Instructional Coach Certification

Instructional coaches play an essential role in supporting educators professional learning and advanced expertise to increase results for students.

The Instructional Coaching graduate certificate offers you opportunities to:   

• Practice effective communication for better conversations within professional learning. 
• Apply research-evidenced coaching strategies to help educators transfer new learning into practice or refine current educational practices in job-embedded experiences. 
• Assume various instructional coaching roles and responsibilities including coaching cycles, team coaching, and designing and facilitating meaningful professional development. 

After completing our Instructional Coaching certification online, you will be qualified and skilled to engage in and facilitate professional development that is tied to ongoing work within a culture of continuous improvement and share collective responsibility for the professional growth of all adults and the success of every student.  

Education Master's Programs

Looking for a full master's degree program? Explore our Reading Education (M.S.) program or Teaching & Leadership (M.S.) program that are designed to prepare you to meet the needs of the modern K-12 classroom, while teaching you how to ensure professional success in your school. The Instructional Coaching certificate is designed to be earned within these master's programs or as a stand-alone credential. Meaning if you enroll in one of the two master's degree programs you can earn this certificate by taking the outlined elective course credits as a part of your course plan.