Student-Centered Coaching from a Distance

Student-Centered Coaching is grounded in four guiding principles. They are at the heart of the authors' beliefs about coaching and they hold coaches and coachees accountable to staying student centered in everything they do. Coaching is not about fixing" teachers. Coaching is a partnership focused on student learning. Coaching is about continual professional growth. Coaching is part of a robust ecosystem of professional learning. The question for many coaches today is, "How do I stay true to the guiding principles for Student-Centered Coaching and adapt to the current environment?" Answering this question is what this book is about. Each chapter will include a series of 'moves' that can be used in virtual, hybrid, and in person settings. These moves are technology focused and accompanied by tools such as language stems, note catchers, protocols, and other resources that are there to provide structure and coherence to coaching conversations. Each chapter will also provide specific moves that coaches canuse to promote equity in their schools. In the authors' word, "we do not kid ourselves thinking instructional coaching provides all the answers to the equity issues in our schools. What we do know is that Student-Centered Coaching provides the opportunity for coaches and teachers to work together to remove many of the classroom equity barriers through coaching conversations." "--