#  Instructional Feedback Guidebook: Strategies for Coaches and Administrators 

 



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 **Date:** 09/30/2025 

 

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This guidebook offers practical strategies for delivering meaningful, actionable feedback that supports teacher growth and strengthens school feedback culture. It introduces observation models, emphasizes creating a shared teaching vocabulary, and provides feedback guidelines such as “Say This, Not That” and approaches for nuanced feedback tailored to teacher needs. The resource also explores how teachers can take agency in the evaluation process through data, peer collaboration, and video, and it concludes with clear do’s and don’ts for making feedback constructive, motivating, and impactful.

*This resource is part of the* [*Visibly Better*](https://prod-cepr.drupalsites.harvard.edu/visibly-better) *project, an initiative designed to create a vision for the future around the use of video for professional learning.*



 

 

 See also:- [ School/District Leader ](/audience/schooldistrict-leader)
- [ Teacher ](/audience/teacher)
- [ Teacher Effectiveness ](/focus-areas/teacher-effectiveness)
- [ Visibly Better ](/projects/visibly-better)
- [ Handbooks and Rubrics ](/resource-type/handbooks-and-rubrics)
- [ Practictioner Resource ](/resource-type/practictioner-resource)
- [ 2016 ](/year/2016)
- [ K12 ](/sector/k12)
- [ Frameworks for Feedback ](/visibly-better-tags/frameworks-feedback)