...Catriona Elek; Jane Page; Patricia Eadie Purpose This paper proposes a model for understanding the key features of coaching and the mechanisms of change that lead to professional learning and development in an educational context. Design/methodology/approach The model was developed through...

...Orla Colgate; Mark Colgate Purpose The purpose of this paper is to advance educational coaching by integrating polyvagal theory (PVT) into the 5E Coaching Model (5E Model), positioning physiological safety, neuroception, and co-regulation as prerequisites for trust, engagement, and sustained...

...Coran Swayne; Joseph Moynihan Purpose Despite extensive literature on the benefits of schoolwide coaching cultures, such cultures often remain aspirational, elusive and difficult to sustain. This study aims to investigate how school leaders foster collaborative coaching practices across primary...

...Laura Nicole Rees-Davies; Alexis Bennett; Mikel Mellick; Faaiza Bashir; Kevin Mackelworth; Clare Glennan Purpose It is important to understand the way in which coaching is being evidenced and utilised in UK education systems. Coaching models and practitioners have been integrated into the UK...

...Eszter Simon; Gabriela Pleschová; Agnes Simon Purpose The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to illustrate how an academic development program can be structured to foster trust and support the creation of trustful coaching relationships; second, to examine how coaches and coachees perceive...

...Heather Aiken; Cheryl Varghese; Mary Bratsch-Hines; Steven Amendum Purpose To identify the virtual coaching practices used to support implementation and instructional decision-making in an evidence-based early reading program, Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI). Design/methodology/approach...

...Andromeda Hightower Purpose Instructional coaching is correlated with higher student achievement and greater self-efficacy in teachers, helping to ameliorate the lack of sufficient teacher preparation. However, successful coaching implementation outcomes continue to be mixed. Coaching decision...

...Jessica K. Hardy; Katerina Marcoulides; Jill Grifenhagen; Ragan H. McLeod; Mary Louise Hemmeter Purpose We developed and studied an approach to measuring the quality of coaching meetings. Coaching is a professional development approach that has been implemented in education settings for several...

...Dean van der Merwe; Sarita Ramsaroop; Kathleen Fonseca Purpose This study aimed to explore teacher educators’ experiences and learnings as coaches in a mixed-reality simulation intervention aimed at teaching adaptive practices in preservice teacher education. Design/methodology/approach...

... in various other educational and professional settings have demonstrated the effectiveness of workplace coaching in fostering well-being, adaptability, flexibility and sustainable performance. This review argues that workplace coaching could similarly support academics. Design/methodology/approach...

...Shannon Rose Panfilio-Padden; Jonathan Brendefur; Keith Krone Purpose The purpose of the study was to gather data to determine whether instructional coaching partnerships can improve teachers’ implementation of learned mathematics instructional strategies. Teachers are willing to learn...

...Jennifer Hillman; Dave Lochtie; Olivia Purcell Purpose In this case study, we offer an analysis of feedback from a student experience survey completed by Black undergraduate students who received proactive, targeted coaching and mentoring support during 2021–2022. All the students were studying...

...Somayeh Mahdi; Hassanreza Zeinabadi; Hamidreza Arasteh; Hossein Abbasian Purpose Academic coaching (AC) has gained a significant attention to support student success and achievement in higher education, management and psychology. This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis...

...Jadelyn Abbott; Katherine Landau Wright; Hannah Carter Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify if and how K–6 teachers perceive that their literacy instructional coaches influence their writing teaching. Design/methodology/approach The authors employed a parallel convergent mixed...

...Julie McFarlane Purpose This paper explores the impact of a coach training programme in a UK higher education institution (UKHEI). This paper evaluates the use of coach training to equip undergraduate students with the skills needed to set goals and navigate stressors in personal and professional...

...Evthokia Saclarides Purpose Co-teaching is a prevalent and productive coaching activity that coaches can leverage when working with teachers to support teaching and learning. However, there is insufficient research detailing how coaches can and should implement this coaching activity with teachers...

...Tim Gander; Christopher Dann Purpose This scoping review discusses how bug-in-ear (BIE) technology has been used to coach teachers and pre-service teachers in special education, general education and initial teacher education (ITE). The purpose of the review is to identify the range of practices...

...Cheryl L. Burleigh; Margaret Kroposki; Patricia B. Steele; Sherrye Smith; Dara Murray Purpose The purpose of this literature review was to identify best practices in coaching faculty within higher education and the subsequent benefits of effective faculty coaching programs for the retention...

...Lindsay Stoetzel; Sandra Taylor-Marshall Purpose Across K–12 settings, instructional coaching continues to flourish as an approach to teacher professional development intended to address long-standing inequities in student achievement. Yet, coaching models differ in how to conceptualize change...

... is limited and typically examines program outcomes or the experiences and development of the pre-service teachers, or residents. This study focuses on a relatively unexamined area of TRPs to explore how providing mentoring and coaching supports the professional development of the in-service TRP coaches...