Tamarra Osborne

Tamarra Osborne is a project manager, trainer, and instructional coach with WestEd, a national nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. She is a veteran instructional coach and coauthor of several ISTE+ASCD books focused on classroom practice and professional learning, including The Instructional Coaching Handbook: 200+ Troubleshooting Strategies for Success, Training Design, Delivery, and Diplomacy: An Educator’s Guide, and The Teaching Strategy Handbook: 200+ Solutions for Common Classroom Challenges.

Her work centers on practical, high-leverage strategies for supporting teachers, instructional leaders, and trainers, with an emphasis on adult learning, coaching efficacy, and solutions for common classroom challenges. Osborne’s stated philosophy of early education favors students learning through experiences and using play to learn academics, a perspective that informs the problem-solving and strategy-focused approach of her coauthored handbooks.