Author Description

Keeping educators' skills sharp in a constantly changing world can be a challenge. But instructional coaching provides a focused, one-on-one plan for improving professional practice and teacher performance. In Coaching for Significant and Sustained Change in the Classroom, author Tom Roy shows coaches and administrators how to build strong coaching programs and create positive change using a five-step instructional coaching model. Move beyond teacher evaluations and classroom observations to establish a defined coaching program: Understand that changes in instructional practices are needed to overcome the challenges today's teachers face. Learn what successful coaching looks like and why coaching is the solution to getting effective professional development in the classroom. Study the five steps of the coaching cycle for teachers, and explore time-proven coaching methods and strategies. Measure the effectiveness of your current program by reviewing the elements of coaching programs that lead to teacher and student success. Receive tools and forms to help guide teacher reflection, support, and peer coaching, as well as respond to professional development needs. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Coaching and Change in Education Chapter 2: The Coaching Cycle Chapter 3: Methods and Techniques Chapter 4: School and District Models Chapter 5: Peer Coaching Chapter 6: Program Supervision and Leadership Epilogue Appendix