Building Powerful Instructional Leadership Skills That Impact Learning
Your Adventure Begins Now!
Whether you are new to instructional coaching, you're a teacher who wants to improve your own practice and share your learning, or you're a building or district leader who wants to better support your teachers, let this book be your guide.
The Coach ADVenture, by Amy Illingworth, EdD, explains and equips you with essential instructional leadership coaching skills that impact teacher and student learning. Each chapter ends with a coaching adventure that follows the leadership journeys of two educators who apply these essential skills to their contexts.
The ADVenture begins with showing Appreciation for each individual’s strengths, learning to Design a plan that empowers educators to transform their practice, and adding Value to each teacher’s repertoire. Throughout this book, you will find . . .
– A road map for your journey as an instructional coach
– Examples from the field, where Illingworth shares her successes and failures in her own learning, leading, and coaching journey
– Practical examples of instructional coaching action
Let The Coach ADVenture begin!