The Coaching Partnership

"Since excellent teaching fosters student achievement, we want to do all we can to provide teachers, coaches, mentors, and administrators with exemplary, sustained professional support—and a partnership for coaching is an essential component of professional support."

– Rosemarye T. Taylor & Carol Chanter

Videos

The Coaching Partnership Overview
Implementing the Coaching Partnership System
The Coaching Partnership in Action: April Croy with Tenille Sadat and Gilda Medina

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Coach April Croy interviews Kate Baughman, a school coordinator, about how she manages the schoolwide coaching partnership.

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Coaching Session Videos

Above, the short excerpts from two coaching sessions illustrate some key elements of the coaching partnership. These two eighth-grade teachers, Tenille Sadat and Gilda Medina, each taught a literacy lesson comparing the Latin American legend “La Llorona” (“The Weeping Woman”) to Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Woman Hollering Creek.” After observing each class, coach April Croy met with each teacher one-on-one for a debrief. Together they worked to analyze and rank (0, 1, or 2) the students’ written responses (exit tickets). Here are some highlights from the two coaching sessions.

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Downloads

Join the authors as thought partners to leverage these templates for empowered thinking and take steps forward to improve effectiveness and student learning.

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Individualize coaching, from direct support to inviting thinking.

COACHING COMPENDIUM

Narrow the coaching focus to set and achieve reasonable goals.

COMMITMENT TO ACTION

Define partnership roles and expectations to ensure success.

ROLE AGREEMENT