The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation

This book is unlike any other that I have have found and I have walls of books on education, school reform and the like. "The Art of Coaching", though, offers both a very practical, concrete and accessible path into coaching, and it is so much more sophisticated and nuanced than that. Showing a fierce commitment to equity, a compassion for those who are being coached and a set of reflections and tools that also transform the coach, this book is frequently used in my work. In addition, we have a team of five coaches who meet monthly based on this work. Sometimes we rad from it, we always apply the lenses and it always supports us and helps us to grow. You will not be disappointed by this purchase. I've been a high school teacher and secondary AP/Principal and now am coaching. This book would have been applicable in all of those roles.

I was a coach before I read this book, and often felt both my head and my heart pulling me towards a different way of coaching than I had been trained in. When I read Art of Coaching, I finally understood why. Rather than being told compliance was the ultimate goal, I found a philosophy that valued every individual and their unique gifts. This is not a one-and-done reading and/or workshop experience; rather, it's a book you just keep coming back to, over and over, to continually refine your practice.

I am really enjoying reading this book I have no regrets purchasing it and even though I’m not a coach there are strategies and techniques and just the basic ideas that I can use to incorporate into my own teaching skills and also my every day life.

I used it for my career.

Lots of good stuff in this book. There is a great piece in the chapter on "which beliefs help a coach be more effective?" that focuses on "the dangers of unmonitored beliefs." This is key. Coaching is fairly new to the education world and many instructional coaches struggle to define themselves at school sites in a way that is most effective. This book can definitely supports new and veteran coaches alike to be more reflective in their complicated role.

First of all... Big congratulations and thank you for this book. I am blown away! Perhaps it is one of the first coherent road-maps for this path. So detailed! Wonderful to have the quotes from other coaching books, the anecdotes. I love the concrete advice, as well as the coaching stance for the inner voice. As an educator, I'm often asked to 'coach and facilitate', but without any tools for that. This book is very compassionate.

This year I took the position of Literacy Coach in my school. I am the first and only coach in my district. I had to become self-taught very quickly. I could not have done it without this book. Elena Aguilar made my year (and my school) very successful. A must read as districts add this position but don't quite know what to do with it. Thanks!

This book has served me well in providing guidance along the path towards sustainable school transformation. I choose to re-read “The Art of Coaching” during the transition between school assignments in an effort to engage my mind in a deep reflection process - relishing the road left behind and preparing for another exciting journey.

As a new literacy coach it's great to find such an honest yet hopeful look at how to be the best literacy coach possible. I'm sure this is a book I will go back to when I meet my team next year.

Probably it has useful info, but, i did not enjoy reading it

I purchased this book on recommendation and its proving immensely useful to me.