The Coaching Partnership: Collaboration for Systemic Change, Paperback/Rosemarye Taylor

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Description Create Unstoppable Teams through Collaborative Coaching When teachers, coaches, mentors, and administrators successfully work together in a collaborative coaching partnership, everyone's effectiveness increases--and student achievement grows. The Coaching Partnership provides educators with a unique perspective and approach to instructional coaching centered on mutual and reciprocal accountability for continuous improvement. This essential resource provides the guidance and tools educators need to implement a coaching partnership system in their schools and achieve their ultimate goal: improved student learning outcomes. Drawing on their extensive experience and years of research, the authors identify all the necessary components for a successful coaching partnership, and show teachers, coaches, mentors, and administrators how to: Optimize coaching partnerships with clearly defined processes and roles Foster a culture of generative thinking to encourage learning, inquiry, and lasting change Build trust to create successful collaborative, equitable relationships Use frameworks to implement an evidence-based approach to coaching Leverage academic language and adult communication strategies as drivers of success Commit to an effective coaching system that makes improved performance last In addition to clear and effective strategies, each chapter contains real-life vignettes from the field, coaching-in-action videos, ideas for productive partnerships, reflective practice questions, and helpful definitions. Plus, a Coaching System Planning Tool will help each member of the coaching team reflect, collaborate, and take purposeful, immediate action--all with the goal of creating a learning environment where students thrive. Grounded in research, this accessible guide offers a practical and systematic approach for creating a vital coaching culture at any school About the Author Dr. Carol Chanter has over 40 years of experience in special education, general education, and