Full Description
From
the authors of the bestselling book Powerful Interactions
comes a guide crafted especially for coaches and all professionals supporting
the work of early childhood teachers.
When the quality of interactions improves, relationships become deeper and stronger, which in turn leads to more effective learning and growth. Taking the three-step Powerful Interactions framework—originally created to enhance the
interactions between children and their teachers—this resource applies it to the interactions between teachers and coaches.
This
new edition offers
Coaching principles, strategies, and stories to inspire and motivate your practice
Insights about developing a strengths-based coaching stance
Information and ideas for building respectful, trusting relationships that
evolve into mutual learning partnerships You can set in motion ripples of positive change that extend to teachers and,
ultimately, to young children and their families.
Contents
List of Video Clips
About
the Authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Welcome
What Is Coaching?
What Is Coaching with Powerful
Interactions?
Your Coaching Stance
It's All About the Children
It's Simple and Affordable, and Applies
to All of Us
Coaching Is About Relationships
Thoughts About Coaching with Powerful
Interactions
Chapter 1: An
Introduction to Powerful Interactions Between Coach and Teacher
What Is a Powerful Interaction
Between a Coach and Teacher?
Step One: Be Present to Coach
Being Present Leads to More
Effective Coaching
Step Two: Connecting as a Coach
Connecting and Building
Trusting Relationships Lead to More Effective Coaching
Step Three: Coaching to Extend
Learning
Extending Learning and
Continuing to Learn Lead to More Effective Coaching
The Three Steps: A Cumulative
Effect
Chapter 2: The Five
Principles for Coaching with Powerful Interactions
Principle One: A Strengths-Based
Perspective Searches for and Highlights Competence
A Strengths-Based Perspective
Makes You a More Effective Coach
A Strengths-Based Perspective
in Practice
Principle Two: Articulation
Encourages Repetition of an Action with Greater Intentionality
Using Articulation to Promote
Intentionality Makes You a More Effective Coach
Articulation in Practice
Principle Three:
Individualizing Supports the Development of Respectful, Trusting Relationships
Needed for Learning
Individualizing Makes You a More
Effective Coach
Individualizing in Practice
Principle Four: A Mutual
Learning Partnership Promotes Shared Responsibility and Accountability
Building a Mutual Learning
Partnership Makes You a More Effective Coach
A Mutual Learning Partnership in Practice
Principle Five: Modeling
Matters—What You Say and Do Influences All Outcomes
Modeling Makes You a More Effective
as a Coach
Modeling in Practice
Chapter 3: The Three
Steps of Coaching with Powerful Interactions
Step One: Be Present to Coach
Do a Quick Me Check
Step Two: Connecting as a Coach
Connect Strategy One: Be
Trustworthy
Connect Strategy Two: Listen to
Learn
Connect Strategy Three:
Communicate to Form Partnerships
Step Three: Coaching to Extend
Learning
Extend Learning Strategy One:
Focus on Goals You Set Together
Extend Learning Strategy Two:
Notice Moments of Effectiveness
Extend Learning Strategy
Three: Use Prompts and Questions to Think Together
Extend Learning Strategy Four:
Document Plans and Progress Together
Closing Thoughts
Appendix A: Coaching with
Powerful Interactions Steps and Strategies at a Glance
Appendix B: A Powerful
Interactions Classroom Observation and Feedback Conversation
Appendix C: Rehearsing a
Coaching Conversation
Appendix D: Planning for the
Feedback Conversation
References
Index
