...Joanna Higgins; Ro Parsons Purpose Instructional coaches are pivotal to articulating the agenda of system-wide reform, yet their role remains largely unexamined. Their approach with educators is contextually situated within the schooling system in which they work to reflect the historical...

... its theoretical underpinnings, the paper goes on to examine the perceptions of instructional coaches on the effectiveness of the PD model. Design/methodology/approach Through the use of a qualitative, constant comparative approach, data were collected from 19 instructional coaches through open...

...Megan Tschannen-Moran; Carol B. Carter Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether the emotional intelligence (EI) of instructional coaches could be improved with training, as well as how instructional coaches perceived the relevance of EI to their success as coaches. Design...