Coaching | 1:1 Virtual Instructional Coaching

Virtual observation via video and live coaching feedback for teachers may seem new, but at EdConnective it’s just how they’ve always done it. No single professional development activity is more impactful to a teacher than non-evaluative, 1:1 instructional coaching, and nothing inside the construct of school is more impactful to student outcomes than a great teacher. EdConnective Teach provides teachers highly personalized 1:1 coaching partnerships that ensure real world results in bite-sized portions.

What Makes Impactful Instructional Coaching?

Many believe they have instructional coaching, but the level of intensity necessary to truly impact student outcomes is often difficult for schools or districts to achieve. In order to ensure impactful, intensive instructional coaching…

3 Numbers Matter
• 1: Coaching must be 1:1 to maximize impact.
• 6: To be habit-forming, coaching and practice should happen for a minimum of 6 weeks.
• 48: Feedback must happen within 48 hours of observation. More than that, and the impact of the feedback declines steeply. It must be fresh!

All three must be present!

How It Works:

1. Teacher is matched with an expert coach using 15+ factors
2. Intro meeting where coach and Teacher collaborate to set goals for the partnership
3. Regularly planned instruction is recorded by the teacher (classroom or virtual classroom)
4. EdConnective coach reviews the recording
5. Feedback session within 48 hours of recording
6. Steps 3-5 are repeated throughout the 90-day partnership. There is no limit to the number of times the coach and participant can meet over the course of the 90 days.

Structure of a Feedback Session

Feedback sessions are 2-way conversations between coaches and participants. Feedback without modeling and practice isn’t actionable. In fact, research suggests that only 10% of teachers can be told about a new skill and actually implement it in the classroom, but when that new skill is modeled, role-played and practiced, 95% can implement it! Each feedback session with an EdConnective coach includes review based on the actual recorded observation (which since recorded, can be reviewed with the teacher), with a significant portion of each session dedicated to modeling and practice.

Feedback Session Agenda

Personal Brief & Agenda (3 mins)
Coach Identifies a Glow (3 mins)
Coach Identifies a Grow (3 mins)
Modeling and Practice (15 mins)
Goal Setting for Next Meeting (2 mins)
Next Steps (3 mins)