A new study underscores the importance of school-based coaches who provide ongoing professional development to teachers.
School-based coaches specialize in areas such as classroom management, behavior, literacy, math, technology integration or special education. By working collaboratively with teachers, they can foster a positive and productive learning environment, leading to good student outcomes.
The study, published in School Psychology Review, highlights the importance of developing a strong working relationship between coaches and teachers when implementing effective evidence-based classroom strategies and techniques for healthy student learning.
The study’s results continue to help bridge the gap between educational research findings and the real-world implementation of these methods in schools.
Here, Shannon Holmes, an assistant professor in the University of Missouri’s College of Education and Human Development, explains the findings:
Additional coauthors are from the University of Missouri and the University of Texas at Austin.
The Institute of Education Sciences and the US Department of Education funded the work. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.
Source: University of Missouri