"This material will be very valuable to principals and their superintendents who are trying to understand how to leverage their limited resources and enhance leadership competencies."
-Charles Elbot, Director, Office of Character and School Culture, Denver Public Schools, CO

"This excellent includes a wonderful balance of theory and practice. It is clear, passionate, and tied to professional standards."
-Michael Keany, Director, Long Island School Leadership Center


Discover how effective leadership coaching can create lasting school change!

Podcasts:
KGNU: 6/2007

In this innovative resource, educational coach Karla Reiss helps superintendents, principals, and teachers understand the fundamentals of effective leadership coaching programs that result in long-lasting educational change.

Using a balance of theory and practice, Reiss offers 11 core competencies adopted by the rapidly growing coaching profession including setting a foundation, ethical guidelines, effective communication, and facilitating learning and results. Also included are strategies for overcoming resistance, conducting a coaching session, creating a coaching plan, and more.

Aligned with the International Coach Federation’s Professional Coaching Core Competencies, this exciting resource:

• Explains the role and skills of coaching
• Guides educators on designing and implementing an effective coaching program
• Includes real examples and success stories
• Provides sample coaching techniques and dialogue
• Offers myriad graphic organizers, diagrams, checklists, and planners
• Contains practical leadership tools and templates for staff developers

Coaching, done well, offers enormous potential for creating real change. Use this guide for implementing a successful coaching program in your school and across your district, effecting educational lasting change!