Coaching Whole School Change : Lessons in Practice from a Small High School

by Allen, David; Ort, Suzanne Wichterle; Constantini, Alexis; Reist, Jennie

• ISBN13: 9780807749029
• ISBN10: 0807749028
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

The work of professional development in small schools settings is still very much a work in progress. This book provides a guide to coaching in a small school setting and is intended to provide small school administrators and practitioners with a means to institute and facilitate coaching in their ranks, especially important in new small schools where many teachers are new to the system and the profession

Author Biography

Suzanne Wichterle Ort is an assistant principal at Park East High School in New York City. David Allen teaches secondary English education at the College of Staten Island.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Coaching as a Professional Practice	p. 1
How Is School Coaching Defined?	p. 3
The ISA Principles and ISA Coaches	p. 3
Coaching as a Professional Practice	p. 5
What Are the Habits of Coaching?	p. 7
Why Focus on One Coach and One School?	p. 11
Who Are the Audiences for the Book?	p. 12
How Is the Book Organized?	p. 13
How Was the Book Made?	p. 14
The Development of Coaching over Time	p. 15
The School	p. 16
New Partnerships	p. 17
The Coach	p. 18
Initiating Coaching	p. 19
Building Structures and Developing Habits	p. 25
Addressing Quality and Responsiveness	p. 35
Organizing Coaching Time	p. 38
Weekly Routines in and out of School (Suzy)	p. 38
Deciding How to Spend My Time (Suzy)	p. 46
With Whom and Doing What? (Suzy)	p. 48
Planning for Instruction	p. 50
Planning "Our Water" Project (Alexis)	p. 51
Bringing in the Books (Jennie)	p. 58
Teaching Writing Transformed (Joe)	p. 68
Complementary Strategies	p. 77
Observing Classrooms	p. 77
Providing Resources	p. 80
Checking In	p. 82
Making Connections, Sharing Strengths	p. 85
Expanding Professional Community	p. 90
What's in a Look?	p. 92
Intellectually Engaged	p. 95
Protocols in Professional Community	p. 99
"Too Much Stuffing" (Alexis)	p. 107
Growing Leadership	p. 113
Becoming the Conduit for Communication	p. 115
Planning (Of Course!)	p. 116
When Can We Meet? What's the Agenda?	p. 118
Mini Case Study: Preparing for the ISA Summer Institute	p. 119
Expanding Facilitation and Developing Facilitators	p. 121
Giving It Structure	p. 123
Reflecting on Coaching	p. 125
Turning Inward and Reaching Outward	p. 125
Reflecting Backward and Forward	p. 128
A Permanent Role for Coaching	p. 134
Afterword	p. 139
The ISA Model	p. 143
References	p. 149
About the Authors	p. 151
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