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Distance Learning Videos

Distance Learning Videos

While Direct Instruction (DI) is designed for face-to-face, real-time interaction between an instructor and students, it can also be used in a distance-learning environment.

NIFDI offers a series of videos to help you support your students in achieving success with Direct Instruction at the same level they would if you were in the classroom with them:

  • How to Provide Full-Screen Direct Instruction Remotely
  • Coaching Distance DI: Delayed Tests & Positive Teaching Environment
  • Structuring Your School or Classroom for Direct Instruction Distance Learning Success (Live Forum)
  • Delivering Direct Instruction in the Virtual Classroom 
  • Parent Involvement, Student Motivation, and Engagement in Direct Instruction Distance Learning

Distance Learning with DI

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How to Provide Full Screen Direct Instruction Remotely

This video shows how a Corrective Reading Decoding lesson would be taught in a distance learning setting and how a coach could interact with an instructor.

Original broadcast April 2020

If you are looking for videos on teaching specific programs in a virtual classroom, you can find the following options in the NIFDI Store.

Which best describes your role?

Curriculum Decision Maker
School and District Leader

Interested in learning how to implement Direct Instruction in your district, school, or home? NIFDI can help. Click a button below to learn more. 

Leaders
Coaches
Teachers
Parents
What is a Peer Coach?

Peer coaches play a critical role in sustaining strong implementation of Direct Instruction (DI) at the school level. Selected during the first year of implementation, peer coaches are classroom teachers who demonstrate strong instructional practice, effective communication with colleagues, and a willingness to support others. Because they teach the same programs as their peers, they bring practical expertise and shared experience that help build trust and collaboration across the school.

As implementation progresses, peer coaches extend the impact of NIFDI consultants by providing ongoing, school-based support when consultants are not on-site. Their coaching is non-evaluative and focused on improving student outcomes. Peer coaches reinforce effective teaching practices and guide colleagues to make targeted adjustments that directly impact student performance and behavior.

Peer coaches participate in a structured, multi-year training sequence through NIFDI. Over the course of two to three years, they are trained to analyze student performance data, conduct both brief and extended classroom observations, and support data-driven problem solving. Advanced training prepares them to lead grade-level meetings and contribute to broader instructional planning with school leadership.

By developing peer coaches, schools build internal capacity to maintain and strengthen DI implementation over time—ensuring continuity, supporting new staff, and driving sustained student achievement.