iNSTRUCTIONAL Coaching COURSES
UITE will be offering select Instructional Coaching courses for Summer 2024!
The Urban Institute for Teacher Education (UITE) in conjunction with Granite School District (GSD) will be offering select Instructional Coaching courses to GSD teachers that have met GSD requirements. Participants do not need to be a current University of Utah student to enroll.
To register, please click on the course that you want to enroll in below. Students will receive an email confirming registration once the process is completed. Participants can request a transcript once courses are complete and grades have been posted for any USBE licensure or GSD requirements. Students select each link and complete the registration form for each class to enroll. Registration for one class does not register you for both.
Please note, when registering for these classes, only submit your registration once per class. Submitting multiple times per class will result in multiple credit card charges that do take time to reverse. You will receive an initial email within 30 minutes of submitting your registration form for each class informing you that your registration was received. If you do not receive that email, please contact Ms. Kristen Lindsay, kristen.lindsay@utah.edu.
Course Information
If you have questions about registering, please contact Ms. Kristen Lindsay
| Teachers please note: Location and additional class information will be provided to you by Granite School District.
Registration closes on 10/1/2024. You must register by that date to receive credit for the classes. |
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| Course Title | Dates | Fee | Credit | Registration Link |
| EDU 6440: Foundations of Instructional Coaching | 08/19/2024 - 12/05/2024 | $400.00 | 3 | https://continue.utah.edu/contracts/ins_coach/1248 |
| EDU 6895: Instructional Design and Assessment | 08/19/2024 - 12/05/2024 |
$400.00 |
3 |
https://continue.utah.edu/contracts/assessment/1248 |
Duo 2FA is the University's two factor authentication protocol that all students, staff and faculty must comply with to access various University systems including CIS. You should be prompted to complete the registration process when you log into CIS for the first time. If you run into any issues in this process, please reach out to the University's Help Desk and specifically mention that you need assistance in getting Duo 2FA set up.
University Help Desk: helpdesk@utah.edu, 801-581-4000
The University of Utah/Granite School District Instructional Coaching partnership offers the following classes for the students selected for the Instructional Coaching Program. Note that classes are only offered specific semesters. Below you will find a course description, credit hours and semester offered for each course.
EDU 6440: Foundations of Instructional Coaching
The purpose of this introductory course is to provide participants with the requisite knowledge of the theoretical underpinnings of the effective instructional coach. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: the underlying research base of instructional coaching, the roles and responsibilities of the instructional coach, the components of an effective coaching plan, the coaching cycle, coaching models, strategies for building trust and establishing relationships, and strategies for effective communication.
Offered: Fall semesters
Credit hours: 3
EDU 6895: Instructional Design and Assessment
To provide participants with a solid foundation in the process of instructional design, as well as assessment development. Participants will engage in practical application opportunities in this field–based practicum. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: the underlying research base of instructional design and assessment, the components of effective instruction and assessment design, and coaching individual teachers in implementing effective instructional design and quality assessments to improve student outcomes.
Offered: Fall semesters
Credit hours: 3
EDU 6441: Foundations of Teaching and Learning for Instructional Coaches
The Instructional Coaching Professional Learning Series is designed to provide each participant with the requisite skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to become an effective instructional coach. Participants will complete an 18-credit program that is comprised of six 3-credit courses. Within this yearlong program, participants will attend four university courses, as well as complete two field-based practicums during the school year.
Offered: Spring semesters
Credit hours: 3
EDU 6890: Strategies for Effective Instructional Delivery
To increase participants’ knowledge of effective instructional strategies and the instructional delivery of these evidenced-based techniques. Participants will engage in practical application opportunities in this field-based practicum. Topics include but are not limited to the following: evidenced-based instructional strategies, explicit models of instruction, Gradual Release of Responsibility Model, student motivation and engagement, increasing student response rates, identification of resources, identification and evaluation of curriculum resources and materials, small group instruction, instructional shifts, and lesson planning.
Offered: Spring semesters
Credit hours: 3
EDU 6444: Instructional Coaching within the Educational System
The purpose of this course is to develop participants’ understanding of the role of the instructional coach in the larger context of the educational system. Topics include but are not limited to the following: coaching systems throughout the nation, elements of effective district and school coaching systems, measuring the effectiveness of coaching within a system, Granite School District’s coaching system, coaching within a federal and state system, the role of effective professional development within a coaching system.
Offered: Summer semesters
Credit hours: 3
EDU 6940: Capstone in Instructional Coaching
To provide participants with the opportunity to explore and develop an understanding of a variety of specialized topics of interest as they relate to the role of the instructional coach.
Offered: Summer semesters
Credit hours: 3
University Connected Learning (UCL) handles the financial side of course registration. Once you have paid for your course, please allow 72 hours before requesting a payment receipt to ensure that the process is completed fully through the credit card transaction as well as the University Enrollment process.
Once that period has passed, please contact UCL, contracts@continue.utah.edu. In your email please include the following information in your email to UCL to help process the request faster:
Course Number (i.e. EDU 6444)
Course Name (i.e. Instructional Coaching in the Educational System)
Course semester
Unid (if you are a first-time registrant and never been admitted to the University at any point in your academic career you may skip this.)
Your name
Course grades are available a few weeks after the semester is over to allow for final assignment grading and calculation. Please see the table below, for the date your grades will be available.
| Semester | Grades available |
| Spring 2024 | 5/13/2024 |
| Summer 2024 | 8/12/2024 |
To receive your unofficial transcripts for your courses, please follow the directions below. If your grades are not appearing on your unofficial transcript, please reach out to: kristen.lindsay@utah.edu.
- On your CIS homepage, click on the Student Homepage.
- Click on the Academic Records tile.
- Click on View Unofficial Transcript, Then click submit. Then click refresh after a few minutes until your unofficial transcript shows up.
Note that for the last step, you may need to click refresh a couple of times as it’s not an automatic refresh and it can take a couple of minutes for it to pull up. The University's Registrar’s office also has directions here: https://registrar.utah.edu/transcripts/transcript-unofficial.php
Each semester you take classes you will need to complete these steps as a previously generated unofficial transcript is not automatically updated.
If you need a copy of your official transcripts, please complete the request at this website: https://registrar.utah.edu/transcripts/order-transcript.php.
Note that you will need your unid (the number you use to log into CIS) and pay the fee. For electronic transcripts, the fee is $13. If you have it delivered via mail there will be an additional fee.
Questions? Please contact Kristen Lindsay, UITE Administrative Assistant
kristen.lindsay@utah.eduCONTACT