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Record Nr.

UNINA9910532818403321

Autore

Sweeney Diane

Titolo

Student-centered coaching : a guide for K-8 coaches and principals / / Diane Sweeney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin

London : , : SAGE, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-5443-0307-6

1-4522-3869-3

1-4522-2383-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Mentoring in education - United States

Academic achievement - United States

School improvement programs - United States

Education, Elementary - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Author; Introduction: Why This Book? Why Now?; Section I: Establishing Student-Centered Coaching; 1 - The Next Generation of Coaching . . . Coaching Student Learning; 2 - Getting Student-Centered Coaching Up and Running; 3 - Crafting a Culture of Learning; Section II: Data as an Essential Component of Student-Centered Coaching; 4 - Data and Student-Centered Coaching; 5 - Measuring the Impactof Student-Centered Coaching; Section III: Practices for Student-Centered Coaching; 7 - Developing Systems and Structures for Teacher Learning; 8 - Engaging theAdult Learner

9 - Developing Systems and Structures to Support CoachesResource A: Tools for the Assessment and Evaluation of Coaching; Resource B: Agreements; Resource C: Tools for Note Taking and Documentation; Resource D: Books and Journals to Support Student-Centered Coaching; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Grounded in a simple but powerful premise, that school-based coaching can be designed to directly impact student learning; when the



focus is shifted from "fixing" teachers to collaborating with them in designing instruction that targets student achievement, coaching becomes both more respectful & results-based.