Leading Like a C.O.A.C.H. : 5 Strategies for Supporting Teaching and Learning

Expand your leadership capacity to help your school reach its potential All schools have the capacity for schoolwide instructional excellence.

Schools with leaders who adopt a coaching stance as part of their practice are more likely to realize this success.

Leaders achieve success with their teachers, their students, and their families, not alone. Leading like a C.O.A.C.H. reframes the approach to schoolwide change from a leader acting alone to a leader working with a community in which each member contributes their strengths and ideas to improving instruction.

Renwick, a well-known blogger and writer on literacy and leadership, encourages school leaders to embody five practices: 1.

Create confidence through trust; 2. Organize around a priority; 3. Affirm promising practices; 4. Communicate feedback; and 5. Help teachers become leaders and learners. Throughout this practical guide, readers will find Reflective questionsActivitiesIndicators of successExamples of leaders coaching teachers to excellenceWisdom from the field      This book provides new and veteran leaders with a practical approach and easily adoptable ideas for helping their schools realize their full potential.