What Does a Virtual Instructional Coach Do?

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

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. 

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

How to Coach Teachers to Teach (almost) Anything.