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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ752194
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 6
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Instructional Coaches Make Progress through Partnership
Knight, Jim
Journal of Staff Development, v25 n2 p32-37 Spr 2004
Teachers don't resist change, the author suggests, they resist programs that call for change without support. This Topeka, Kan., program added full-time instructional coaches to middle schools and found that teachers, with the coaches' support and time, adopted new practices that affected student learning.
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Tutors, Teacher Improvement, Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Program Descriptions, Case Studies, Instructional Innovation, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mentors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED502720
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