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Coaching to improve<br />

students’ outcomes<br />

Trautwein and Ammerman (2010), Mann and Smith (2015),<br />

Kohler (1997), Showers and Joyce (1996) and Huston (2007) all<br />

concur that effective peer <strong>coaching</strong> assists in improving<br />

professional practice, and in turn increases students outcomes.<br />

Kohler (1997) argues that instructional methods are directly<br />

linked with students outcomes and whilst participating in<br />

<strong>coaching</strong> programs teachers were making procedural changes<br />

that directly affected their teaching methodologies, and thus<br />

improved students outcomes. Kohler (1997) sites a study by<br />

Sparks and Bruder (1987) where 70% of teachers in <strong>coaching</strong><br />

programs identified improved students’ outcomes which is an<br />

encouraging statistic to further support peer <strong>coaching</strong>.<br />

<strong>Peer</strong> <strong>coaching</strong> foundations<br />

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