Instructional coaches

Coaching cycle kit (one per principle)

Each cycle is two weeks and uses the same five steps, so teachers learn the format once.

Step	What happens	Time
1. See it	Coach does a five-minute visit using one look-for from the visit card	5 minutes
2. Name it	One-sentence note: what's working, one next step	2 minutes
3. Model it	Coach models the routine with the teacher's own lesson	10 minutes
4. Practice it	Teacher rehearses with the coach playing students, twice, with feedback after each	10 minutes
5. Check it	Coach returns within a week, looking only for that step	5 minutes

Rule: one next step at a time. A teacher working on three things is working on none.

Week	Focus for every teacher	Coach looks for
1	Three-two-one warm-up	Review from memory at the start of every lesson
2	Whiteboards up	Every student answering at once
3	I do, we do, you do	Model before practice
4	Worked examples	Solved example beside new problem types
5	Mixed review	Earlier material in homework and warm-ups
6	Consolidation	All five, in a full lesson

Measure of success: by week 6, the share of five-minute visits showing each look-for, tracked on one sheet.