Adapted from: The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching By Diane Sweeney and Leanna Harris If the purpose for instructional coaching is improving student learning, then coaching has to be in-depth and sustained over time. It requires a coach and teacher (or team of teachers) to determine where the students are in their learning, design and …
With our catalogue of books on Student-Centered Coaching, we are often asked which one is right for me? I thought I’d provide answers to that question in this blog post. The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching provides a clear vision for how instructional coaching can promote teacher and student …
With thousands of school systems employing coaches, it’s critical that we develop systems for measuring the impact that is being made. The Results-Based Coaching Tool (RBCT) provides a thorough and uniform way to document teacher and student learning from the work done in a coaching cycle. Annotated Results-Based Coaching ToolThe following annotated version of the …
By Candice Stafford, Principal Introduction by Leanna Harris This past summer, I had the pleasure of facilitating an online course in The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching with a cohort of twelve coaches, administrators, and teachers from Norwood Elementary School in Baltimore County, Maryland. Nine months later, school principal Candice Stafford shares her thoughts on …
Written by: Leanna Harris and Diane Sweeney “Coaching is exceptionally needed but nobody has the time for it.” – Chris Finch, Assistant Superintendent, La Grange School District Now that the school year is in full swing, instructional coaches are looking for ways to go deeper in their partnerships with teachers. In years past, we …
Written by Diane Sweeney & Leanna Harris With the release of our new book, The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching: What Every K-12 Coach and School Leader Needs to Know, a question has arisen about how it fits in with the other books we have written on the subject. Each week we hear from leaders …
Written by: Diane Sweeney and Leanna S. Harris Excerpt from: The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, April 2020) It’s exciting when districts find the resources to hire coaches. When creating a plan for hiring, it’s imperative to get clear on the philosophy and practices for coaching first, and then staffing the positions later. It …