Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves: The Moves

by Diane R Sweeney, Leanna S. Harris

The essential coaching moves that every coach needs to know Student-centered coaching is a highly effective, evidence-based coaching model that shifts the focus from "fixing" teachers to collaborating with them to design instruction that targets student outcomes. But what does this look like in practice? This book shows you the day-to-day coaching moves that build powerful coaching relationships. Readers will

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Professional Development, Teaching

192 pages, Paperback

Published February 6, 2017

Reviews

[Hrafn]

Education is chock full of voices claiming to know how to solve the problems of our profession (and make a buck while they are doing it). How can you tell if the contents are legit or a load of fantasy? Peer Reviewed Research. Sadly, Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves is thin on research. Sweeney follows the familiar pattern of giving an anecdote and then using it to justify a coaching move. Anecdotes may make a concept easy to understand but they don't make the concept true. While there are citations made when I tracked them down they turn out to be other books or magazine articles and not research. Sweeney may very well know what she is talking about but how can anyone risk the time in implementing the strategies unless they have been proven effective?

[Derrick Helphenstine]

Informative and “Gripping”

For me this was a page turner. I loved how it was broken down into chunk to explicitly tell the move, tell why it’s helpful, and how to implement it. I also loved the videos and forms embedded through the book. The scenarios felt familiar and I think that truly helped this book be something different. I really couldn’t put this book down.

[Valerie Biggam]

I like how this is organized by “the moves” you can use when in the classroom such as noticing and naming or sorting student work. I find this approach much more practical and respectful of teachers than other coaching frameworks.

[Beth Honeycutt]

As a first-time coach, I would give this 4.5 stars! I found a lot of practical advice and important things to think about in order to keep students at the center of the coaching conversations that I have with teachers.

[Carla]

This is a life changing book. How to make impact the most important thing when coaching teachers

Book description:
Student-centered coaching is a highly effective, evidence-based coaching model that shifts the focus from "fixing" teachers to collaborating with them to design instruction that targets student outcomes. But what does this look like in practice? This book shows you the day-to-day coaching moves that build powerful coaching relationships. Readers will find:

Coaching moves that can be used before, during, and after lessons
An abundance of field-tested tools and practices that can be put to immediate use
Original video clips that depict and unpack key moves
Richly detailed anecdotes from practicing coaches

[Melanie Clawson]

I read this book as part of my instructional coaching course. The moves were broken down into easy-to-understand chunks and the moves are practical. I have had an opportunity to try out some of these moves as part of my coaching course. They help me and my coaching partners stay focused on student learning and growth. I think this book is a great read for anyone starting out in coaching as it has practical, applicable information.

[Crystal Ramos]

An excellent book for educational coaches and specialists! The techniques and advice in this book are useful in the real world and truly set this book above the others in this genre. Reading this helped mold me into a stronger literacy coach and impacted the teachers and students too. I highly recommend this to anyone new to or struggling as a coach or specialist.

[Laura]

Diane and Leanna continue to add to my thinking about the role of instructional coaches and I gained more ideas for to push me in my practice. I was expecting this book to get more into the emotional intelligence side of coaching; however, I'm willing to bet that she has that coming.

[Jeff]

This is a tremendous practical guide to anyone who coaches teachers. It is well organized and generally very readable. While it won’t win any literary awards for style, it provides concrete ideas for implementing instructional coaching that improves outcomes for all of our students.

[Melisa Mulder]

One of the best books I’ve read to help instructional coaches work in a partnership with teachers to make an impact on student learning. Includes step-by-step for implementation and appendices to support the process. I highly recommend for all instructional coaches!!

[Amber Wilson]

Reading this allowed me to feel more prepared for the upcoming school year. I really appreciate that there are actionable steps to take that are broken up by various coaching moves. I also appreciate the organizers, talking points, and if/then examples that were provided.

[Tracy Jaconette]

Specific actions to implement student centered coaching.

[Bruce Nieminski]

7/10
192 pages

[Erica Warren]

Practical coaching moves. Easy read. If you are interested in approaching your coaching from a student centered platform, this is a good resource.

[Taylor]

One of the best books for improving my professional practice that I have ever read!

[Brianne]

Lots of very tangible strategies for upping my instructional-coaching game. Would highly recommend for anyone who works as an instructional coach!

[Leigh Martella]

The focus here is individual coaching and co-teaching, which is not the model I currently use as a coach. However, there were some good tools.

[Jenn]

Fantastic tools for instructional coaches! Concrete strategies and focus you can use tomorrow!

[Nicole]

New Literacy Coach here! This is great!

[Jana]

Really useful book despite the cringey title.

[Trina]

Practical, filled with examples and video clips from coaches and teachers, this well-written book is a great addition to any instructional coach's professional library. This book makes me want to reread the other books I own by Diane Sweeney. Although I've been in my current position as a coach for over four years, this resource validated my beliefs about coaching and helped me reflect on how I can continue to grow.