Table of Contents
About the Authors xi
Foreword Rebecca DuFour xv
Introduction 1
A Coaching Framework 2
Clarity 2
Feedback 3
Support 3
Three Reasons 4
Coaching Helps Develop Greater Precision with PLC Practice 4
Coaching Resources Are Available to Every School 5
Coaching Provides the Missing Link Between Learning and Doing 5
About This Book 6
A Comprehensive Approach 7
Part I
Chapter 1 Combining Collaboration and Coaching 11
Collaboration 12
Coaching 14
Best Practice Versus Next Practice 16
Isolation Versus Collaboration 18
Limited Versus Expanded Access to Resources and Expertise 18
A Deficit Versus an Asset Orientation 19
Perception Versus Results 19
Individual Versus Collective Improvement 19
Resources and Cost Intensive Versus Resources and Cost Efficient 20
A Practical Shift 20
Achieving a Systemwide Impact 21
Building Capacity With Collaboration 21
From Fixing to Cultivating 22
Conclusion 24
Chapter 2 Coaching Collaborative Teams in a PLC 27
Three Big Ideas of a PLC 28
A Focus on Learning 28
A Collaborative Culture 28
A Results Orientation 30
The Four Critical Questions of a PLC 32
Critical Question One 32
Critical Question Two 33
Critical Question Three 34
Critical Question Four 35
Toold for Guidance and Support 36
Case Study: East Detroit Public Schools 37
Conclusion 43
Part II
Chapter 3 Amplifying Your Impact With Clarity 47
The Strategy Implementation Guide (SIG) 48
Reason for the SIG 49
The Original SIG 52
Content of the SIG 53
The Process of Creating a SIG 54
Step 1 Identify Elements of the PLC Process 55
Step 2 Write Anchor Statements 55
Step 3 Develop Indicators 56
The SIG's Field Test 61
A Cycle of Continuous Improvement 65
Conclusion 66
Chapter 4 Amplifying Your Impact With Feedback 67
Defining Feedback 68
Defining Good Feedback 69
Committing to Feedback 71
Providing Feedback 71
Consultant (Task) Feedback 72
Collaborator of Conversational Feedback 74
Coach of Reflective Feedback 75
Applying Feedback 76
Data Stems 76
Feedback Stems 76
Next Steps 79
Connecting Feedback to the SIG 79
Learning From a Case Study on the Impact of Feedback 80
Conclusion 83
Chapter 5 Amplifying Your Impact With Support 85
Using Pathways for Coaching Collaborative Teams in a PLC 86
Pathways Tool for Critical Question One 90
Pathways Tool for Critical Question Two 97
Pathways Tool for Critical Question Three 102
Pathways Tool for Critical Question Four 107
Conclusion 108
Part III
Chapter 6 Making It Real: Coaching Scenarios 113
A. C. Doyle Elementary School 114
Description of Inefficient, Ineffective Meeting 114
Interventions From Coach 119
Pratt High School 123
Description of Inefficient, Ineffective Meeting 124
Interventions From Coach 130
Conclusion 136
Afterword 139
References and Resources 143
Index 155
