Virtual MCL™ Educator Coaching

Empower your leadership with our virtual coaching services!

Overview: Virtual MCL™ educator coaching provides personalized, on-the-job support for Multi-Classroom Leader® educators as they lead planning meetings, data discussions, and coaching conversations. Coaching focuses on building MCL™ educators’ capacity to navigate the "how" of these critical leadership tasks, addressing challenges, and enhancing their skills in guiding teams toward improved instruction and outcomes. This service accelerates MCL™ educators’ development, reduces common implementation hurdles, and empowers them to drive excellent teaching and increase student achievement across their teams.

Format: 1:1 coaching support for educators in leadership roles

Cost: $2,390 per cycle

Duration: Seven touchpoints with a coach over two to three months

Who Should Attend: Educators in teacher-leadership roles.

Benefits: Coaching can enhance educational leadership, foster professional growth, provide emotional and professional support, ensure accountability, and drive school improvement.

Sessions:

Sessions:

Session 1 | Enrollment and Goal-Setting: This initial session focuses on building relationships and establishing the foundation for the coaching cycle. The coach learns about the MCL™ educator, their school context, their team and students, and their goals. 
Together, the coach and participant identify a clear coaching focus and determine where to begin.

Session 2 | Virtual Observation and Artifact Review: Session 2 focuses on collecting and reviewing evidence of current practice. The MCL™ educator submits an artifact or recording aligned to the coaching goal for the coach to review. The coach uses the evidence to identify strengths, areas for growth, and potential action steps. This review informs the coaching approach and prepares the coach for an intentional feedback conversation.  approach.

Session 3 | Feedback and Action Planning: This session centers on a coaching conversation grounded in evidence from the artifact review. Together, the coach and MCL™ educator reflect on current practice, identify a high-leverage action step, and plan for implementation. The coach may model, practice, provide resources, or offer targeted feedback to support the participant in applying the action step. In this session, the person being coached showcases their progress by submitting artifacts related to the action steps. The coach reviews these to gauge development, then finalizes the coaching strategy. This review ensures that each coaching conversation is purposeful and targeted.

Session 4 | Virtual Observation and Artifact Review: Session 4 provides an opportunity to apply learning and demonstrate progress. The MCL™ educator submits a second artifact showing implementation of the identified action step. The coach reviews the evidence to assess progress, identify strengths and remaining areas for growth, and prepare for the next coaching conversation. 

Session 5 | Feedback and Refinement: This session focuses on feedback, reflection, and refinement. Using evidence from the second artifact, the coach and MCL™ educator discuss progress and determine how to strengthen or extend the participant’s practice. Together, they refine the action step, practice as needed, and identify the next area of focus. 

Session 6 | Virtual Observation and Final Artifact Review: Session 6 provides the MCL™ educator an opportunity to demonstrate growth through a final artifact. The participant submits evidence of practice connected to the coaching goal and previous action steps. The coach reviews evidence across the cycle to identify progress, patterns of growth, and opportunities for continued development. This review informs the final reflection conversation. 

Session 7 | Reflection and Next Steps: The final session closes the coaching cycle with reflection and a final coaching conversation. The coach and MCL™ educator review progress toward the original goal, celebrate growth, and identify practices to sustain or continue developing. The cycle concludes with clear next steps and a brief participant survey to capture feedback and learning from the coaching experience.