Classroom Management Coaching for First-Year Urban Teachers: Purpose, Design, and Implementation

• Published in: Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 386 - 417
• Main Authors: Kwok, Andrew, Svajda-Hardy, Megan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Beginning Teachers; Classroom Techniques; Classrooms; Coaching (Performance); Culturally Relevant Education; Implementation; Management; Principals; Program Development; Program Implementation; Teachers; Urban areas; Urban Schools; Urban Teaching; discipline policies < subjects; cultural responsiveness < social; culture < subjects; coaching; culturally responsive classroom management; programs; beginning teachers; teacher development < urban education

This qualitative study explores one urban district's purpose, design, and implementation of a unique classroom management coaching program for first-year teachers (FYTs). Through interviews of coaches, assistant principals, and district administrators, we identify why and how this program suppo...