Impact Coaching

Dr. Julie R. Smith is a thirty-five year veteran educator, speaker, consultant, and author. Her passion, area of focus, and expertise is in building leadership capacity within people and systems; school improvement planning, and teacher, principal, and district evaluation models. Dr. Smith continues her learning by providing workshops in North America and Canada around Professor John Hattie's research in Visible Learning as a Visible LearningPlus Consultant with Corwin. She is also trained to provide workshops in Dr. James Popham's research around designing and implementing defensible teacher evaluation programs and Dr. Russ Quaglia's Student Voice and Aspiration Framework. She most recently co-authored Evaluating Instructional Leadership: Recognized Practices For Success (2015). Dr. Raymond Smith is an Author Consultant with Corwin Press. Prior to joining Corwin Dr. Smith served as adjunct professor at the University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center teaching within a principal preparation program and currently works with Florida Atlantic University in their aspiring leader program. Dr. Smith's diverse experience includes over 38 years of teaching and leadership at the building (high school principal), central office (Director of Secondary Education), and university levels. Subsequent to completing his doctorate in educational leadership and innovation in 2007, Dr. Smith pursued his area of specialty and passion in leadership development by authoring several articles for the Ohio Department of Education, coauthoring three books: the first entitled School Improvement for the Net Generation (2010), the second entitled The Reflective Leader: Implementing A Multidimensional Leadership Performance System (2012), and the third entitled The Responsive School (in print). In addition to writing about leadership and leadership development, Dr. Smith is an activator of learning, leading others in workshops around Professor John Hattie's research in Visible Learning as one of 21 Visible LearningPlus Consultants with Corwin. He also conducts workshops around Dr. James Popham's research regarding designing and implementing defensible teacher evaluation programs.

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

"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 "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 "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 "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