How to build an instructional coaching program for maximum capacity / Nina Jones Morel, Carla Staton Cushman ; foreword by Stephen G. Barkley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morel, Nina, author.

Cushman, Carla, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--In-service training.

Teachers.

Professional learning communities.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'How to Build an Instructional Coaching Program for Maximum Capacity' is a comprehensive start-to-finish guide for developing and sustaining a coaching program.

Contents:

""FRONT COVER""; ""HOW TO BUILD AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACHING PROGRAM FOR MAXIMUM CAPACITY""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Publisher�s Acknowledgments""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""CHAPTER 1: PREVAILING WINDS: NAVIGATING THE PERFECT STORM""; ""Boarding the Ship""; ""Consulting the Compass: Convincing the Mind""; ""Feeling the Wind in Your Hair: Convincing the Heart""; ""Sailing With the Current: Structuring the Practice""; ""Following North Stars: Understanding Coaching Basics""; ""Bon Voyage""; ""CHAPTER 2: DEAD RECKONING: BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND""

""Let Go of Certainty""""Clarify Your Vision""; ""Figure Your Present Location""; ""Strengthen or Abandon""; ""Determine How Far You Have to Go""; ""Move From Vision to Plan""; ""Plan From the Top Down or Bottom Up?""; ""Start With a Champion Team""; ""Divide the Labor""; ""Do Your Research""; ""Determine Where Coaching Will Fit in With Your Current Initiatives""; ""Develop an Administrative Model""; ""Anticipate the Squall""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 3: SOUNDING THE DEPTHS: USING DATA FOR REFLECTING, REFINING, AND CELEBRATING""; ""Identify Program Goals and Coaching Goals""

""Determine Your Purpose""""To Evaluate the Program""; ""To Evaluate Principals or Other Leaders of the Coaching Program""; ""To Evaluate the Coach""; ""To Monitor the Effectiveness of Individual Teacher�Coach Relationships""; ""Determine the Measures to Meet Your Purposes and Goals""; ""Be Prepared to Face the Challenges and the Treasures""; ""Determine What Kinds of Data You Will Collect""; ""Quantitative Data""; ""Qualitative Data""; ""Evaluate and Communicate the Results""; ""Share Assessment Results With Coaches, Teachers, or Administrators""; ""Celebrate Success""; ""Summary""

""How Instructional Coaching Supports and Facilitates Change""""The Role of the Instructional Coach""; ""The Role of the Principal""; ""The Role of the Coaching Champion""; ""Communication Among Stakeholders""; ""The Principal�Coach Memorandum of Understanding""; ""Voices From the Field""; ""A Sample Plan for Preparing Principals for Coaching""; ""Summary""; ""CHAPTER 6: ANCHORS AWEIGH: PREPARING COACHES THROUGH PRESERVICE INSTRUCTION""; ""Prioritize Specific Knowledge and Skill Sets to Deepen and Refine""; ""Develop a Preservice Instruction Plan""; ""Champion the Vision""

""Speak the Language""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452283890

1452283893

9781506335636

1506335632

9781452279688

1452279683

OCLC:

865545039