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The Art of Coaching
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The Art of Coaching

by Elena Aguilar
March 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
9h 12m
English
Jossey-Bass
Audiobook available
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Chapter 1How Can Coaching Transform Schools?

Read this when:

  • You are a coach, supervisor of coaches, or principal who wants to articulate what coaching is and can be
  • You are an administrator considering developing a coaching program in your school

A Story about What Coaching Can Do

The best way to describe how coaching can transform schools—through improving teacher practices, addressing systemic issues, and improving outcomes for children—is by offering an example.

Karen, a young white woman, was in her third year teaching English in an urban middle school. Before I started working with her, I had been warned that she was “not good with Mexican kids.” One principal had already moved her out of his school, and her new principal, whose student ...

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