Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
2010
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Steven Nourse
Second Committee Member
C. Gann
Third Committee Member
S. Schmitz
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to justify the author's job as an instructional coach. The author was motivated by her own need to discover what an instructional coach was and how an instructional coach positively affects teacher instruction and student achievement. This project includes ideas and tools that beginning instructional coaches can use with teachers in an elementary school setting. A review of the literature was included on the effects of coaching on teacher efficacy and the effects teachers and coaches have on student achievement. This project examined the roles of the instructional coach and it provides a guide that will aid them in their work with elementary teachers. The purpose of this project was also to provide background information on the importance of coaching for professional development and to identify how teachers can utilize coaches to improve classroom instruction. A coaching cookbook was included for beginning coaches to use as they begin working with teachers. The cookbook contains "recipes" for instructional coaches to use and adapt to promote an atmosphere of professional learning based on the needs of the teachers and students with whom they are working.
Recommended Citation
Tonseth, Rebecca J., "Instructional Coaching: Improving Student Achievement and Building Teacher Efficacy" (2010). All Graduate Projects. 92.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/92
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Comments
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