Coaching whole school change
Subtitle: lessons in practice from a small high school
By: David Allen with Suzanne Wichterle Ort ... [et al.] ; foreword by Thomas Sobol ; afterword by Sylvia Rabiner.
Contributors: Ort, Suzanne Wichterle.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780807749029
Subjects: Assistant school principals -- United States; High schools -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies; Group facilitation
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "School coaching is an increasingly popular school-change strategy, yet we have relatively few detailed pictures of actual coaching practice. This book provides an in-depth look at the practice of coaching in a small high school, and includes case studies, stories, tools, and artifacts from the life of the school. The authors identify and describe a set of "coaching habits" that foster instructional planning across the curriculum, distributed leadership, and the development of a strong professional learning community. Because effective coaching is always collaborative, the text looks at coaching from the perspectives of the coach and three of the teachers whom she coaches, as well as that of a school-based researcher."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: coaching as a professional practice; title: The development of coaching over time; title: How does the coach organize her time?; title: Planning for instruction; title: Complementary strategies; title: Expanding professional community; title: Growing leadership; title: Reflecting on coaching; title: Appendix: the ISA model.