START Glossary
Title
Coaching
Description
Coaching provides the support needed to use new skills and knowledge in
typical contexts and is the bridge between training and implementation.
Quality coaching offers critical support for trying out new approaches
during that "awkward stage" just after initial exposure
through training and helps teachers and staff persist in developing
skills in the use of the new practices or programs. Functions of
coaching include prompting, providing performance feedback, fluency
building, and adaptation. The focus of coaching can be at a systems
level or with an individual person or team.
Category
Coaching
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