Full Description
Differentiate your coaching practice to meet the needs of every teacher!
Jane Kise takes you on a journey into differentiated coaching with a strength-based framework for understanding, appreciating, and working with people who may think differently from you. Through an online self-assessment tool, you will discover how your strengths and beliefs influence your coaching practice. Through examples, case studies, and reflection exercises, you will understand how to:
Tailor your coaching practices to meet the needs of each educator
Increase teacher willingness to implement new skills in their classrooms
Anticipate patterns of resistance and adjust both the content and delivery of professional development
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I: Coaching that is Both Student-Centered and Teacher-Centered
Chapter 1: What Do Teachers Believe?
Chapter 2: Meeting the Needs of the Teacher During Change
Chapter 3: What Problems do Teachers Want to Solve?
Chapter 4: What Evidence Will Inform This Coaching Cycle?
Chapter 5: How Can Teachers Collaborate?
Part II: Developing a Language for Change
Chapter 6: A Common Framework: Creating a Climate where Change is Possible
Chapter 7: Cognitive Processes and Coaching
Chapter 8: Coaching Your Whole Staff for Change
Chapter 9: Professional Development Synergy
A Final Note
Appendices
Appendix A: The Sixteen Types: Strengths, Beliefs and Needs During Change
Appendix B: Problem Solving Model
Appendix C: Polarity Thinking and Differentiated Coaching
References
Index
