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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Maybe their job needs to be reimagined. They should be pairing themselves with teachers in the classroom and [b]coaching them in the moment[/b]. Identifying a skill deficit, create an agreed upon instructional intervention, coach them and then run fidelity checks to ensure skill acquisition etc.
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What makes you think they have better ideas than the teachers they are supposed to help?  Some took the job to get out of the classroom.

I knew someone who was hired as an instructional coach who was an ESL teacher and had never been a classroom teacher.[/quote]

I never said that they have better ideas. But how can you as a classroom teacher coach a new teacher in the moment AND over time if you have your own classroom? [/quote]

I’ve done this. I’ve observed the new teacher during my planning period and met with them after school. Yes, it takes a lot of time… but it makes sense as a structure because I’m actively teaching the same grade level and content. I also know the fatigue they feel delivering instruction all day and prepping or grading each night. An instructional coach has is doing none of this, so they only theoretically “get it.”

I’m a big fan of giving veteran teachers an additional period off to mentor a new teacher. [/quote]

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