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Purpose: To coach a client about an identified issue.
Time: 30 to 45 minutes.
The sweeping changes facing teachers today require a carefully orchestrated plan for implementation that incorporates support for individual teachers, teams of teachers, whole faculties, and teachers across schools. Coaches are a vital part of the change team.
Part of the coach’s role is to focus on change management support to address individual educators’ challenges and the frustration, negativity, and resistance that often accompany change of any magnitude. The problem-solving protocol on p. 64 is one way for coaches to assist individuals or teams in dealing with problems or conflict that arise as a natural part of the change process.
Coaching Matters, by Joellen Killion, Cindy Harrison, Chris Bryan, and Heather Clifton, reveals how coaching can make a difference. Each chapter describes an element of what research and the authors’ experiences show it takes to make coaching effective. This tool is one of many that supplement the content of the book.
Buy the book at https://store.learningforward.org. The book is available for $45 for nonmembers, $36 for members. Learning Forward, 2012
Learning Forward is the only professional association devoted exclusively to those who work in educator professional development. We help our members plan, implement, and measure high-quality professional learning so they can achieve success with their systems, schools, and students.
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