Kristine James
K-6 Instructional Coach
Kristine James is a K-6 instructional coach at Mission Crest Elementary School in the Hesperia Unified School District. This is her third year as a coach at this school. Before moving into coaching, James worked as a primary grade teacher at Mission Crest and in a hybrid charter school that offered a short seat time program combined with independent study. This former experience really helped her navigate and support teachers during pandemic learning. She has been working and learning with Learning Forward for the past three years and looks forward to using this instruction to help teachers focus on accelerating learning as we continue with pandemic teaching and as we move forward to our next normal.
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Conversation starters help teachers get unstuck
Coaches are expert listeners, and we’re well-positioned to hear about teachers’ concerns and needs. Lately, we’re hearing one particular message loud and clear: Teachers are tired and stressed. Teaching and learning conditions are changing by the week, pressure to close learning gaps is mounting, and political tensions are weighing on […] -
Coaching during “other duties as assigned”
“Other duties as assigned” are words found in the contracts of almost all instructional coaches. Coaches may find these other duties include a variety of tasks, even assignment to classrooms as the teacher of record or as a long-term sub for either all or part of their day. As lesson […]
