Course 1: Instructional Coaching for Change in Children's Futures
This first course introduces Instructional Coaching, an innovative and effective relationships-based professional learning approach focused on supporting teachers’ practices related to language and literacy in the early years, our focus across all Cox Campus courses for educators.
- Cost
- 100% Free
- Time to complete
- 2.5 Hours
- Provides a
- Certificate of Training
Recommended for
- Birth to 5 Instructional Coaches
- Prospective coaches
- Leaders
By the End of This Course You’ll Be Able To
- Understand the value of coaching as a personalized, relationship-based professional learning approach
- Learn the value and effectiveness of Instructional Coaching in improving teachers’ ability to impact language and literacy outcomes for children
- Engage with teachers effectively, using adult learning principles
Why It Matters
- Instructional coaching is the ultimate form of professional development in improving teacher practices and ultimately child outcomes.
How it Works
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Learn at Your Own Pace
You don’t have to finish the course all in one sitting. In fact, we recommend you take this course a little bit at a time, incorporating what you’ve learned in the classroom.
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Earn IACET CEUs
In order to pass and receive IACET CEUs for this course, you will first need to complete all the lessons, then complete the end of course assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
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Free Guided Resources
As you go through a course, we’ll introduce you to free resources that will help you implement what you’re learning.
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Never Learn Alone
Have a question on what you’re learning in the course or how to use a resource? Reach out to the Cox Campus community for advice or to lend a helping hand to others.
Lessons
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Lesson 1
Instructional Coaching for Change: Setting the Stage for Coaching for Transformative Change
Duration 39 minutesThis lesson introduces Cox Campus Instructional Coaching as an innovative form of professional development to change children’s outcomes in language and literacy. -
Lesson 2
Instructional Coaching for Change: The Essence and Effectiveness of Instructional Coaching
Duration 45 minutesThis lesson describes/defines Instructional Coaching, its impact, and the necessary conditions for its success. -
Lesson 3
Instructional Coaching for Change: The Ecosystem Approach To Coaching
Duration 40 minutesThis lesson focuses on the essential elements that define a healthy, language- centered environment for children and the outcomes we expect for children in language and literacy. An overview of Cox Campus will be provided. -
Lesson 4
Instructional Coaching for Change: Understanding Adults as Learners
Duration 29 minutesThis lesson focuses on understanding basic principles about how adults learn and how they relate to effective coaching actions. -
Lesson 5
Instructional Coaching for Change: End of Course Assessment
Duration 18 minutesIn this lesson, you will take the end-of-course assessment. You must score 80% or higher to pass the assessment and receive your certificate of completion.
Your Facilitator
Crystal Grimes
Birth To Five Facilitator
Crystal is a Birth to 5 Family Engagement Facilitator at Rollins. She provides coaching on Cox Campus practices.
Success Stories
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"The Cox Campus will give you practical tools to dramatically benefit the children in your classrooms, giving them the power to be successful in elementary school and well beyond."MeganTeacher
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"I love the Cox Campus courses because I am able to log on at my convenience and learn a little more information to help me be a better teacher/caregiver and even a better parent."StaceyInfant/Toddler Teacher
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"I have experienced more meaningful conversations with my students and have seen them flourish in literacy due to the incorporation of strategies I’ve learned."KatiePre-K Teacher
FAQs
The Cox Campus is the digital outreach platform for the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy. Our team is composed of experienced teachers, early learning and language experts, neuroscientists, school leaders, speech language pathologists and authorities in adult learning and curriculum design to give all children access to the Science of Reading to change the odds for all children.
When you sign up for the Cox Campus, you'll get access to interactive, video-based courses, hundreds of free printable resources, virtual workshops and webinars from early childhood development experts, and a community of child-pacing professionals and families.
The Cox Campus is for all child-facing adults to work to improve child outcomes and positively impact learning. We have courses and content designed for educators, school district leaders, medical professionals, childcare providers, families, and more.
Everything on the Cox Campus is available at no cost – ever. Thanks to generous partner investments and grant funding, the Cox Campus creates online courses and resources for child-facing adults so literacy is a reality for every child.
All the resources and courses on Cox Campus are created based on the latest research and science in early childhood development. Childhood development experts at the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School create all of the content based on strategies they implement in real classrooms.
New courses, resources, and teaching guides are released frequently. All of the content on Cox Campus is designed to help teachers, families, and community leaders with challenges they may be facing right now.
The Rollins Center, of the Atlanta Speech School, in some cases, may allow an instructor, facilitator, content editor or a subject matter expert or consultant with proprietary interests to conduct professional development activities at Rollins events, provided that appropriate disclosure of such interest is made. Disclosure of proprietary interest will be made on course material and at the beginning of the course/learning event, when applicable.
