Impact Coaching

Scaling Instructional Leadership
Julie Rae Smith - Corwin Author and Consultant
Raymond L. Smith - Educational Consultant
Impact Coaching
December 2017 | 216 pages | Corwin
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Invest in building talent. The best principals don’t just happen. 

When new principals are handed the keys and left to make decisions about their schools without adequate, sustained support, what happens? Too often, school improvement efforts don’t gain full traction, principals often give up and leave and real student gains remain out-of-reach.

Impact Coaching bucks the notion of leaving principals to learn the ropes on their own. This book offers a solid, sustainable, and laser-sharp focus on instructional leadership and helps leaders hone, model and lead new learning through deliberate practice by:

Engaging in rich, rigorous, and reflective open-to-learning conversations with both coaches and colleagues to improve instructional leadership practices

Leveraging their 5 Big Winner Practices for highest impact

Using Linking Walk templates to apply new ideas to real scenarios that improve lead learner practices

This book could be your single most impactful investment toward eventual student achievement. 

"The authors do a great job of sharing the benefits of coaching and elaborating on how the coaching partnership should and could look. The book is very relevant, clearly based on research, and has some great checklists to further clarify the recommended steps."
–Kathy Rhodes, Principal
Hinton Elementary, Hinton, IA

“Impact Coaching provides school leaders with the tools to turn opportunity into action. Educational leaders possess an incredible capacity to influence the system and impact student learning. Ray and Julie Smith present strategies for focusing on leadership practices that maximize impact on student learning and achievement. This book will re-ignite your commitment to creating effective change, bolster your confidence to persist through challenges, and renew your motivation to reach your fullest potential. The authors will simultaneously inspire your soul and challenge your mind!”
–Russell J. Quaglia, President/Founder
Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations



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Contents

Foreword by Jim Knight

Foreword by Jim Knight

Preface

  • Retain Your Investment in Leadership
  • Promote Continuous Learning
  • Where Do Impact Coaches Come From?
  • Special Features
  • Who Is This Book For?
  • Introducing Rachel Hazel, Featured Coachee

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

  • Chapter 1: Why Do School Leaders Need Coaching?
  • The Dubious Quality of Traditional Professional Development
  • Common Forms of Coaching
  • Research on Leadership Coaching
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 2: Leveraging Your Five Big-Winner Leadership Practices
  • The 80/20 Rule
  • High-Impact Instructional Leadership Practices
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 3: What Does Impact Coaching Look Like?
  • The Impact Coaching Cycle
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 4: Partnership Principles and Theories of Practice
  • Knight’s Partnership Principles
  • Theories of Practice
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 5: Impact Partner Communication
  • Why Conversations About Improvement Can Be Difficult
  • Conducting Open-to-Learning Conversations
  • Key Components of an Open-to-Learning Conversation
  • Engaging in Behaviors That Mediate Thinking
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 6: Engaging School Leaders and Starting the Journey
  • Getting School Leaders Amenable to Coaching
  • Making Change Happen: Hall and Hord
  • Key Functions of Change and Professional Learning in Schools
  • The Components of Impact Coaching
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 7: Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring Data
  • Impact Coaching Process Tools
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 8: The End of Impact Coaching: Scaling Instructional Leadership
  • What Do We Now Know?
  • Learning About Impact Coaching During Coaching
  • Our Challenge to You

Appendices

  • Section 1: Feedback Cue Card
  • Section 2: Instructional Leadership Elements Rubrics
  • Section 3: LinkingWalk Evidence-Gathering Templates
  • Section 4: Theories-of-Practice Self-Assessment Tool

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Invest in building talent. The best principals don’t just happen. 

When new principals are handed the keys and left to make decisions about their schools without adequate, sustained support, what happens? Too often, school improvement efforts don’t gain full traction, principals often give up and leave and real student gains remain out-of-reach.

