Wednesday, October 2, 2024

What Does a Virtual Instructional Coach Do?

 Have you ever struggled to explain to people what it is you do all day? 

Image of a sleeping teacher that says "What do you do all day?  I'm don't know, but it sure makes me tired."

At the intersection of virtual teaching and instructional coaching, I feel this. Many of the excellent resources for instructional coaching are geared toward in-person classrooms. 

What does a virtual instructional coach do? The same thing they encourage their teachers to do: Borrow, Adapt, Innovate.

Here is a graphic I made to explain my role to my teachers. 

An image of the 5 coaching languages. Under the image is a link to the file.

This graphic adapts the 5 coaching approaches in Jill Jackson's book,