Instructional Coaching Resource Guide
To better understand and share the work of
instructional coaching at career and technical centers, the Pennsylvania
Department of Education’s Bureau of Career and Technical Education
(BCTE) implemented the Instructional Coaching Professional Learning
Community (PLC) during the 2014-2015 school year. Eighteen coaches and
instructional leaders from Pennsylvania's CTCs participated in the PLC
(see Appendix A for a list of participants). Over the course of the
year, the PLC met during four virtual and three live meetings. As a
culminating project, Instructional Coaching PLC participants were asked
to share one lesson plan that they developed in collaboration with a
classroom teacher from the following BCTE programs of study:
- Computer Technology
- Electromechanical Technology
- Homeland Security
- Institutional Food Worker
- Mason/Masonry
Consultants
from the National Center for College and Career Transitions (NC3T)
facilitated the Instructional Coaching PLC and prepared this summary
report. To provide greater insight into their work, the Instructional
Coaching PLC participants were asked to respond to several prompts over
the course of the 2014-2015 school year; their comments are shared
throughout this document.