The 'theory' aspect of teaching can too easily be missing when we work to improve as teachers. We're often provided with training on what a teaching technique is and how we might use it in lessons. But, at times the purpose or theoretical underpinning of that technique can be absent. This means we can struggle to use a technique flexibly or accura...

Visiting a Steplab Coaching Hub is one of the best things coaching leads can do to kickstart or reignite their coaching programmes. In this article, we explain what they are, how they can help you successfully implement instructional coaching and how you can get involved.

Meet Simran and Jo

Simran is a headteacher of a primary school in Yorkshire....

We have exciting news about our collaboration with Teaching WalkThrus!

Rachel’s Introduction:

Steplab supports schools to supercharge their professional development programmes. Every day schools get in touch because they want to introduce instructional coaching for the first time, and need training resources, implementation models, and quality assurance tools to support an effective launch. Increasingly, we’re hearin...

Teacher coaching could transform professional development and school improvement, according to a new discussion paper launched at the Confederation of School Trusts' Directors of Improvement conference.

The co-published paper, Leveraging Trust Capacity to Deliver Effective Professional Development, developed with Josh Goodrich and Claire Hill from ...