Districts face significant pain points that disrupt learning and contribute to teacher burnout. Poor curriculum implementation and uncoordinated assessment strategies undermine teacher effectiveness, making standards-aligned, culturally responsive teaching difficult. NTC helps districts with coaching-centered strategies to align assessment with instruction and high-quality curriculum rollout to promote student learning and teacher growth.
Coaching supports a well-organized environment and alignment, enabling teachers to better tailor instruction, improving student outcomes and boost self-efficacy.
Teachers report that they are not confident using student assessment data to inform instruction effectively1
Districts report inadequate professional learning on curriculum implementation, leading to inconsistent use of materials across schools2
Teachers say they struggle to adapt curriculum materials to meet the diverse needs of their students3
1 Hamilton, L. S., et al. (2009). “Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making.”
2 Opfer, V. D., & Kaufman, J. H. (2016). “Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging Evidence from Research.”
3 EdReports. (2020). “State of the Instructional Materials Market.”
Coaching bridges the gap between assessment, curriculum, and instruction, empowering teachers to be evidence-based and student-centered.
Connects
Assessment with instruction
Coaching bridges the gap between assessment data and classroom practice, helping teachers use student performance insights to inform daily instruction and drive targeted interventions.
Ensures
Curriculum integrity
Coaching provides teacher support to implement new curricula as intended, ensuring consistency and precision across classrooms to promote equitable learning experiences for all students.
Empowers
Data-informed teaching
By guiding teachers through data analysis, coaching enables educators to make informed instructional decisions, ensuring that assessments directly influence teaching strategies and learning outcomes.
Promotes
Tailored instruction
With coaching, educators can better adapt curriculum materials to meet the unique needs of their students, incorporating differentiation and culturally responsive strategies while staying true to the curriculum’s core goals.
Supports
Balanced systems
Coaching helps educators develop and implement balanced assessment systems, ensuring that formative and summative assessments work together to guide instruction and support student growth.
Accelerates
Knowledge and practice
By providing sustained support, coaching accelerates teachers’ ability to master and effectively use new curriculum materials, ensuring smoother transitions and faster improvement in classroom practice.
A look inside our partnership supporting district leaders, teachers, and coaches align their efforts implementing new math curriculum across 140 schools.
NTC works with partners to leverage coaching to support enabling conditions for teaching and learning, from assessment to curriculum.
NTC uses coaching to integrate high-quality materials into classrooms — from understanding content alongside research-based, culturally responsive instructional strategies to one-on-one observations and coaching; we support schools well beyond buying the book.
NTC partners with state and district leaders, school leaders, and teachers to create balanced assessment systems that effectively link curriculum and instruction. Through in-depth consultations and targeted professional learning, we help schools enhance assessment strategies, fostering deeper student understanding and empowering teachers to leverage data more effectively.
NTC collaborates with stakeholders to create a data-driven district, assessing teaching conditions, student learning experiences, and readiness for change. This 360-degree view helps align your goals to an actionable professional learning strategic map.
NTC’s National Program Leadership Network brings educators nationwide to collaborate and share best practices. These gatherings foster strong, purpose-driven communities that disrupt educational inequities to create optimal teaching and learning conditions.
NTC collaborates with partners to monitor program implementation and assess impact using coaching dashboards, participant surveys, and consultations with our Impact team. By applying Guskey’s levels of evaluation, we help ensure partners effectively measure and demonstrate their programs’ return on investment.
What makes NTC unique is the way they use the content to coach others. It’s enhanced how teachers, teacher leaders, and district staff unpack the content and have it stick. Bite-sized action steps grounded in the content gave everyone a model of how you do this type of coaching well.
Discover how coaching-led professional learning strategies can support successful curriculum and assessment implementation and enhance your core instructional tools.
