Instructional Coaching : A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction

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ISBN: 9781412927246 | 1412927242
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Copyright: 6/21/2007

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The author describes the practical details of instructional coaching and provides all the tools needed to easily implement job-embedded instructional intervention.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
About the Author	p. xv
Why Coaching?	p. 1
Chapter Overview	p. 1
The Failure of Traditional Professional Development	p. 1
So Why Doesn't Traditional Professional Development Work?	p. 4
The October Session: One Experience With One-Shot Sessions	p. 5
What Are Some Common Forms of Coaching?	p. 9
What's in the Book?	p. 14
A Final Word About Coaches	p. 15
Going Deeper	p. 16
To Sum Up	p. 17
What Does Coaching Look Like?	p. 19
Chapter Overview	p. 19
What Does Coaching Look Like?	p. 19
Overcoming the Biggest Fear at the Start	p. 20
Finding the Right Starting Point	p. 22
The Big Four	p. 23
Building an Emotional Connection	p. 24
Encouraging Implementation	p. 26
Collaboration	p. 27
Modeling: You Watch Me	p. 29
Observing and Providing Feedback	p. 29
Support	p. 31
Partnering With the Principal	p. 32
Going Deeper	p. 33
To Sum Up	p. 33
Notes	p. 33
What Is the Partnership Philosophy?	p. 37
Chapter Overview	p. 37
What Is the Partnership Philosophy?	p. 37
Going Deeper	p. 52
To Sum Up	p. 53
Partnership Communication: Creating Learning Conversations	p. 57
Chapter Overview	p. 57
Creating Learning Conversations	p. 57
The Communication Process	p. 59
Employing Authentic Listening	p. 60
Understanding Our Audience	p. 65
Recognizing and Overcoming Interference	p. 69
Just Talking Together	p. 73
The Subtle Language of Communication: Facial Expressions and Emotional Connections	p. 73
Building an Emotional Connection	p. 75
How It All Fits Together, Sort Of	p. 78
Going Deeper	p. 78
To Sum Up	p. 79
Getting Teachers on Board and Finding a Starting Point	p. 81
Chapter Overview	p. 81
Getting Teachers on Board	p. 81
Stages of Change: Prochaska, Norcross, and DiClemente	p. 85
The Stages of Change and Professional Learning in Schools	p. 87
Sourpuss	p. 89
The Components of Coaching: Enroll, Identify, and Explain	p. 89
How to Build Relationships During Interviews	p. 94
Going Deeper	p. 106
To Sum Up	p. 107
Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring Data	p. 109
Chapter Overview	p. 109
Empowering Teachers to Master New Teaching Practices	p. 110
Model: You Watch Me	p. 111
The Light Just Went On	p. 118
Model Lessons and Tacit Knowledge	p. 119
Observe: I Watch You	p. 120
Explore: The Collaborative Exploration of Data	p. 122
Core Concerns	p. 132
Going Deeper	p. 135
To Sum Up	p. 136
Focusing on the Big Four: Behavior, Content Knowledge, Direct Instruction, and Formative Assessment	p. 139
Chapter Overview	p. 139
The Power of Focus	p. 139
Two Disclaimers Before We Begin	p. 140
The Big Four	p. 141
Developing and Teaching Expectations	p. 143
Content Coaching	p. 151
Coaching Instruction	p. 162
Instructional Coaching and Formative Assessment	p. 170
Going Deeper	p. 176
To Sum Up	p. 177
Note	p. 177
How Coaches Can Spread Knowledge	p. 179
Chapter Overview	p. 179
How Ideas Spread	p. 179
Understanding Memes	p. 181
Resilient Viruses	p. 182
Born Again	p. 183
Ensuring That Practices Shared Are Easy and Powerful	p. 184
Employing Self-Organization and Coherence-Building Practices to Go School wide With Instructional Coaching	p. 185
Having an Infectious Personality	p. 187
Partnering With the Principal	p. 189
Following the Law of the Few	p. 191
Going Deeper	p. 194
To Sum Up	p. 195
Note	p. 195
Coaches as Leaders of Change	p. 197
Coaches as Leaders of Change	p. 197
Stay Detached	p. 198
Walk on Solid Ground	p. 203
Clarifying Your Message	p. 204
Managing Change Effectively	p. 205
Confronting Reality	p. 208
Understanding School Culture	p. 210
Being Ambitious and Humble	p. 211
Taking Care of Yourself	p. 213
Faith	p. 215
The Final Word on Jean Clark and Bohemia Manor Middle School	p. 216
Going Deeper	p. 217
To Sum Up	p. 218
Note	p. 218
Resource: Instructional Coach's Tool Kit	p. 219
References	p. 225
Index	p. 233
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Instructional Coaching : A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction

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