Authors: Jennifer D. Pierce, Ph.D., Kimberly St. Martin, Ph.D.

Coaching for Systems and Teacher Change

Give coaches the expert support they need with this essential new resource, a comprehensive guide to what effective coaching looks like across the PreK-12 grade span and how to conduct powerful coaching cycles with teachers and teams.

Vivid examples show what successful coaching looks like at different grade levels, and 30 downloadable tools help coaches take confident action, reflect on their practices, and continuously improve.

Includes Companion Materials

Implement an effective coaching framework through:

• Alliance building: Take an intentional approach to developing an equitable, mutually beneficial partnership with a shared purpose.
• Observing: Watch the teacher or team in action, gather simple data, and use the data to construct feedback and encourage reflection.
• Modeling: Demonstrate to coachees how to use a specific teaching or teaming practice.
• Providing performance feedback: Share your feedback so that coachees have concrete, actionable data that helps them reflect on their practices and advance their goals.

Includes 30 coaching tools:

• Coaching Protocols
• Reflecting on My Coaching Role
• Coaching Compact
• Readiness Assessment
• Understanding System Challenges
• Conducting Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles
• Alliance Assessment
• Tips for Networking Teachers and Teams
• Coaching Implementation Checklist
• Calculating the Fiscal Costs of Coaching
• Coaching Self-Assessment
• and more!

Reviews

Daryl Michel, Founder, Be A Change, LLC, co-author of Student-Focused Coaching

"Pierce and Martin's systems coaching aims to create the space for leadership teams to acknowledge what is and is not working and to provide guidance and support for how to create, communicate, and adhere to systems or processes that focus on whole system change."

Jenni Donohoo, Education Consultant, Praxis-Engaging Ideas

"A fantastic and timely resource . . . grounded in research and full of practical tools that will help to increase the impact of coaching in schools."

This title has additional materials available on the Brookes Download Hub.

• Chapter Takeaways & Summaries
• Vignettes with Reflection Questions
• Downloadable Planning Tools