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Instructional coaches and principals: An essential partnership for school success
Presenters: Crystal Cooper, DeVonya Prather, Larissa McCoy Mitti and Robyn Sullivan-Jackson
School-based instructional coaching is a powerful professional learning design that improves teacher practice and student success. But sometimes coaches find themselves working on tasks that do not impact teacher and student learning. When principals clearly communicate instructional expectations, and support coaches to help teachers meet those expectations, the impact of coaching is maximized.
This webinar will examine effective building-level instructional coach-principal partnerships that ensure coaches’ work leads to student improvement. Learn from schools that have developed true partnerships between leaders and coaches, how they’ve done it, and what it has meant for teaching and learning.
Participants of this webinar will:
- See how learning-focused partnerships between principals and instructional coaches lead to teacher and student growth;
- Examine the characteristics of effective building-level instructional coaching programs;
- Gain strategies for effective communication and feedback between the principal and coach;
- See how principals support coaching through the allocation of time and resources; and
- Gather ideas for making coaching a key part of teacher retention and support strategies.
Presenters
Crystal Cooper is principal of Starling Elementary School in Gwinnett County Public Schools (GA), and previously served as principal at Sycamore Elementary School.
DeVonya Prather serves Gwinnett County Public Schools as a literacy coach, where she works with school leaders and teachers to develop, train, and support the implementation of research-based strategies designed to enhance student academic performance in reading and writing. She began her career as a certified educator with Clayton County Public Schools.
Larissa McCoy has served as principal of Leto High School in Hillsborough County, Florida, since 2017. She previously served the district as an assistant principal for student affairs and assistant principal for curriculum.
Robyn Sullivan-Jackson serves as literacy coach, reading department head, and mentor to new and veteran teachers at Leto High School in Hillsborough County Public Schools.
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