Description
Essential leadership moves for supporting instructional coaching in your school
Strong leadership is essential in any successful instructional coaching effort. This action-oriented guideprovides principals and district leaders with the background, practices, and tools required for leading coaching efforts that have a measurable impact on student and teacher learning. Filled with ideas that school leaders can easily apply, this book includes:
- Tools and techniques for preparing a school for coaching, launching a coaching culture, and supporting coaches
- Leadership moves and lessons from the field that provide strategies for building principal and coach partnerships
- Recommendations for coaches to use as they strive to increase their impact
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Student-Centered Coaching
Chapter 2: Connecting School Improvement to Coaching
Chapter 3: Defining Roles for Coaches and Principals
Chapter 4: School Culture and Coaching
Chapter 5: Setting Expectations for Authentic Participation in Coaching
Chapter 6: Driving Toward High Quality Instruction
Chapter 7: Separating Coaching From Supervision
Chapter 8: Supporting the Development of the Coach
In Closing
Appendix A: Rubric for Leading Student-Centered Coaching
Appendix B: Rubric for Student-Centered Coaching
Appendix C: Sample School Improvement Plan
Appendix D: Student-Centered Coaching Moves
Appendix E: Results-Based Coaching Tool
Appendix F: Planner for Sharing Lessons
References
Index
