Everyday Instructional Coaching: Seven Daily Drivers to Support Teacher Effectiveness (Instructional Leadership and Coaching Strategies for Teacher Su

Instructional coaches play a crucial role in helping educators meet the ever-changing demands of effective teaching and learning. With this practical guide, coaches will discover seven drivers they can use to best support teachers in their daily work: (1) collaboration, (2) transparency, (3) inquiry, (4) discourse, (5) reverberation, (6) sincerity, and (7) influence. Each chapter offers instructional coaching strategies, daily practices, research, and examples to help readers evaluate, refine, and implement these drivers in their educational coaching and teacher support.

Learn daily practices for instructional coaching that supports teachers and effective teaching methods:

• Explore the seven daily drivers necessary to become a more effective instructional coach.
• Gain strategies to strengthen relationships with teachers and teacher teams to improve outcomes and understanding of effective teaching methods.
• Access tools to help self-assess and adjust daily coaching practices.
• Understand the sociocultural psychology and education research that support the seven daily practices.
• Learn approaches you can use to keep pace with current effective teaching methods and the demands on today's educators, coaches, and instructional leaders.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Collaboration
Chapter 2: Transparency
Chapter 3: Inquiry
Chapter 4: Discourse
Chapter 5: Reverberation
Chapter 6: Sincerity
Chapter 7: Influence
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index

Dr. Nathan D. Lang-Raad is a speaker, author, and professional learning facilitator. He is the Chief Education Officer at WeVideo. Throughout his career, he has served as a teacher, assistant principal, university adjunct professor, consultant, and education strategist. He was director of elementary curriculum and instruction for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, as well as education supervisor at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He speaks at both local and national professional conferences and is the cofounder of Bammy Award-nominated #LeadUpChat, an educational leadership professional learning network (PLN) on Twitter. Nathan is also the cofounder of #divergED, a Twitter chat focused on divergent thinking and innovations in education. He is a Google Certified Educator, Microsoft Innovative Educator, and 2016 Apple Teacher, serves on the board of the Student Voice Foundation, and serves on the International Literacy Association Task Force.

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Nathan is the author of Everyday Instructional Coaching and is currently co-authoring a book with Robert J. Marzano on the new art and science of teaching mathematics.

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He has written several blog posts that have been featured on the EdTech K-12, Corwin Connect, Education Week, K-12 Blueprint, and Solution Tree websites.


Nathan received a bachelor of arts degree in general science-chemistry from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, a master of education degree in administration and supervision from the University of Houston-Victoria, and a doctorate of education degree in learning organizations and strategic change from David Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.


He resides with his husband, Herbie Raad, in beautiful Maine. 


To learn more about Nathan's work, visit nathandlang.com or follow him on Twitter @drlangraad.

To book Dr. Nathan D. Lang-Raad for professional development, contact pd@SolutionTree.com or visit drlangraad.com.