When it comes to improving practice, few professional texts can rival the impact felt by the author's Instructional Coaching. For hundreds of thousands of educators, he bridged the long-standing divide between staff room and classroom offering up a much a more collaborative, respectful, and efficient PD model for achieving instructional excellence. Now, one decade of research and hundreds of in-services later, the author takes that work a significant step further with an all-new instructional coaching cycle to help teachers and, in turn, their students improve in clear, measurable ways. The book comes loaded with every possible tool to help you reach your coaching goals, starting with a comprehensive video program, robust checklists, and a model Instructional Playbook. Quickly, you'll learn how to: Interact and dialogue with teachers as partners; Guide teachers to identify emotionally compelling, measurable, and student-focused goals; Set coaching goals, plan strategies, and monitor progress for optimal impact; Use documentary-style video and text-based case studies as models to promote maximum teacher clarity and proactive problem solving; and Streamline teacher enrollment, data collection, and deep listening. The author writes, When we grow, improve, and learn, when we strive to become a better version of ourselves, we tap into something deep in ourselves that craves that kind of growth.
Read this book and soon you'll discover how you can continually refine your practice to help teachers and students realize their fullest potential.