Fully and confidently step into your role as an instructional coach with the support of Coaching for Educator Wellness. This instructional leadership guide offers evergreen strategies alongside fresh new solutions that will help you differentiate coaching practices for new and veteran teachers, address teacher self-care, and more. You'll turn to this resource again and again as you continue to improve your craft and help teachers find their own greatness.
Increase teacher expertise and self-efficacy by providing a strong foundation of physical, institutional, emotional, and instructional support:
- Review research surrounding best teacher coaching practices.
- Explore strategies for differentiating coaching practices for teachers at every stage of their career.
- Study the four types of support, and learn how to match support to meet each teacher's needs during different phases of the school year.
- Use interactive activities, tools, and templates to help support all teachers in increasing their expertise.
- Consider how self-care and professional wellness for adults are foundational supports for social-emotional learning for students.
- Answer end-of-chapter questions to reflect on your journey and deepen your understanding.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Portrait of You, an Instructional Coach
Chapter 2: Building an Effective Coaching Relationship
Chapter 3: The Phases of the School Year and the Four Types of Support
Chapter 4: Physical and Institutional Support for New and New-to-the-Building Teachers
Chapter 5: Emotional Support and Professional Wellness for All Teachers
Chapter 6: Instructional Support for All Teachers
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index
Tina H. Boogren, PhD, is a fierce advocate for educators and an award-winning educator, best-selling author, and highly sought-after speaker. Tina has proudly served as a classroom teacher, mentor, instructional coach, and building-level leader and has presented for audiences all over the world.
Dr. Boogren is deeply committed to supporting educators so that they can support their students. She conducts highly requested and inspiring keynotes, workshops, and virtual webinars that focus on quality instruction, coaching, mentoring, and educator wellness. She also hosts a weekly podcast, Self-Care for Educators with Dr. Tina H. Boogren.
Dr. Boogren was a 2007 finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year and was a recipient of her school district's Outstanding Teacher Award eight years in a row, from 2002 to 2009. She is the author of numerous books, including In the First Few Years: Reflections of a Beginning Teacher, Supporting Beginning Teachers, The Beginning Teacher's Field Guide: Embarking on Your First Years, 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators, and Take Time for You: Self-Care Action Plans for Educators, which was the Independent Publisher's Gold Award winner in the Education category. She is a co-author of Motivating and Inspiring Students: Strategies to Awaken the Learner along with Robert J. Marzano, Darrell Scott, and Ming Lee Newcomb and is a contributing author to Richard Kellough's Middle School Teaching: A Guide to Methods and Resources and Robert J. Marzano's Becoming a Reflective Teacher.
Dr. Boogren holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa, a master's degree with an administrative endorsement from the University of Colorado Denver, and a doctorate from the University of Denver in educational administration and policy studies.
