Responsive Coaching: Evidence-informed instructional coaching that works for every teacher in your school
Great teachers can make a huge difference to students’ lives, but helping them to improve throughout their careers is vital. How can we best do this?
Multiple studies suggest that instructional coaching – a school-centred approach to developing teachers – is one of the best options we have. However, to make the most of instructional coaching, we must be clear about what it means.
In Responsive Coaching, Josh Goodrich examines contrasting models, combining research and practical experience to build an approach that adapts to meet the needs of individual teachers. This enables coaches to flex their style depending on where a teacher is on their journey towards expertise.
Josh distils his approach into five areas, unpacking essential research and providing concrete examples of great coaching in action to provide a toolkit of practical responsive coaching strategies that support teachers to make continuous improvements.
Combining robust research evidence from a wide range of fields with the practical wisdom of experienced teachers, leaders and coaches, the book is a toolkit for building an instructional coaching approach that works, for every teacher.
Multiple studies suggest that instructional coaching – a school-centred approach to developing teachers – is one of the best options we have. However, to make the most of instructional coaching, we must be clear about what it means.
In Responsive Coaching, Josh Goodrich examines contrasting models, combining research and practical experience to build an approach that adapts to meet the needs of individual teachers. This enables coaches to flex their style depending on where a teacher is on their journey towards expertise.
Josh distils his approach into five areas, unpacking essential research and providing concrete examples of great coaching in action to provide a toolkit of practical responsive coaching strategies that support teachers to make continuous improvements.
Combining robust research evidence from a wide range of fields with the practical wisdom of experienced teachers, leaders and coaches, the book is a toolkit for building an instructional coaching approach that works, for every teacher.
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Practical, wise and research-informed, this outstanding book will help you build a mental model of instructional coaching, grounded in the science of learning. It combines research in cognitive psychology and motivation with practical coaching experience to identify key strategies for effective coaching. For those whose work involves helping teachers to become the best versions of themselves, it will be indispensable.