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The Art of Coaching

Author Elena Aguilar
Release Date: 2013/03/01
ISBN: 9781118206539
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Book Description

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.

Table of Contents

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