MATHEMATICS COACHING KNOWLEDGE: DOMAINS AND DEFINITIONS

Instructional coaching is a professional development approach where a coach works collaboratively with a teacher to improve that teacher’s practice and content knowledge. We conducted a Delphi study to develop an operational definition of coaching knowledge that capitalizes on the existing knowledge of experts in the field of mathematics coaching. The result is a set of definitions for eight domains of coaching knowledge: assessment, communication, leadership, relationships, student learning, teacher development, teacher learning, and teacher practice.