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AI in K-12 instruction: Insights from instructional coaches

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As trusted mentors and professional development leaders, they guide teachers in implementing AI tools thoughtfully, ensuring that technology enhances student learning while aligning with pedagogical best practices. The coaches reported that AI is used for various instructional purposes.

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The Science of Coaching Teachers

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As a fifth grade math teacher and instructional coach in New Orleans, Gibson has become increasingly interested in effective teaching informed by cognitive science —otherwise known as learning science—and how it can help teachers improve their practice.

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AI-Enabled Personal Professional Learning MicroGrant Announced Targets Teachers and Coaches (K-6)

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The Classroom Education Plan© (CEP) supports teachers and coaches helping them to improve their core instructional practice. Three elementary schools will be selected to become QorePremium Partners and will receive CEP licenses for all general education K-6 teachers at the awarded sites (administrators and coaches are free).

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Let’s Help Teachers Grow by Coaching — Not Micromanaging — Them

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One approach that schools can use to support teachers at all levels is providing collaborative, subject-specific coaching. In many instructional coaching models, the line between mentorship and evaluation is blurred, with coaches serving as pseudo-administrators. My growth wasn’t gauged by a rubric on a clipboard.

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River Valley School District (PA) First to Implement Yourway Learning $1M AI Grant

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.” Empowering Classrooms with Research-Backed Tools and Personalized Learning As part of the grant, River Valley educators will gain access to Yourway , an AI-supported instructional platform built on proven research and best practices in educational technology and personalized learning.

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How Personalized Coaching Can Kick-Start Your School’s PD

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“Instructional coaching is like sports coaching,” says Teresa Engler, K-12 Instructional Technology Coach for McGuffey School District in southwestern Pennsylvania. From the sideline, a coach gives the team a play, explains how it will work in the field and then watches as the players execute.

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Why Early Childhood Teachers Require a Unique Approach to Tech Coaching

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“I don't have time to use technology with my littles.” In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. When I became a school-based tech coach six years ago, I faced these same struggles.

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