Coaching the Whole Educator

Research shows that schools with strong collective teacher efficacy have higher student achievement (even having a higher impact than socio-economic status).

The episode discusses the following:

• What collective teacher efficacy is and why it is important
• Non-examples of collective teacher efficacy
• Examples of how collective teacher efficacy can be built in schools
• The importance of setting mastery goals instead of performance goals
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