Search and you will find detailed insights on all the ISTE Standards for Coaches. The International Society for Technology in Education state that ‘the coaches section of the ISTE Standards illustrates the characteristics, activities, philosophies and mindsets of today’s instructional technology coaches.’
Because coaches have a unique role as capacity builders and implementation experts, these standards guide coaches in ensuring that learning with technology is high impact, sustainable, scalable and equitable for all.
Use the search tool and type the name or number of the ISTE Standard to learn more.
Coaching Teachers & Outstanding Lessons
Instructional coaching is about helping teachers become better versions of themselves, and for them being open to support, and wanting to grow and develop. It can include modelling of best practice in the classroom by the coach. An instructional coach can use ideas from Ross Morrison McGill’s book ‘100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Lessons’…
Coaching and Challenge
There is a school in the Netherlands called Wings Agora. This unique school uses coaching as its main teaching style. I can only hope they have heard of the TEACHER Coaching model and read the book. The school’s coaching culture is supported by a building with modern decor and large open spaces, with climbing walls…
TEACHER Coaching, Japanese Learning Study & Change Agents
Japanese Learning Study is described by Sarah Seleznyov, in her article for the Chartered College of Teaching, as a collaborative approach to professional development. It is described as being both challenging yet supportive. The name for Lesson Study in Japanese is jugyō kenkyū. Jugyō means teaching and learning, whilst kenkyū means study or research. In…
TEACHER Coaching 
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