If you have questions about registering, please contact Ms. Kristen Lindsay

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.

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.

1. On your CIS homepage, click on the Student Homepage.

2. Click on the Academic Records tile.

3. 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.