MQI Coaching Cycle

The MQI Coaching cycle combines teacher reflection and direct coaching to assist mathematics teachers in improving their practice. Teachers learn about the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI) rubric, use it to critically analyze video, and then work with an MQI-expert coach to improve their own instruction.

Zooming in on the MQI Coaching Cycle: The Conversation

When the teacher and coach meet (either virtually or in person), they use the MQI framework as a guide for the teacher’s reflection. For each of the video clips (stock video or teacher’s own), the teacher and coach use the MQI to guide their discussion through several phases:

• Teacher and coach use the MQI code(s) to describe, without judgment, what happened in the clip, focusing on one or two MQI codes.
• They elevate the instruction in the video clip, describing what this moment would have looked like if it were incrementally improved on the MQI code(s) of focus.
• Teacher identifies next steps that might lead to such elevated instruction.
• At the end of the conversation, the teacher commits to a concrete action plan to implement before the next coaching cycle.