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    The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation

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    by Elena Aguilar

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    • ISBN-13: 9781118206539
    • Publisher: Wiley
    • Publication date: 03/18/2013
    • Pages: 360
    • Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

    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.

    Table of Contents

    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

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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.

    • Offers a practical resource for school coaches, principals, district leaders, and other administrators
    • Presents a transformational coaching model which addresses systems change
    • Pays explicit attention to surfacing and interrupting inequities in schools

    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.

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