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Formative Assessment

How to Have Data Chats With Teachers as an Instructional Coach

Oct 13, 2026 · Issue 36

How to Have Data Chats With Teachers as an Instructional Coach

The conversation that turns a spreadsheet into a shared goal.

Coaching Foundations

Simple Ways to Give Gratitude to Teachers as an Instructional Coach

Sep 29, 2026 · Issue 35

Simple Ways to Give Gratitude to Teachers as an Instructional Coach

A note, a treat, and a kind word: the smallest things a coach does are the ones teachers remember.

Coaching Foundations

How to Run a Virtual Book Study for Teacher Professional Development

Sep 15, 2026 · Issue 34

How to Run a Virtual Book Study for Teacher Professional Development

Planning, interaction, and accountability for professional development that happens on a screen.

Who it's for

All Teachers Coaches Leaders

Anchor

Classroom Environment and Routines Classroom Culture and Relationships Behavior Management and Self-Regulation Curriculum Internalization and Lesson Planning Explicit Instruction and Gradual Release Academic Discourse and Questioning Academic Vocabulary Writing Across the Curriculum Metacognition and Student Ownership Practice and Retrieval Differentiation and Scaffolding Formative Assessment and Feedback Rigorous Tasks and Application Coaching Foundations

Teachers

Issue 25

Issue 25 · May 12, 2026 · Coaching Foundations · Coaches, Leaders, Teachers

PLC Norms: 12 Examples and How to Set Them With Your Team

The agreements that let a PLC run with or without the coach in the room.

Download: PLC Norms Builder

Issue 24

Issue 24 · Apr 28, 2026 · Curriculum Internalization and Lesson Planning · Coaches, Teachers

Time Blocking for Lesson Planning: How to Plan a Block Teachers Can Teach

Time blocking maps every minute of a lesson block to I Do, We Do, You Do, and Closing, with transitions and adult roles built in. Here's the process.

Download: Sample Time-Blocked Lesson Plan (3rd Grade Math, 60 Minutes)

Issue 23

Issue 23 · Apr 14, 2026 · Formative Assessment and Feedback · Coaches, Teachers

How to Use Student Work Analysis to Find Instructional Gaps

Student work analysis means laying out a range of papers, finding the error pattern across students, and naming the gap the instruction left. Six steps inside.

Download: Student Work Analysis Reflection Prompts

Issue 22

Issue 22 · Mar 31, 2026 · Explicit Instruction and Gradual Release · Coaches, Leaders, Teachers