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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do instructional coaches do? [/quote]

They literally make more work for teachers.  That's their entire job.  Some of them are nice people and well-liked, but few of us would miss those positions if they were all cut.  [/quote]

I disagree, at least at our school. With all the new teachers, they really help out with their planning and coaching. These teachers have mentors, but they can’t do it all, especially when they’re teaching their own classes. [/quote]

Also with the amount of teacher trainees and novice teachers there is an absolute need for coaching support. I’ve seen first hand that teacher skillset in the county is not what it was 15 years ago. [/quote]

New teachers are assigned a coach from the county. We are not talking about those instructional coaches. We are talking about the ones assigned to specific schools who just crunch data and give teachers more work to do. [/quote]

This is patently false. The zero-years experience teachers at my elementary school have mentors that are assigned from within our school. But no one has an instructional coach assigned from outside the school. [/quote]

The county started a new program this year. Our school does. They come in twice a week and work only with the 0-3 year teachers at our school. She is assigned to several schools. If this is not happening at your ES, I would ask admin why.[/quote]

Maybe principals could opt in? But this model actually does something. I had an instructional coach my first few years and they were useless. They ran our meetings like we were inept. They also don’t have years of experience. Some only taught for like 4 years.  IMO, this should be a role with a minimum of 15 years experience and their role should be helping new teachers. It should be a fluid role where they are not assigned to one school. [/quote]

So they are like the junior consultants that come into a business and have really no more experience than the other new hires and a lot less than any long-timers so in the end, roll the dice on if any value to be had. [/quote]

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