When coaches plan and facilitate a wide variety of professional learning experiences, they are more likely to meet the varied needs of teachers, increase the relevance of the learning experience, focus directly on teaching and learning, and engage teachers more actively in professional learning.
- Joellen Killion and Cindy Harrison; Taking the Lead

The Role of the Learning Facilitator:

A learning facilitator can provide “just in time” training within a school or on a team. Learning facilitators organize frequent professional development learning opportunities for the staff in a building.

Here are some ways that FCPS Instructional Coaches serve in this role:

• Facilitating learning around new instructional practices and strategies.
• Facilitating whole school and small group study groups.
• Supporting Collaborative Teams' work.
• Coordinating, supporting, and implementing lesson study and lab-sites.

Schools are focused on learning but not just for students. Our Instructional Coaches provide invaluable learning opportunities for our staff to deepen content knowledge and build upon their instructional practices. Through mentoring, consulting, and coaching our staff has been transformed by the work of our instructional coaches.
- Jay Nocco; Principal, Lynbrook Elementary School