The Coaching Cycle: An Interactive Online Course for Mathematics Coaches

教练周期项目为K-8数学教学教练创建了一门在线课程。该项目的对象是农村地区和无法获得正规全区专业发展机会的小型学校的教练。它提供有效的数学教学指导所需的技能培训，方法是使用实习教练收集的人工制品，让课程参与者参与指导技能的实践。由于在线学习和教学指导是相当新的员工发展模式，该项目增加了有关这些干预措施如何支持更有效的指导、教师实践的改变和提高学生成绩的发展中的知识库。

The Coaching Cycle project creates an online course for K-8 mathematics instructional coaches. The project targets coaches in rural areas and small schools who do not have access to regular district-wide professional development. It provides training in the skills needed for effective instructional coaching in mathematics by using artifacts collected by practicing coaches to engage course participants in the practice of coaching skills. Because online learning and instructional coaching are fairly recent models of staff development, the project adds to the developing knowledge base about how these interventions support more effective coaching, changes in teachers'' practice, and increased student achievement.