win. Their playbooks contain both tried and true plays that have worked in the past. Coaches also develop new plays in response to how their team is performing. Instructional coaching is very much the same, but also has several differences.                                              Photo by Akash Rai on Unsplash      When I first began reading about the process of instructional coaching, I found it interesting to learn about the goals of an instructional coach. "Instructional coaches partner with teachers to help them improve teaching and learning so students become more success