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Built for District Coaching Programs

Coaching Cards

A printed card deck for instructional coaching

Coaching conversations are only as good as the questions coaches ask. Give your instructional staff a consistent framework aligned to your state teaching standards for every observation debrief and mentoring session.

Coaching cards product

What's in the deck

Printed and ready to use. No setup. No software. Just pull one out and start the conversation.

Sample coaching card layout

Every teaching standard. One deck.

Pull a card before an observation, spread the deck for a team session, or work through one standard per month. The physical format makes it easy to focus the conversation without a screen in the room.

Teaching standards alignment on the cards

Equity-centered by design

Prompts on psychological safety, equity of voice, cultural responsiveness, and student advocacy are printed into every standard. Not a separate section. Not an add-on.

How to use the coaching cards

Every card ends with a next step

The four-step protocol is printed on every card: Choose a Focus, Read and Reflect, Talk It Through, Choose One Next Step. Coaches pick it up and know exactly what to do.

Why it works

Why coaches love these cards

Every teaching standard covered. Pull out the deck and have a meaningful conversation in minutes.

Equity is built in, not bolted on. Prompts on psychological safety, equity of voice, and cultural responsiveness appear across every standard.

Works for first-year teachers and twenty-year veterans. The questions meet each teacher where they are.

Every session ends with one clear action. Coaches leave with something to try tomorrow, not just a good conversation.

Coaching cards in context

Order a set for your district

We offer bulk pricing for districts and coaching programs. Request samples first or reach out for a quote and we will get back to you within one business day.

Ships directly to your school or district office.

Pairs with Avalern

Coaching Cards work on their own. Programs that run on Avalern also log card based coaching conversations as mentor meetings, so every debrief counts toward the hours your state requires.

See how it works