Leadership coaching for educators : bringing out the best in school administrators /: bringing out the best in school administrators. ([2007])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karla Reiss.
• Authors: Reiss, Karla
• Contents: Preface; Purpose; How I Came to Coaching; About the Contents; Author's Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part I. Making a Case for Leadership Coaching; Introduction; 1. Why Coaching? Why Now?; What’s the Payoff?; Coaching Defined; Coaching: A Booming Profession; The Need for Leadership Coaching; Executive Coaching for School Leaders Emerges; The Cost of Not Coaching; Coaching in the Business World; Coaching in the Nonprofit World; Coaching: A Strategy for Achieving Peak Performance; Coaching: It’s All About Change; Emotional Intelligence and Coaching; Summary; Part II. Coaching Mind-Sets and Skill Sets; 2. Getting Started as a Coach; Developing a Coaching Mindset; Coaching Mindset Attributes; Consider the Coachee; Different Reasons to Coach; Coaching the Whole Person; Connecting Outer Goals With the Inner Self; Values Matter; Empowering Others for Success; Professional Organizations; Core Competencies: Implications for Educators; Summary; 3. Core Coaching Competencies 1-4; Core Coaching Competencies; Setting the Foundation; Co-Creating the Relationship; Summary; 4. Core Coaching Competencies 5-7; Communicating Effectively; Summary; 5. Core Coaching Competencies 8-11; Facilitating Learning and Results; Summary; Part III. Ensuring Success Through Coaching; 6. Strategies to Break Through Resistance; Conquering Resistance; Limiting Beliefs; Assumptions; Fear; Judgments; Interpretations; External Obstacles; Changing Individuals, Changing Systems; Abandoning the Comfort Zone; The Cycle of Change; Three Stages of Transition; The Four Laws of Change; Possibility Thinking; Visioning a New Future; Five Essential Components of Peak Performance; The Language of Change; Summary; 7. Powerful Coaching in Action; The POWERful Coaching Framework(TM); Phases of a Coaching Relationship; Aligning Goals and Actions for Extraordinary Results: Setting Goals; Aligning Goals and Actions for Extraordinary Results: Developing a Professional Coaching Plan; Using Assessments in Coaching; Summary; 8. Implementing Successful Coaching; Creating Conditions for Success; Confidentiality; Communication Flow and Confidentiality; Policies and Decision Making; Selecting and Training Coaches; Leadership Coaching for School Change; A Coaching Approach to Continuous School System Improvement; Summary; Conclusion; Resource A: Coaching Mindset Self-Assessment; Resource B: Coachee Readiness Checklist; Resource C: ICF Professional Coaching Core Competencies; Resource D: ICF Standards of Ethical Conduct; Resource E: Examining Limiting Beliefs; Resource F: Conducting a POWERful Coaching Session; Resource G: Professional Coaching Plan: Quarterly Goals and Initial Actions; Resource H: Weekly Coaching Action Planner; Resource I: Useful Assessment Tools to Use in Coaching; Resource J: Successful Coaching Implementation Checklist; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, Calif : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 371.2011; School administrators; Educational leadership; School improvement programs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483351827; 1483351823
• Related ISBNs: 1412937396; 141293740X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.