Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
5 Strategies for Supporting Teaching and Learning
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 413 g
ISBN: 978-1-0718-4047-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Expand your leadership capacity to help your school reach its potential
All schools have the capacity for schoolwide instructional excellence. Schools with leaders who adopt a coaching stance as part of their practice are more likely to realize this success. Leaders achieve success with their teachers, their students, and their families, not alone.
Leading like a C.O.A.C.H. reframes the approach to schoolwide change from a leader acting alone to a leader working with a community in which each member contributes their strengths and ideas to improving instruction. Renwick, a well-known blogger and writer on literacy and leadership, encourages school leaders to embody five practices: 1. Create confidence through trust; 2. Organize around a priority; 3. Affirm promising practices; 4. Communicate feedback; and 5. Help teachers become leaders and learners. Throughout this practical guide, readers will find
- Reflective questions
- Activities
- Indicators of success
- Examples of leaders coaching teachers to excellence
- Wisdom from the field
This book provides new and veteran leaders with a practical approach and easily adoptable ideas for helping their schools realize their full potential.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Foreword by Regie Routman
Introduction
The Purpose of This Book
My Coaching Journey
Reflective Questions
Chapter 1: Why Should I Lead Like a Coach?
Benefits of Leading Like a Coach
Expand on Your Current Identities
Shifting Toward a Coaching Stance
Reflective Questions
Chapter 2: How Instructional Walks Help Leaders Adopt a Coaching Stance
Introducing Instructional Walks
The Instructional Walk Process
From Judging to Learning
What Instructional Walks Are Not
Reflective Questions
Chapter 3: Create Confidence Through Trust
Defining Trust
Four Conditions for Trust
Condition 1: Consistency
Condition 2: Compassion
Condition 3: Communication
Condition 4: Competence
Success Indicators for Creating Confidence Through Trust
Reflective Questions
Chapter 4: Organize Around a Priority
Defining a Priority
Step 1: Analyze and Understand Your Current Reality
Step 2: Examine Your Beliefs About Instruction
Step 3: Engage in Focused Professional Learning
Step 4: Create Collective Commitments Around Promising Practices
Success Indicators for Organizing Around a Priority
Reflective Questions
Chapter 5: Affirm Promising Practices
Four Principles for Initiating Positive Change
Principle 1: Adopt an Instructional Framework
Principle 2: Learn With Your Faculty
Principle 3: Develop Collaborative Learning Communities
Principle 4: Institutionalize Promising Practices
Success Indicators of Affirming Promising Practices
Reflective Questions
Chapter 6: Communicate Feedback
Defining Feedback
Communicating Feedback Through Engagement (vs. Bypass)
Differentiating Feedback to Meet Teachers’ Needs
Example 6.1: Exploring New Ideas for Classroom Management
Example 6.2: How the Task Supports Student Engagement
Example 6.3: A Better Way to Assess
Success Indicators for Communicating Feedback
Reflective Questions
Chapter 7: Help Teachers Become Leaders and Learners
A Journey to Excellence
Example 7.1: Teacher Self-Assessment (Wilmot Elementary School, Jefferson County Public Schools, Denver, Colorado)
Example 7.2: Residency Model for Professional Development (Winnipeg School District, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Success Indicators of Helping Teachers Become Leaders and Learners
Final Reflective Questions
Conclusion: What Will Be Your Legacy?
References
Index
