The Effects of Coaching With Video and Email Feedback on Preservice Teachers’ Use of Recommended Practices

In this study, we examined the effects of training and coaching via video and email feedback on preservice teachers’ use of recommended practices. Two preservice teachers in an early childhood special education program developed action plans for implementing recommended practices and videotaped their interactions with children in a blended preschool program. Coaches reviewed videos and provided email feedback with video examples of participants’ use of the practices. The training and coaching with email and video feedback was effective in increasing participants’ use of recommended practices. The results of this study strengthen the evidence base for distance coaching as a viable support for preservice teachers