Iowa ASCD Resources: Teacher & Instructional Coaches

Iowa ASCD Resources
We invite you to browse our resource libraries for teachers and instructional coaches. 

Teachers

• Approaches to Learning  were collected by Iowa ASCD and provide you with strategies and supports to enhance your teaching - everything from AIW to Understanding by Design.

• Content-Specific Resources collected by Iowa ASCD provide you with subject-specific resources at your fingertips.

•  Culturally Responsive Teaching - Five Strategies:  Kristin Burnham defines culturally responsive teaching as well as shares five strategies.

• Intel's Exemplary Unit and Lesson Plans for K-12 Educators:  Developed by teachers, explore this collection of teaching ideas that showcase integration of technology into classroom projects for all ages and most subjects.

• Teaching for Rigor - A Call for a Critical Instructional Shift:  Robert Marzano and Michael Toft share why essential shifts in instruction are necessary for teachers and students to succeed with college and career readiness standards.

• Edutopia:  This is an excellent website that empowers and connects teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to better education.

• About Education:  This is another awesome website for teachers. It includes free resources on different subject matters as well as articles and tips on teaching and learning.

• PBS Teachers:  This is a great website that can help teachers grow professionally. It offers free teaching resources relevant to different grade category

Instructional Coaches

• The Art of Coaching Teachers  This blogger, Elena Aguilar, is an experienced K-12 educator, a transformational-leadership coach and consultant in Oakland, Calif. She is the author of The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation (Jossey-Bass, 2013), The Art of Coaching Team(Jossey-Bass, 2016), and Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators (2018). She is also the founder of Bright Morning Consulting (brightmorningteam.com) and is active on social media. She tackles issues with which you deal - everything from "When It's Time for a Hard Conversation" to "Cultivating Healthy Communication in Teams."

• Coaches as Change Agents This webinar by Michael Fullan highlights the coach's role as a change agent in our schools.

• Coaching New Teachers - The importance of Modeling Elena Aguilar emphasizes the importance of model teaching for new teachers, assuring they have exemplars for which to strive.

• Instructional Coaching Edutopia provides tips and resources for instructional coaches.

• Instructional Coaching with Jim Knight This organization led by Jim Knight provides professional learning opportunities and resources for instructional coaches.

• Teacher Leader Model Standards Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium has developed these Teacher Leader Model Standards to codify, promote and support teacher leadership as a vehicle to transform schools for the needs of the 21st century.

• Three Practices to Avoid in Instructional Coaching Diane Sweeney shares in this video those practices you should avoid as a coach.

• Iowa ASCD Instructional Coaches Page of Resources