Educational Coaching: A Partnership for Problem Solving, Mar/2018

Educational coaches—whether math, literacy, instructional, or curriculum coaches—vary in the content of the work they do and in the grade range of the teachers with whom they work. But "good coaching is good coaching," as coaching expert Cathy A. Toll affirms in this, her newest book. All coaches seek to help solve problems and increase teacher success, and they all depend on effective collaboration to do so.

This practical guide shows readers how to get the most out of educational coaching. It details

1. Models of coaching that enhance teachers' thinking, help them overcome obstacles to success, and lead to lasting change.
2. Three phases of the problem-solving cycle.
3. Characteristics of effective coaching conversations.
4. Components of CAT—connectedness, acceptance, and trustworthiness—that are essential to the partnership.
5. Practices that support teamwork.

Toll also tackles the obstacles that hinder a coach's success—administrators who don't understand coaching and teachers who don't want to engage. Full of insights and answers, Educational Coaching is for all coaches and those who lead them.

About The Author:

Cathy A. Toll supports teacher learning by guiding educational coaches, professional learning teams, and administrative leaders. She has been a consultant, keynote speaker, and workshop leader throughout the United States, Australia, and Canada. Toll has served as a teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, reading specialist, curriculum coordinator, school principal, director of literacy research and development, grant director, state department of education consultant, and educational coach. She has published widely for teacher leaders, including six books for literacy coaches and a book on learnership for principals and teacher leaders. Toll is chair of the Department of Literacy and Language at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.