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    Three tips to foster teacher self-efficacy and sustainable coaching

    By Sharron Helmke | March 11, 2025

    Everyone likes to feel valuable, needed, and in-demand, and it’s understandable that coaches may perceive being needed as evidence of their impact of coaching. Too often, however, it may be […]

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    How to start a coaching conversation with a hesitant teacher

    By Sharron Helmke | February 11, 2025

    In Learning Forward’s Coaches Academy, I explain that even the most successful coaches may find that some teachers are hesitant to engage in coaching cycles or even coaching conversations. Here […]

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    How a Florida district spent federal Title IIA dollars to lift up C-graded schools

    By Gail Paul | July 22, 2024

    The federal Title IIA grant program supports the professional growth and expertise of about 2 million teachers annually, and those dollars matter a lot to states and districts working to […]

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    Let’s get it right — everyone deserves a coach

    By Nadira Singh | June 11, 2024

    Why is she coming to our team meeting again? Will she come into my classroom today? What will she say and “recommend”? I don’t need any help!  All these questions […]

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    Improving middle school math outcomes in Maryland with high-quality professional learning

    By Gail Paul | April 26, 2024

    Nearly one year into their engagement in a Learning Forward Curriculum-Based Professional Learning network, educators from Montgomery County Public Schools are poised to describe their promising new practices supporting curriculum-based […]

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    Coaching is not consulting, nor is it collaborating. Here’s what it is.

    By Learning Forward | December 13, 2023

    Coaching is a high-impact form of professional learning that helps educators build their expertise and hone their practices so students can achieve success. Although some professional learning leaders have an […]

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