Reading PD- The Art of Coaching

The art of coaching: Effective strategies for school transformation (Aguilar, 2013 )

The cover of the book. All rights reserved.

As mentioned in my first post in this series, I’m trying to be a bit more intentional about pursuing some personal professional development this semester. Which mostly involves reading books. So, here’s another one.

Why I read it:

I am an instructional coach. We don’t call it that¹, but that doesn’t change the fact that I am one. I’ve written about my transition to an instructional coaching role previously. Looking back on it since I wrote about my initial struggle with the role, I think that part of why I am more comfortable in the work is because I have spent more time in the role. With time comes comfort, and all that.

This does not mean that my instructional coaching is that much more improved than it was. I have a LOT of work left to do to get close to anything like the competence I have as a teacher or a department chairperson.

Which is, essentially, why I read this book. It has become increasingly clear to me that for all the PD that I am getting to develop in my coaching work through my school, I really should be doing quite a bit of personal work. I should be putting various coaching frameworks and models into my brain so that I…