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For more information about the Instructional Coaching certificate program, contact us at ProfessionalLearning@gse.upenn.edu
The Instructional Coaching certificate program is designed for teacher mentors, coaches, and instructional leaders looking to develop the skills and tools necessary to create deliberate, collaborative, and flexible instructional coaching experiences for new and experienced colleagues.
The Instructional Coaching certificate program offers an in-depth professional learning experience that provides access to the collective coaching expertise of Penn GSE’s Collaboratory for Teacher Education and the Teacher Development Network LLC. Through this interactive program, participants will learn and practice the components of the collaborative, flexible, equity-centered, and active learning approach to coaching that are a signature of Penn GSE’s coaching programs.
September 7, 2023
Program length8 months
Certificate offeredPenn GSE Certificate in Advanced Instructional Coaching
Format(s)This program includes both live virtual sessions and asynchronous work to be completed at your own pace.
Cost
PK-12 or higher education staff with mentoring or coaching roles; grade/department chairs; school and systems leaders; other instructional leaders
The Instructional Coaching certificate program is designed to help those responsible for mentoring or coaching adults in an education setting deliberately develop and hone the mindsets, skills, and tools that coaches use to guide the learning of others.
This program is structured around five core components of effective adult coaching: vision, relational trust, listening, language, and protocols. Over the course of four modules, participants will have access to engaging and varied online resources, tools, and real-world practice activities that introduce, guide, and deepen work around the core coaching components.
Participants will meet synchronously throughout the duration of the program with a coaching expert to build community with other coaches and collaboratively practice coaching skills. The program concludes with a self-directed supervised inquiry project through which participants showcase their ability to use the knowledge and skills gained through this course in their own context.
Our program leader has deep experience and expertise in mentoring and instructional coaching in both PK-12 and higher education settings.