Coaching Cycles

A practical and productive approach to professional learning and coaching cycles that results in consistently implemented practices to meet a school’s specific and unique needs.

The Designed Directions Cycle (DDC) uses specifically designed, researched-based protocols, systems, and structures to achieve a full learning and teaching cycle that builds overall capacity to ensure effective classroom practice. The aim of the Designed Direction Cycle is to ensure all teaching teams use common planning and collaborative time effectively.

Designed Directions Cycle (DDC) supports teaching teams to focus and align curriculum around priority learning goals

Clearly identify prioritized standards
Analyze and develop common assessments and demonstration tasks

Teachers develop string skills in collaborative lesson design that incorporate effective learning and teaching strategies

Make use of data analysis and external assessments to inform instructional decisions
Discuss and design differentiated strategies to ensure quality learning

Effectively employing protocols for peer review, peer observation, and data analysis

Encourage quality collaboration with colleagues
Disseminate best practices across the school

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The impact of our coaching cycles work and related resources

Leveraging Instructional Coaching to support individualized staff growth plans, and impact instructional outcomes

Bridging cultural and academic learning to build student ownership - Miles' story

Supporting highly effective teachers to continue their growth

Achieving rapid progress and hitting improvement targets in high-need areas – an inspirational story of school turnaround

Developing more authentic collaboration among teachers and more distributive leadership