The Art of Coaching, Elena Aguilar
The Art of Coaching, Elena Aguilar
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The Art of Coaching
Effective Strategies for School Transformation

Author: Elena Aguilar

Narrator: Emily Ellet

Unabridged: 10 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/13/2019

Synopsis

This practical resource offers the foundational skills and tools needed by new coaching educators, as well as presenting an overview of the knowledge and theory base behind the practice. Established coaches will find numerous ways to deepen and refine their coaching practice. Principals and others who incorporate coaching strategies into their work will also find a wealth of resources.

Aguilar offers a model for transformational coaching which could be implemented as professional development in schools or districts anywhere. Although she addresses the needs of adult learners, her model maintains a student-centered focus, with a specific lens on addressing equity issues in schools.

● Offers a practical resource for school coaches, principals, district leaders, and other administrators

● Presents a transformational coaching model which addresses systems change

● Pays explicit attention to surfacing and interrupting inequities in schools

The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation offers a compendium of school coaching ideas, and the book's explicit, user-friendly structure enhances the ability to access the information.

About Elena Aguilar

Elena Aguilar is the founder and president of Bright Morning Consulting, an international education, coaching, and consulting firm that brings new learning practices to organizations. Elena has extensive experience working in diverse school environments as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and leadership coach. She is the bestselling author of The Art of Coaching, The Art of Coaching Teams, and Onward.

Reviews

Goodreads review by N.D. on June 30, 2017

I just attended The Art of Coaching conference with Elena Aguilar, which was great. This book is an excellent tool for educators and transformational coaching is a very good approach and addition to the field of coaching.......more

Goodreads review by Shaeley on January 14, 2016

Definitely a must-read (and re-read) for coaches. Focus on Emotional Intelligence, transformative, equitable approach such as the SMART-e goals where e=equity.......more

Goodreads review by Patrik on May 09, 2024

I did not love this book. I have many friends who praise it, so I had high hopes. However, I found it a little bit limited and prescriptive. Perhaps it is really only written for people who have made coaching of teachers their career, specifically coaches of teachers in American public schools in lo......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on February 08, 2016

Awesome read - her beliefs are very aligned to TFA/eliminating educational equity and her practice is logical and replicable. Love this and plan to share it with my team!......more

Goodreads review by Seán on July 25, 2018

Maybe because I’m a tech coach, I found this book of little relevance once if read through the first part of the book. The author opens the introduction with a description of an amazing experience she had of being coached herself and then goes on to assume that somehow she can distil this entire com......more

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