Leveraging Instructional Coaching as Professional Development for Math Teachers

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 5:25 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 1
  In Roundtable Session: Enhancing Teacher Development Through Critical Dialogic Education, Self-Reflection, and Instructional Coaching for Diverse Learners (Table 7)

Abstract

Abstract. Instructional coaches are increasingly utilized by school districts to provide professional development for teachers and support teacher implementation of high-quality classroom practices that are responsive to student needs. Zooming in on teacher noticing of student thinking as a high-quality classroom practice, the study investigated what practices instructional coaches found helpful for the development and monitoring of teacher noticing and what challenges arose in their work with K-8 mathematics teachers. The findings detail the ways student work positioned coaches to provide active learning opportunities for teachers centered on student thinking and situate their teachers as competent and knowledgeable of the mathematics and their students.

Author

• Adejah Taylor, University of California - Los Angeles