Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Foreword by Dennis Sparks
Preface
1. Coaching Conversations: The Link to Change
2. The New Leadership Model
3. Committed Listening
4. Powerful Speaking
5. Reflective Feedback
6. Putting It All Together: A Way of Being
Appendices
References
Index
Consulting Description
Linda Gross Cheliotes has over 38 years of successful educational
experience, including fourteen years as a school administrator. As
principal, she transformed her underperforming school to a National
Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. She was named a National
Distinguished Principal in 2002 and holds a doctorate in
Organizational Leadership.
For the past two years, Dr. Gross has been a coach and trainer with
Coaching for Results, Inc, a national consortium of school
leadership coaches. She is a founding member and coach for NAESP’s
principal mentor certification program. Dr. Gross currently works
with the New York City Council of School Administrators’
Educational Leadership Institute, providing professional
development for assistant principals who aspire to become
principals. She has presented numerous professional development
programs at the national, state, and local levels.
Dr. Gross is a member of the International Coach Federation and the
National Association of Elementary School Principals.
Consulting Description
Marceta Reilly, PhD, has 42 years of experience in education,
moving from teacher to principal to school superintendent in
Kansas. Her vision and passion were to create schools that were
welcoming to students and families, and centers of learning and
success for the entire community.
Dr. Reilly is now a leadership coach and has the Professional
Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coach
Federation. She is a founding member of Coaching for Results, Inc.,
and dedicated to partnering with school leaders who are doing
transformational work. She uses coaching conversations to help her
clients gain insight and confidence, and she helps build their
capacity to be extraordinary leaders, based on their individual,
innate strengths.
Dr. Reilly regularly conducts workshops about coaching
conversations. She is a frequent speaker at state and national
conferences, and has been invited to present these ideas to
audiences in China (2007) and India (2009).
Learn more at
http://marcetareilly.com/leadership-that-inspires.
“This book most definitely makes a distinct contribution to the
field of education and any field where human interaction occurs
between a leader and his or her subordinates.”
*Dana Salles Trevethan, Principal*
“A necessary handbook on any administrator’s desk, this book is an
evening read that can be readily operationalized the next morning.
The book could serve as a basis for conversation during an
administrators’ roundtable discussion.”
*Bonnie Tryon, President, School Administrators Association of New
York*
“Educators often develop strategies and methodologies based on
workplace challenges. The skills are not always the most effective
but often emerge from the ′baptism by fire′ approach. This book
offers strategies and skills that may be incorporated immediately.
The material is very useful. In fact, I just used one of the
strategies with a member of my team!”
*Rob Slauson, Principal*
“The book helps school leaders be effective coaches to effectuate
necessary change in schools. It is a tremendous asset to any school
leader who wants to make a significant difference in the lives of
children.”
*Roberta Glaser, Retired Assistant Superintendent*
"Imagine having the insight and skills to transform simple
conversations into opportunities for growth and reflection. While
many school leaders wait for professional development days, the
most successful leaders recognize that individual conversations
held countless times per day serve as the most authentic example of
job-embedded professional learning. Educators can facilitate
substantive growth in individuals and organizations—one
conversation at a time—and this book shows them how."
*Stephanie Hirsh, Executive Director*
The authors assist readers with useful tools to increase their
ability to engage and motivate school staff while working
collectively toward a positive overall school transformation. The
greatest strength of this book is that several of the techniques
and skill sets mentioned and utilized are in fact common social
work communication practices.
*Danny Porter, School Social Work Journal, March 2012*
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