Creating a Coaching Culture for Professional Learning Communities

Build a collaborative coaching culture that ensures all adults learn through activities that keep the team focused on student learning. This practical resource provides activities designed to meet a wide variety of needs so you can choose the ones that fit your leadership style, the learning styles of team members, and the particular needs of the school.

Jane A. G. Kise, EdD, is an educational consultant specializing in teambuilding, coaching, and school staff development while partnering with schools and districts on in-depth change projects. She is also the coauthor of more than twenty books, including Differentiated Coaching: A Framework for Helping Teachers Change, Differentiation Through Personality Types, Introduction to Type and Coaching, LifeKeys, and Work It Out. She holds an MBA in finance from the Carlson School of Management and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of St. Thomas. Kise has worked with diverse organizations, including Minneapolis Public Schools and various public and private schools, the Bush Foundation, Twin Cities Public Television, and numerous other institutions. She is a frequent workshop speaker and has presented at National Staff Development Council (NSDC), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), World Futures, and Association for Psychological Type International (APTi) conferences. She has taught writing at the university level. She is a faculty member of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type and past president of APTi. She also volunteers as a reviewer for NCTM. In 2005, she won the Isabel Briggs Myers Memorial Research Award for Outstanding Research in the Field of Psychological Type. Beth Russell, EdD, is principal of South View Middle School in a suburb of Minneapolis. She holds a BS in child development and family relations from Colorado State University, a master s degree in social work from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate in educational policy and administration from the University of Minnesota. Russell has worked in both urban and suburban school systems introducing type. Coauthor of Differentiated School Leadership and several articles for education publications, she views type theory as a vehicle for helping students self-advocate for how they learn best and helping teachers identify new strategies so that all students can learn. She has presented at NSDC, World Futures, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), and National Urban Alliance conferences. She has participated in the National Institute for School Leadership, trained at the Institute for Learning at the University of Pittsburgh, and directed the Minneapolis Public Schools in implementing a comprehensive framework for teaching and learning. Russell volunteers as an assessor for the University of St. Thomas Principal Assessment Center and provides peer reviews for educational books for Free Spirit Publishing.