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Coaching by i-Ready:
Empowered Instruction, Impactful Learning

Improve and sustain student achievement while building capacity in your leadership team and strengthening teacher practice.

Coaching by i-Ready empowers educators to implement best practices using i-Ready, Magnetic Reading Foundations, Magnetic Reading, Phonics for Reading, or i-Ready Classroom Mathematics through continuous, focused support throughout the school year.

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Collaborative

Partner with your school team and i-Ready Certified Coach to plan and implement strategies for growth.

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Connected

Utilize data and program best practices to drive instructional outcomes.

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Continuous

Engage in iterative coaching cycles, using our research-grounded methods to propel growth.

Collaborate with a Certified Coach

Go beyond our professional learning courses and tailored support offerings and receive targeted, job-embedded support. Educators work on program best practices with a classroom-experienced i-Ready Certified Coach. Certified Coaches receive internal training as well as training from the Instructional Coaching group on ways to establish clear communication, build trust and healthy relationships, and navigate through complex situations.

Unlock Active Learning Where It Matters Most

Instructional leaders and teachers expand and reinforce their knowledge of best instructional practices by participating in active coaching pathways featuring Instructional Coaching to strengthen teacher instructional practice, or Leader Impact Coaching to hone leadership skills through coaching and technical assistance in support of students' mathematics and reading achievement. Select both Instructional and Leader Impact Coaching for a comprehensive approach to school improvement.

Unlock active learning where it matters most.

“I don’t think we would be in the place that we are right now without coaching. Even the students look forward to the people from i-Ready coming in. Professional learning that happens when students are in the building, while students are learning, and when students learning as a result of professional learning is something that goes a long way for the teacher, the coach, and the students themselves.”  Josh Almeida, Curriculum, Data, and Assessment Manager, New Bedford Public Schools 



How the Coaching Pathways Work

Across the academic year, instructional leaders and teachers work with an i-Ready Certified Coach as they engage in a series of learning walks and collaborative coaching cycles, focused on strengthening effective teaching and learning.

Instructional Coaching

Choose from three possible pathways designed to provide coaching for up to nine teachers. The Leader Pathway offers additional guidance and support for instructional coaches to build their capacity to facilitate coaching cycles.

Coaching by i-Ready program process cycle infographic.

*A condensed lesson study package is also available—details provided upon request.

Step 1: Learning Walks

  • Engage leaders in a series of classroom visits to identify schoolwide trends to inform the focus for the collaborative coaching cycle. These learning walks monitor instruction, identify trends, identify growth opportunities, and determine the coaching cycle focus.

Step 2: Leader Preplanning (Virtual, Leader Pathway)

  • Instructional leaders plan roles, set schedules, and gather resources based on the learning walk analysis identified to prepare for the first coaching cycle.

Step 3: Teacher Learning Cohorts (Virtual)

  • Prior to the start of the coaching cycle, teachers receive short, targeted learning sessions in their teacher cohorts. This helps ensure teachers understand the focus area by engaging with program content, re-examining program best practices, and determining how they can practically apply this learning before, during, and after the coaching cycle.

Step 4: Coaching Cycle

  • An i-Ready Certified Coach engages classroom teachers or a team of teachers in co-planning, co-facilitating, co-reflecting, and identifying next steps in a data-driven approach through in-person and virtual touchpoints.
  • During virtual co-planning, the i-Ready Certified Coach, instructional leaders, and teachers build on the learning that occurred during the teacher learning cohort to develop an individual goal directly related to the coaching cycle focus. The i-Ready Certified Coach and each teacher collaboratively plan for an upcoming lesson, selecting strategies to leverage to address the teacher’s goal, and agreeing upon facilitation roles for the lesson.
  • The i-Ready Certified Coach co-facilitates the lesson in person alongside the teacher. Following the lesson, the i-Ready Certified Coach and teacher co-reflect to debrief successes, challenges, changes, how this experience impacted their coaching focus, and necessary next steps.

Step 5: Leader Debrief (Leader Pathway)

  • The i-Ready Certified Coach debriefs with leaders to establish clear steps in between touchpoints and schedule the next series of support.

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“The coaching materials supplied by i-Ready have significantly strengthened our capacity, as an administrative team, to recognize and cater to the unique needs of each teacher. By tailoring our coaching, we have managed to craft a more engaging and dynamic educational atmosphere, benefiting all participants involved.”  Administrator, Warren County Schools, TN

Leader Impact Coaching

Leader Impact pathways offer a side-by-side team approach to coaching, bringing a laser-like focus to identify schoolwide strengths and growth opportunities. With the expertise of an i-Ready Certified Coach, leaders analyze i-Ready data along with other student data available to the school, crafting plans that leverage best practices to drive academic gains.

Coaching by i-Ready program tier comparison infographic.

To discuss availability in your area and learn more about this exciting new offering, reach out to your Curriculum Associates educational sales consultant.

Meet the i-Ready Certified Coaches

With more than 275 years of collective education experience, our i-Ready Certified Coaches are former instructional coaches, administrators, principals, curriculum coordinators, and counselors. They are passionate, committed educators who build partnerships with teachers and students to positively impact instruction and learning through transformative feedback.

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