Create a Whole School Coaching Action Plan — Free Mini-Course
Instructional coaching can feel like spinning plates while juggling — emails, meetings, PD planning, teacher requests, data, evaluations… and somehow you’re also supposed to drive meaningful change.
And if you’ve ever thought:
🔥 “I work all the time, but it feels like I’m just putting out fires.”
👀 “I should be seeing more change by now.”
😫 “I feel like I don’t even know where to start.”
You’re not alone.
Instructional coaches have to do so many things. The small, urgent tasks sneak in and take over — while the big, important goals get pushed aside. As Stephen Covey explains, when we live in the “urgent” quadrant, we stay busy… without moving forward.
So the real question is:
If we don’t know what to prioritize, how can we use our precious (limited!) time wisely?
That’s exactly why you need a school-wide coaching action plan.
🌟 Why You Need a School Action Plan as an Instructional Coach
When you’re responsible for PD, PLCs, and individual coaching, it’s easy to fall into reactive mode. A school-wide action plan shifts you from:
❌ reacting to problems
➡️ to intentionally leading instructional change
With a clear plan in place, you can:
- stay focused on school-wide goals
- make faster, more confident coaching decisions
- align PD, PLCs, and coaching conversations
- show administrators visible evidence of your impact
- reduce overwhelm (truly!)
Your time becomes purposeful — instead of scattered across whatever pops up next.
📚 Introducing the Coaching Action Plan Challenge (Free Mini-Course!)
In this free mini-course, I’ll walk you through creating a three-tiered coaching plan that supports your entire school — without adding more to your plate.
You’ll learn how to map out:
👫 Whole-school needs → your PD focus
👭 Group needs → your PLC priorities
🙍 Individual needs → your coaching cycles and teacher support
By the end, you’ll have a simple, realistic plan you can actually use all year.
🔎 The Four Steps We’ll Walk Through Together
This challenge takes the overwhelm out of planning by breaking the process into manageable steps.
STEP 1: Gather Data
Collect information from multiple sources:
- teacher surveys
- school-wide assessment data
- admin priorities
- classroom sweeps or walkthrough observations
The goal is to see the big picture.
STEP 2: Identify Patterns and Turn Them Into Goals
Look across the data and ask:
- What strengths stand out?
- What keeps showing up as a need?
- What will make the biggest impact if we focus here?
These patterns become focused, measurable school goals.
STEP 3: Add Checkpoints and Action Steps
Next, we break those goals into:
- clear milestones
- timelines
- action steps
- ways to check progress
This helps you track growth — and confidently talk about results with leadership.
STEP 4: Tier Teachers for Support
Not everyone needs the same level of coaching.
We’ll walk through a simple way to:
- identify teachers who need intensive support
- support teacher teams through PLCs
- empower highly independent teachers
This ensures your time is used strategically, not equally.
🎁 Join the Free Coaching Action Plan Challenge
By the end of the challenge, you’ll walk away with:
✔ a school-wide coaching action plan
✔ clarity around priorities
✔ confidence in how you’re using your time
✔ a roadmap for PD, PLCs, and coaching cycles
⬇️ Sign up for the Free Coaching Action Plan Challenge below
Want Even More Support?
If you want templates and ready-made forms to go even deeper, the Instructional Coaching Action Plan Toolkit is the perfect next step.
It includes planners, binders, forms, and guidance to help you keep everything organised throughout the year.
