Embedded professional learning, responsive goal-setting, collaborative problem-solving, one-on-one feedback – and that’s just the beginning.
No matter how you slice it, instructional technology coaching is a catalyst for continuous professional growth – especially among teachers who are hesitant to adopt new edtech or simply don’t have the bandwidth to try a new strategy on their own.
Coaches personalize the professional learning process, offering each educator a chance to be heard by and learn from an expert focused on maximizing their instructional impact. Research also shows that coaching offers a noteworthy return-on-investment – both for technology already purchased and for professional development budgets.
But how do they do it? Our nationally-recognized coaches rely on flexible, learner-centered strategies that empower educators and help them hone the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to seamlessly integrate technology.
These five strategies are key to our coaches’ success, making ongoing growth an achievable goal for the teachers they work with: