{"product_id":"9780470630921","title":"Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time","description":"There's a lot of conversation about how to make schools better. Unfortunately, the nature of those conversations often makes things worse. \u003ci\u003eEvocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time\u003c\/i\u003e maps out a way to change that. By taking a teacher-centered, no-fault, strengths-based approach to performance improvement, the Evocative Coaching model generates the motivation and movement that enables teachers and schools to achieve desired outcomes and enhance quality of life. Viewed as a dynamic dance, the model is choreographed in four steps ? Story, Empathy, Inquiry, Design ? which are each laid out in its own chapter with powerful illustrative materials and end-of-chapter discussion questions to prompt further reflection. \u003cp\u003eBringing together the best research and wisdom in educational leadership and professional coaching, authors Bob and Megan Tschannen-Moran have developed a simple yet profound way of facilitating new conversations in schools through Story Listening, Expressing Empathy, Appreciative Inquiry, and Design Thinking. It's an iterative process that moves beyond old ways of thinking, doing, and being. It's an inspirational process that reinvigorates the passion for making schools better, one conversation at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis happens when coaches:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003egive teachers our full, undivided attention;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eaccept and meet teachers where they are right now, without making them wrong;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eask and trust teachers to take charge of their own learning and growth;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emake sure teachers are talking more than we are;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eenable teachers to appreciate the positive value of their own experiences;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eharness the strengths teachers have to meet challenges and overcome obstacles;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereframe difficulties and challenges as opportunities to learn and grow;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einvite teachers to discover possibilities and find answers for themselves;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edialogue with teachers regarding their higher purpose for teaching;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003euncover teachers? natural impulse to engage with colleagues and students;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eassist teachers to draw up a personal blueprint for professional mastery;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esupport teachers in brainstorming and trying new ways of doing things;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emaintain an upbeat, energetic, and positive attitude at all times;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecollaborate with teachers to design and conduct appropriate learning experiments;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eenable teachers to build supportive environments and teams;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003euse humor to lighten the load; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einspire and challenge teachers to go beyond what they would do alone.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter provides a research-based theory to support the strategies presented, and includes specific suggestions and anecdotes. The Evocative Coaching model makes coaching enjoyable by getting people to focus on what they do best, and it invites larger, more integral conversations so that people talk about their work in the context of other things they care about. Resting on strong, evidence-based practices, the Evocative Coaching model offers educators the help they need to meet the challenges of increased accountability and expectations. This model can also be used effectively by coaches and leaders in other organizational contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 1: What Is Evocative Coaching?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Coaching Presence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoop I: The No-Fault Turn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Story Listening\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Expressing Empathy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoop II: The Strengths-Building Turn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Appreciative Inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 6: Design Thinking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Aligning Environments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Coaching Conversations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 9: The Reflective Coach\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Evocative Coaching and to sign up for the Evocative Coach Training Program, visit w\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121974886640,"sku":"9780470630921","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780470630921_p0.jpg?v=1763706554","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780470630921","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}