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The Art of Coaching

Effective Strategies for School Transformation
1. Aufl.

von: Elena Aguilar
21,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	22.02.2013
ISBN/EAN:	9781118421024
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	368

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Hands-on resources for new and seasoned school coaches This practical resource offers the foundational skills and tools needed by new coaching educators, as well as presenting an overview of the knowledge and theory base behind the practice. Established coaches will find numerous ways to deepen and refine their coaching practice. Principals and others who incorporate coaching strategies into their work will also find a wealth of resources. Aguilar offers a model for transformational coaching which could be implemented as professional development in schools or districts anywhere. Although she addresses the needs of adult learners, her model maintains a student-centered focus, with a specific lens on addressing equity issues in schools. <ul> <li>Offers a practical resource for school coaches, principals, district leaders, and other administrators</li> <li>Presents a transformational coaching model which addresses systems change</li> <li>Pays explicit attention to surfacing and interrupting inequities in schools</li> </ul> The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation offers a compendium of school coaching ideas, the book's explicit, user-friendly structure enhances the ability to access the information.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction xi Coaching for Transformation • What Might a Transformed Education System Be Like? • One Purpose and Two Promises • Where I’m Coming from and Who This Book Is For • Summary of the Contents and How to Use This Book • A Couple Notes Part One: Foundations of Coaching 1 Chapter 1: How Can Coaching Transform Schools? 3 A Story about What Coaching Can Do • What Will It Take to Transform Our Schools? • A New Tool Kit Based on Ancient Knowledge • What Can Coaching Do for a School? What Does the Research Say? • The Necessary Conditions • Speaking of Race • The Value of Coaching Chapter 2: What Is Coaching? 17 A Story about a Coach Who Didn’t Know What She Was • Why We Need a Definition • What Are the Different Coaching Models? • A Vision for Coaching • A Coach Who Knows Who She Is and Can Travel Back in Time Chapter 3: Which Beliefs Help a Coach Be More Effective? 33 The Dangers of Unmonitored Beliefs • The Basics about Beliefs • Coaching Beliefs and Core Values • My Transformational Coaching Manifesto • Identifying and Using Your Coaching Beliefs Chapter 4: What Must a Coach Know? 45 Introducing New Coaching Tools: Coaching Lenses • A Story about a Teacher Who Seems to Struggle with Classroom Management: Part 1 • A Story about a Teacher Who Seems to Struggle with Classroom Management: Part 2 • When Will I Use These Lenses? Part Two: Establishing Coaching with a Client 73 Chapter 5: Beginning a Coaching Relationship: How Do I Develop Trust with a Coachee? 75 ‘‘Without Trust There Can Be No Coaching’’ • A Story about Trust • What Is Trust? • Useful Lenses for This Stage • Ten Steps to Building Trust • Assessing Levels of Trust • ‘‘The Thin Cord of Trust’’ Chapter 6: The Exploration Stage: What Do I Need to Know at the Outset? 97 From the Edge of the Field • The Stage of Exploration • Useful Lenses for This Stage • Ten Steps in Exploration • Moving on to Planning Chapter 7: Developing a Work Plan: How Do I Determine What to Do? 119 What Role Does a Work Plan Play? • Useful Lenses for This Stage • Developing a Work Plan • How Do I Use This Work Plan? Part Three: The Coaching Dance 145 Chapter 8: Listening and Questioning 147 The Three Movements in the Coaching Dance • Listening in Transformational Coaching • Listening as a Vehicle for Whole-School Transformation • Questioning in Transformational Coaching Chapter 9: Facilitative Coaching Conversations 163 Coaching Conversations • Facilitative Coaching Chapter 10: Facilitative Coaching Activities 175 Engaging Clients in Learning Activities • Scaffolding the Learning • Facilitative Coaching Activities • Conclusion Chapter 11: Directive Coaching Conversations 195 When Is Directive Coaching Useful? • A Story about a Principal Who Needed a Directive Coaching Stance • Mental Models • The Confrontational Approach • The Informative Approach • The Prescriptive Approach • Coaching for Systems Change: Institutional Mind-Sets Chapter 12: Directive Coaching Activities 211 Further Engaging in Learning Activities • Observations • Conclusion Chapter 13: Technical Tips and Habits of Mind 231 Tricks of the Trade • Scheduling • Planning for a Coaching Conversation • The Arc of a Coaching Conversation • Logistics during a Conversation • Coach Responsibility during Conversation • Closing the Conversation • Conclusion Chapter 14: Reflection and Assessment: What’s Next? 247 A Midyear Crisis • The Midyear and End-of-Year Reflection • Coaching for Systems Change Part Four: Professional Development for Coaches 265 Chapter 15: What Is Professional Development for Coaches? 267 The Importance of a Team • Professional Development for Coaches • Developing Reflective Practices • Conclusion Conclusion 287 A Final Story • The Road Ahead • Fearlessness and Faith Appendix A: The Coach’s Optical Refractor (The Coaching Lenses) 291 Appendix B: Coaching Sentence Stems 297 Facilitative Coaching • Directive Coaching Appendix C: Transformational Coaching Rubric 301 Appendix D: Cheat Sheets and Lists 307 Essential Frameworks for Transformational Coaching • Coaching for Systems Change • Tips for Using Different Approaches • The Coaching Conversation • Five Steps for a Midyear or End-of-Year Reflection Appendix E: Recommended Resources 311 Appendix F: Glossary 317 Acknowledgments 321 References 325 Index 329 About the Author 339

Autorenportrait

Elena Aguilar is an instructional and leadership coach in the Oakland Unified School District. Elena writes about education for Edutopia and for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and is also a member of the Teacher Leaders Network.

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The Art of Coaching offers all the tools necessary for professionals who coach educators. It demystifies the process of coaching with easy-to-apply, immediately actionable ideas. Elena Aguilar offers a model for transformational coaching designed for new and veteran coaches, teacher leaders, mentors, principals, and other administrators. This comprehensive research and practice-based guide covers how to create a coaching vision, build trust, listen well, ask powerful questions, and develop a work plan. It also addresses coaching conversations and describes dozens of coaching activities to develop an educator's practice. The Art of Coaching highlights common challenges followed by creative solutions. It's filled with numerous practical tools: rubrics, cheat sheets, and coaching sentence stems. The concluding section on professional development is geared for coaches and those who supervise them. The website, www.elenaaguilar.com, provides a wealth of additional tools and tips. Praise for The Art of Coaching "This book challenges coaches to be fully intentional—with equal doses of care and rigor." —Lynda Tredway, Independent Leadership Coach, Washington D.C. and former coordinator, Principal Leadership Institute, U.C. Berkeley "Elena Aguilar knows how to foster the bravery and humility teachers must have to transform their practices. Her methods will help coaches become the trusted, supportive forces we need in our teaching lives." —Ariel Sacks, teacher leader and education writer, Brooklyn, New York "To produce drastic gains in the academic achievement levels of our students we need the strongest, most prepared teachers. The Art of Coaching provides concrete, actionable steps to move teachers along the continuum of excellence to meet this challenge head on." —Heather Lechner, turnaround school leader, New Orleans, Louisiana "In this book, Aguilar masterfully covers the theory of coaching and offers much wise and practical advice brought to life through engaging stories from her experience." —Elizabeth R. Simons, PhD, school coach, Berkeley, California