Instructional coaching is one-to-one or one to small group, “tell-me-what-you-need,” personalized learning that impacts instruction. Coaching promotes a culture of collaboration where trust is built through a sense of community. Coaches support teachers with planning, instruction, assessment and community building.
The ACES Instructional Coaching Program is:
- Non-evaluative
- Personalized
- Promotes active learning
- Offers sustained support
- Maintains content flexibility
Professional Learning
When working with teachers the ACES coaches focus on students, teaching practices, accountability, teacher choice, expertise, and respecting professionalism. To make learning visible, coaches work with teachers to diagnose, implement interventions and evaluate the impact.
Coaching Areas
- All Content Disciplines
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Differentiated Instruction
- STEM
- Research-Based Instructional Strategies
- Integration of Technology
- Using Data to Make Instructional Decisions
NDMU School of Education: A Leader in Teacher Training
Notre Dame has a long and proud history of mutually beneficial partnerships with Catholic private and public schools, providing outstanding professional development that offers teachers relevant and practical applications in and outside the classroom.
- Largest private preparer of K-8 STEM teachers in Maryland
- Only Maryland institution to offer master's degrees in Gifted and Talented Education and Mathematics Instructional Leadership
- Member of the University Consortium for Catholic Education and sponsor of Operation TEACH, a master's level program to meet the recruitment needs of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore
- Top producer of "Teachers of the Year"
Contact Us
Gail Donahue, Ph.D.
Director of ACES
gdonahue@ndm.edu
Maggie Hubbard, Ed.D.
Assistant Director, ACES
mhubbard@ndm.edu