Impact Coaching bucks the notion of leaving principals to learn the ropes on their own. This book offers a solid, sustainable, and laser-sharp focus on instructional leadership and helps leaders hone, model and lead new learning through deliberate practice by:

Engaging in rich, rigorous, and reflective open-to-learning conversations with both coaches and colleagues to improve instructional leadership practices

Leveraging their 5 Big Winner Practices for highest impact

Using Linking Walk templates to apply new ideas to real scenarios that improve lead learner practices

This book could be your single most impactful investment toward eventual student achievement. 

"The authors do a great job of sharing the benefits of coaching and elaborating on how the coaching partnership should and could look. The book is very relevant, clearly based on research, and has some great checklists to further clarify the recommended steps."
–Kathy Rhodes, Principal
Hinton Elementary, Hinton, IA

“Impact Coaching provides school leaders with the tools to turn opportunity into action. Educational leaders possess an incredible capacity to influence the system and impact student learning. Ray and Julie Smith present strategies for focusing on leadership practices that maximize impact on student learning and achievement. This book will re-ignite your commitment to creating effective change, bolster your confidence to persist through challenges, and renew your motivation to reach your fullest potential. The authors will simultaneously inspire your soul and challenge your mind!”
–Russell J. Quaglia, President/Founder
Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations



?

Contents

Foreword by Jim Knight

Foreword by Jim Knight

Preface

  • Retain Your Investment in Leadership
  • Promote Continuous Learning
  • Where Do Impact Coaches Come From?
  • Special Features
  • Who Is This Book For?
  • Introducing Rachel Hazel, Featured Coachee

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

  • Chapter 1: Why Do School Leaders Need Coaching?
  • The Dubious Quality of Traditional Professional Development
  • Common Forms of Coaching
  • Research on Leadership Coaching
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 2: Leveraging Your Five Big-Winner Leadership Practices
  • The 80/20 Rule
  • High-Impact Instructional Leadership Practices
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 3: What Does Impact Coaching Look Like?
  • The Impact Coaching Cycle
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 4: Partnership Principles and Theories of Practice
  • Knight’s Partnership Principles
  • Theories of Practice
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 5: Impact Partner Communication
  • Why Conversations About Improvement Can Be Difficult
  • Conducting Open-to-Learning Conversations
  • Key Components of an Open-to-Learning Conversation
  • Engaging in Behaviors That Mediate Thinking
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 6: Engaging School Leaders and Starting the Journey
  • Getting School Leaders Amenable to Coaching
  • Making Change Happen: Hall and Hord
  • Key Functions of Change and Professional Learning in Schools
  • The Components of Impact Coaching
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 7: Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring Data
  • Impact Coaching Process Tools
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 8: The End of Impact Coaching: Scaling Instructional Leadership
  • What Do We Now Know?
  • Learning About Impact Coaching During Coaching
  • Our Challenge to You

Appendices

  • Section 1: Feedback Cue Card
  • Section 2: Instructional Leadership Elements Rubrics
  • Section 3: LinkingWalk Evidence-Gathering Templates
  • Section 4: Theories-of-Practice Self-Assessment Tool

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

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Impact Coaching

Scaling Instructional Leadership

Julie Rae Smith , Raymond L. Smith
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Invest in building talent. The best principals don’t just happen. 

When new principals are handed the keys and left to make decisions about their schools without adequate, sustained support, what happens? Too often, school improvement efforts don’t gain full traction, principals often give up and leave and real student gains remain out-of-reach.

Impact Coaching bucks the notion of leaving principals to learn the ropes on their own. This book offers a solid, sustainable, and laser-sharp focus on instructional leadership and helps leaders hone, model and lead new learning through deliberate practice by:

Engaging in rich, rigorous, and reflective open-to-learning conversations with both coaches and colleagues to improve instructional leadership practices

Leveraging their 5 Big Winner Practices for highest impact

Using Linking Walk templates to apply new ideas to real scenarios that improve lead learner practices

This book could be your single most impactful investment toward eventual student achievement. 

