Leading Like a C.O.A.C.H.

5 Strategies for Supporting Teaching and Learning

Matt Renwick

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781071840474
• eBook ISBN: 9781071840467
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Administration

Expand your leadership capacity to help your school reach its potential

All schools have the capacity for schoolwide instructional excellence. Schools with leaders who adopt a coaching stance as part of their practice are more likely to realize this success. Leaders achieve success with their teachers, their students, and their families, not alone.

Leading like a C.O.A.C.H. reframes the approach to schoolwide change from a leader acting alone to a leader working with a community in which each member contributes their strengths and ideas to improving instruction. Renwick, a well-known blogger and writer on literacy and leadership, encourages school leaders to embody five practices: 1. Create confidence through trust; 2. Organize around a priority; 3. Affirm promising practices; 4. Communicate feedback; and 5. Help teachers become leaders and learners. Throughout this practical guide, readers will find

• Reflective questions
• Activities
• Indicators of success
• Examples of leaders coaching teachers to excellence
• Wisdom from the field     

This book provides new and veteran leaders with a practical approach and easily adoptable ideas for helping their schools realize their full potential.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Introduction
• 1 Why Should I Lead Like a Coach?
• 2 How Instructional Walks Help Leaders Adopt a Coaching Stance
• 3 Create Confidence Through Trust
• 4 Organize Around a Priority
• 5 Affirm Promising Practices
• 6 Communicate Feedback
• 7 Help Teachers Become Leaders and Learners
• Conclusion What Will Be Your Legacy?
• References
• Index
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