Brief Description: "Coaching is one method of increasing the implementation of evidence-based practices that has been supported by significant recent scholarship. Coaching has been used in research to successfully help early childhood teachers implement evidence-based practices."

Coaching quality in pre-kindergarten classrooms: Perspectives from a statewide study. Early Childhood Education Journal.
By: Ragan McLeod, Jessica K. Hardy, and Jill Grifenhagen

Preparing yourself for coaching: Partnering for success. Young Children, 72(3), 75-81.
By: Ragan McLeod, Kathleen Artman-Meeker, and Jessica K. Hardy

Effects of training and coaching with performance feedback on teachers' use of Pyramid Model practices. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 35, 144-156.
By: Mary Louise Hemmeter, Jessica K. Hardy, Alana Schnitz, Jessie Morris Adams, Kiersten A. Kinder

Helping teachers implement the Pyramid Model using Practice-Based Coaching [Monograph]. Young Exceptional Children, 15, 95-110.
By: Alana Schnitz, Jessica K. Hardy, Kathleen Artman-Meeker, and Mary Louise Hemmeter