Instruction Partners

Instruction Partners has over 80 facilitators and coaches, including Directors, Associate Directors, and Content Leads, who provide direct coaching and professional learning to teachers and school leaders. Our team are former state, school, and system leaders with deep experience in content, curriculum, and leading initiatives and change at scale. More than half of our facilitators and coaches come from historically underrepresented backgrounds, bringing a range of experiences and perspectives that enhance our ability to support schools and systems effectively.

Instruction Partners provides curriculum-based professional learning and leadership development services approved by the Delaware Department of Education. We support schools and systems in implementing high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) through job-embedded coaching, content-specific professional learning, and leadership capacity-building. Our services include planning and facilitating teacher professional learning, supporting instructional leadership teams, strengthening observation and feedback systems, and helping leaders monitor and improve instruction. We tailor our approach to each partner’s context, working shoulder to shoulder to ensure that all students-especially those historically underserved-receive access to great teaching and rigorous, grade-level content.

Effective teaching, engaged students, and rigorous content drive learning. We work alongside district and school leaders to catalyze instructional improvement, ensuring all students have access to high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and the support to use them well. We build leader capacity to develop a vision for instruction, monitor HQIM implementation, plan for improvement, and lead change. Our support includes observing content-specific instruction, strengthening teacher planning, and internalization. Our Curriculum Support Guide (https://curriculumsupport.org/) outlines our approach to building systemwide capacity and coherence across all stakeholders-from central office leaders to classroom teachers.

Instruction Partners works shoulder to shoulder with educators to support great teaching and accelerate student learning. We ensure equitable access to high-quality instruction for students in poverty, students of color, multilingual learners, and students with disabilities. Our work centers the experiences of historically marginalized students and supports partners in examining how equity connects to access to grade-level content, content focus, and student affirmation. Through our content-based professional learning, we highlight the impact of educator mindsets and provide real-time opportunities for participants to reflect on bias and strengthen instructional practices for all students.

Assessments are embedded throughout the course, including:

• 20-question untimed Knowledge Inventory (pre-assessment) following the course overview but preceding Tool 1 content
• 5-question untimed tests following Part 1 of each tool’s content (10 total)
• 10-question untimed tests following Part 2 of each tool’s content (10 total)
• 20-question untimed Knowledge Inventory (post-assessment) following completion of all course content.
• Participants must score at least 80 percent on each assessment to unlock content for the next Part or Tool in the course.

As an asynchronous course, participants can access Top 10 Tools whenever and wherever is convenient, including during the contractual school day.

Adoption HQIM Supports

Initial Implementation Supports

Ongoing Implementation: Support for Leaders

Professional Learning Science of Reading

• Traditional District
• Charter
• Private
• Parochial
• Urban
• Suburban
• Rural
• Fewer than 2,500 students
• 2,500 to 10,000 students
• 10,000 to 50,000 students
• 50,000 to 100,000 students
• More than 100,000 students
• Greater than 60% of economically disadvantaged students
• Greater than 20% of English language learners
• Greater than 20% of students with disability
• Greater than 80% students of color

Scope and Sequence: Adoption

Scope and Sequence: Initial Implementation

Scope and Sequence: Ongoing Support for Leaders