Instructional Coaching for Teacher and Student Success

Developing and Sustaining Instructional Coaching in Schools

Goal Setting, Observation, Reflection

This institute equips coaches and leaders with a proven coaching framework built around goal setting, observation, and reflection, paired with a research-aligned Instructional Playbook to ground every coaching conversation in shared, high-impact strategies. Participants leave with a ready-to-use Plan of Action, refined relational skills, and the confidence to build cultures of trust where meaningful instructional growth can take root.

Instructional Coaching is a 3-day immersive learning experience, offered in Fall and Spring sessions.

A participant reviews dataWho Should Attend

  • Instructional Coaches
  • Campus Administrators
  • Mentor Teachers
  • Curriculum Specialists

What You Will Gain

  • An Instructional Playbook of high-impact, research-backed strategies
  • A concrete Plan of Action to implement immediately
  • Data-informed decision-making skills to drive student outcomes
  • A structured coaching framework: goal setting, observation, reflection
  • Tools to build trust and relational credibility with teachers
  • Clear coach and administrator roles that sustain growth over time

Why It Works

Instructional coaching is embedded in teachers’ daily work, which is why its impact on teaching is more durable than one-time workshops.

Session Dates

Spring Cohort

January 27–28 and February 18

Spaces are limited, so register soon!

For more information, contact Tracy McCarty (tmccarty@ou.edu).