Guidelines for Coaches
- Begin by helping the new teacher to establish realistic and appropriate goals for professional performance
- Foster the novice’s sense of personal efficacy
- Embed the teacher’s reflection within the context of the classroom
- Challenge the novice to use a problem-solving approach to analyzing instructional events
- Support the teacher’s efforts to try new instructional strategies
- Guide and support reflection throughout the instructional process
- Support and guide metacognitive reflection throughout the coaching process
Funding for this website came from the Virginia Department of Education Award # 879-SY08 CFG to Dr. Sandi Cohen and Dr. Ruth Ferree at the Curry School of Education. Questions should be sent to Dr. Ferree at TeacherEd@virginia.edu.
