Acknowledgments About the Author Foreword by Regie Routman Introduction The Purpose of This Book My Coaching Journey Reflective Questions Chapter 1: Why Should I Lead Like a Coach? Benefits of Leading Like a Coach Expand on Your Current Identities Shifting Toward a Coaching Stance Reflective Questions Chapter 2: How Instructional Walks Help Leaders Adopt a Coaching Stance Introducing Instructional Walks The Instructional Walk Process From Judging to Learning What Instructional Walks Are Not Reflective Questions Chapter 3: Create Confidence Through Trust Defining Trust Four Conditions for Trust Condition 1: Consistency Condition 2: Compassion Condition 3: Communication Condition 4: Competence Success Indicators for Creating Confidence Through Trust Reflective Questions Chapter 4: Organize Around a Priority Defining a Priority Step 1: Analyze and Understand Your Current Reality Step 2: Examine Your Beliefs About Instruction Step 3: Engage in Focused Professional Learning Step 4: Create Collective Commitments Around Promising Practices Success Indicators for Organizing Around a Priority Reflective Questions Chapter 5: Affirm Promising Practices Four Principles for Initiating Positive Change Principle 1: Adopt an Instructional Framework Principle 2: Learn With Your Faculty Principle 3: Develop Collaborative Learning Communities Principle 4: Institutionalize Promising Practices Success Indicators of Affirming Promising Practices Reflective Questions Chapter 6: Communicate Feedback Defining Feedback Communicating Feedback Through Engagement (vs. Bypass) Differentiating Feedback to Meet Teachers' Needs Example 6.1: Exploring New Ideas for Classroom Management Example 6.2: How the Task Supports Student Engagement Example 6.3: A Better Way to Assess Success Indicators for Communicating Feedback Reflective Questions Chapter 7: Help Teachers Become Leaders and Learners A Journey to Excellence Example 7.1: Teacher Self-Assessment (Wilmot Elementary School, Jefferson County Public Schools, Denver, Colorado) Example 7.2: Residency Model for Professional Development (Winnipeg School District, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Success Indicators of Helping Teachers Become Leaders and Learners Final Reflective Questions Conclusion: What Will Be Your Legacy? References Index
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Matt Renwick has served in public education for over 20 years. He started as a 5th and 6th-grade teacher in a country school outside of Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Matt now serves as an elementary principal for the Mineral Point Unified School District. See more of his work at https://mattrenwick.com/.