Differentiated Coaching: A Framework for Helping Educators Change

by Jane A.G. Kise

Differentiate your coaching practice to meet the needs of every teacher!

 

Jane Kise takes you on a journey into differentiated coaching with a strength-based framework for understanding, appreciating, and working with people who may think differently from you. Through an online self-assessment tool, you will discover how your strengths and beliefs influence your coaching practice. Through examples, case studies, and reflection exercises, you will understand how

Tailor your coaching practices to meet the needs of each educator Increase teacher willingness to implement new skills in their classrooms Anticipate patterns of resistance and adjust both the content and delivery of professional development

Genres: Education

253 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2006

About the author

Jane Kise is a writer, education consultant, and corporate trainer. She has written over 25 books, including Educator Bandwidth, Doable Differentiation, Differentiated Coaching, and Intentional Leadership. She is a past president of the Association for Psychological Type International, an organization dedicated to constructive use of differences.

Reviews

[Lindsay Bowley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book completely changes how I will relate to others at work. I am excited to differentiate with my staff just like they are expected to differentiate with their students!

[Sarah Hanawald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kise pulls it all together in this book and it really works! She discusses the need to actually know the teachers we are coaching and then designing our coaching to support their needs and their pedagogical styles. Seems obvious? It is, but Kise then does the reader a favor by getting very specific about how to accomplish these two things.

First--getting to know teachers well. How do we do that? Kise recommends using more than one tool. She suggests using personality types (a la Myers Briggs) and learning about teachers' mental models. She provides some quick survey instruments and illustrates her theories with descriptions of case studies.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, I'm the author. But that means I've seen the transformation that occurs when coaches take time to understand this framework and make constructive use of differences--and model in their work with teachers the individualized approach we expect teachers to take with students!

[Kaylynne Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful--Coaches should read!

[Tito · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book!