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Coaching for teaching and learning: a guide for school leaders
Author:
Lofthouse, Rachel et al
Subject:
Coaching and mentoring
Audience:
Headteachers, Middle leaders and aspiring headteachers, Governors
Date of publication:
July 2010 |
File format and size:
PDF, 772 Kb
In these hard times, schools are constantly being asked to do more with less. But how do you raise standards of teaching without pouring your budget away on endless courses? It's easy: harness your staff's own potential, and help your teachers to successfully coach each other.
Coaching is seen by many as an excellent way to spread good practice in the classroom, allowing teachers to experiment with new techniques and work together to achieve their potential. So whether your school already uses this collaborative method as part of continuing professional development, or if it's new to you, this booklet offers straightforward, accessible ways to develop it at your school.
You can use it to develop a step-by-step approach, with a sequence of activities to support coaching development, or to implement specific changes in practice. Either way, it will help you establish coaching which is focused on improving teaching and learning, beneficial to all coaching participants and sustainable over the long term.
Whether you are involved directly in the coaching process, or responsible for it as a co-ordinator or school leader, this guide gives you the tools you need.
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