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Sarah McKibben

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From the Editor: Lessons from the Pitch - Header image

Lessons from the Pitch

Instructional Leadership & Coaching

30 Years In: The Lessons I Learned About Instructional Coaching - Header Image

30 Years In: The Lessons I Learned About Instructional Coaching

Coaching the Narrator - Header Image

Coaching the Narrator

The Power of Self-Coaching - Header Image

The Power of Self-Coaching

Coaching with AI: Connection Over Convenience

From Uncertainty to Conviction - Header Image

From Uncertainty to Conviction

Great Coaches Ask One Question - Header Image

Great Coaches Ask One Question

A Coaching Toolbox to Fit Every Teacher - Header Image

A Coaching Toolbox to Fit Every Teacher

How Principals Really Learn on the Job - Header Image

How Principals Really Learn on the Job

Reimagining Learning: Coaching the Culture - Header Image

Coaching the Culture

The Resilient Educator: Seven Shifts for Coaching Resistance - Header Image

Seven Shifts for Coaching Resistance

Instructional Insights: Defining Coaching Skills - Header Image

Defining Coaching Skills

Research Alert: Coaching Works, But It’s Hard to Scale - Header Image

Coaching Works, But It’s Hard to Scale

From the Front Lines: Celebrate the Wins - Header Image

Celebrate the Wins

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Takeaways

Strategies include establishing formal coaching cycles with co-planning and co-teaching, personalizing support so teachers get what they need when they need it, and building trust-based partnerships where coaches observe without evaluating.

Great teaching doesn’t happen in isolation, yet too often coaching becomes a series of sporadic check-ins rather than sustained support. The October 2026 issue of Educational Leadership explores what really works.

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Coaching That Works - Issue Cover

Coaching That Works

Coaching That Works

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