"The authors do a great job of sharing the benefits of coaching and elaborating on how the coaching partnership should and could look. The book is very relevant, clearly based on research, and has some great checklists to further clarify the recommended steps."
–Kathy Rhodes, Principal
Hinton Elementary, Hinton, IA

“Impact Coaching provides school leaders with the tools to turn opportunity into action. Educational leaders possess an incredible capacity to influence the system and impact student learning. Ray and Julie Smith present strategies for focusing on leadership practices that maximize impact on student learning and achievement. This book will re-ignite your commitment to creating effective change, bolster your confidence to persist through challenges, and renew your motivation to reach your fullest potential. The authors will simultaneously inspire your soul and challenge your mind!”
–Russell J. Quaglia, President/Founder
Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations



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Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Jim Knight
  • Preface
  • Retain Your Investment in Leadership
  • Promote Continuous Learning
  • Where Do Impact Coaches Come From?
  • Special Features
  • Who Is This Book For?
  • Introducing Rachel Hazel, Featured Coachee
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Chapter 1: Why Do School Leaders Need Coaching?
  • The Dubious Quality of Traditional Professional Development
  • Common Forms of Coaching
  • Research on Leadership Coaching
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 2: Leveraging Your Five Big-Winner Leadership Practices
  • The 80/20 Rule
  • High-Impact Instructional Leadership Practices
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 3: What Does Impact Coaching Look Like?
  • The Impact Coaching Cycle
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 4: Partnership Principles and Theories of Practice
  • Knight’s Partnership Principles
  • Theories of Practice
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 5: Impact Partner Communication
  • Why Conversations About Improvement Can Be Difficult
  • Conducting Open-to-Learning Conversations
  • Key Components of an Open-to-Learning Conversation
  • Engaging in Behaviors That Mediate Thinking
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 6: Engaging School Leaders and Starting the Journey
  • Getting School Leaders Amenable to Coaching
  • Making Change Happen: Hall and Hord
  • Key Functions of Change and Professional Learning in Schools
  • The Components of Impact Coaching
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 7: Modeling, Observing, and Collaboratively Exploring Data
  • Impact Coaching Process Tools
  • Key Takeaways
  • Going Deeper
  • Chapter 8: The End of Impact Coaching: Scaling Instructional Leadership
  • What Do We Now Know?
  • Learning About Impact Coaching During Coaching
  • Our Challenge to You
  • Appendices
  • Section 1: Feedback Cue Card
  • Section 2: Instructional Leadership Elements Rubrics
  • Section 3: LinkingWalk Evidence-Gathering Templates
  • Section 4: Theories-of-Practice Self-Assessment Tool
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

Well structured and developed content that would be beneficial to coaching roles
Mr Craig Andrew Busby, Business Law, City of Oxford College
"The authors do a great job of sharing the benefits of coaching and elaborating on how the coaching partnership should and could look. The book is very relevant, clearly based on research, and has some great checklists to further clarify the recommended steps."
Kathy Rhodes, Principal, Hinton Elementary, Hinton, IA
"This book is full of valuable information that is presented in a clear and concise way. Due to its organization and conversational writing style, the book readily lends itself to a book study with collaborative teams."
Jessica McMillan, Instructional Coach, Ferry Pass Middle School, Pensacola, FL
"This book is well organized and cohesive. Examples and tables provide support throughout. Key takeaways at the end of each chapter help to reinforce the main points."
Angela M. Mosley, High School Principal, Essex High School, Tappahannock, VA
"In Impact Coaching, Smith and Smith present a valuable resource for coaches, leaders, and aspiring coaches and leaders. Synthesizing relevant literature and their own work in K-12 settings, the authors lay out a comprehensive set of tools and strategies for improving practice through coaching. I used the text in my graduate course on instructional supervision, and my students raved about its relevance and utility for their professional goals."
Dr. Jerry Johnson, Professor, School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership, University of Central Florida

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