Thread by @MrZachG

If you're an instructional coach or have experienced instructional coaching, let me hear your thoughts on this series of 10 polls about this field:

1. Teachers should always choose the topic of their coaching

2. Teachers should always be able to choose whether they engage in coaching or not

3. Coaches should mostly listen, and rarely show, tell, or direct teaching

4. Coaching is mostly about leadership, and less about pedagogical expertise

5. Coaches can be weaker teachers than their mentees

6. Coaching can ignore specific subjects to focus on general teaching strategies

7. Coaches should keep everything confidential from their supervisors

8. Coaching inevitably involves non-coaching responsibilities, as required by their supervisors

9. Coaching should focus on individual teachers’ needs and not the needs of the building

10. A coach shouldn’t come out in favor of one form of pedagogy over another

Many of these beliefs were discussed on a recent live streaming of Teachers Talk Radio

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