Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Coaching for Transformation -- What Might a Transformed Education System Be Like? -- One Purpose and Two Promises -- Where I'm Coming From and Who This Book Is For -- Summary of the Contents and How to Use This Book -- A Couple Notes -- Part One Foundations of Coaching -- Chapter 1 How Can Coaching Transform Schools? -- A Story about What Coaching Can Do -- What Will It Take to Transform Our Schools? -- A New Tool Kit Based on Ancient Knowledge -- What Can Coaching Do for a School? What Does the Research Say? -- The Necessary Conditions -- Speaking of Race -- The Value of Coaching -- Chapter 2 What Is Coaching? -- A Story about a Coach Who Didn't Know What She Was -- Why We Need a Definition -- What Are the Different Coaching Models? -- A Vision for Coaching -- A Coach Who Knows Who She Is and Can Travel Back in Time -- Chapter 3 Which Beliefs Help a Coach Be More Effective? -- The Dangers of Unmonitored Beliefs -- The Basics about Beliefs -- Coaching Beliefs and Core Values -- My Transformational Coaching Manifesto -- Identifying and Using Your Coaching Beliefs -- Chapter 4 What Must a Coach Know? -- Introducing New Coaching Tools: Coaching Lenses -- A Story about a Teacher Who Seems to Struggle with Classroom Management: Part 1 -- A Story about a Teacher Who Seems to Struggle with Classroom Management: Part 2 -- When Will I Use These Lenses? -- Part Two Establishing Coaching with a Client -- Chapter 5 Beginning a Coaching Relationship: How Do I Develop Trust with a Coachee? -- "Without Trust There Can Be No Coaching" -- A Story about Trust -- What Is Trust? -- Useful Lenses for This Stage -- Ten Steps to Building Trust -- Assessing Levels of Trust -- "The Thin Cord of Trust".

Chapter 6 The Exploration Stage: What Do I Need to Know at the Outset? -- From the Edge of the Field -- The Stage of Exploration -- Useful Lenses for This Stage -- Ten Steps in Exploration -- Moving on to Planning -- Chapter 7 Developing a Work Plan: How Do I Determine What to Do? -- What Role Does a Work Plan Play? -- Useful Lenses for This Stage -- Developing a Work Plan -- How Do I Use This Work Plan? -- Part Three The Coaching Dance -- Chapter 8 Listening and Questioning -- The Three Movements in the Coaching Dance -- Listening in Transformational Coaching -- Listening as a Vehicle for Whole-School Transformation -- Questioning in Transformational Coaching -- Chapter 9 Facilitative Coaching Conversations -- Coaching Conversations -- Facilitative Coaching -- Chapter 10 Facilitative Coaching Activities -- Engaging Clients in Learning Activities -- Scaffolding the Learning -- Facilitative Coaching Activities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11 Directive Coaching Conversations -- When Is Directive Coaching Useful? -- A Story about a Principal Who Needed a Directive Coaching Stance -- Mental Models -- The Confrontational Approach -- The Informative Approach -- The Prescriptive Approach -- Coaching for Systems Change: Institutional Mind-sets -- Chapter 12 Directive Coaching Activities -- Further Engaging in Learning Activities -- Observations -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13 Technical Tips and Habits of Mind -- Tricks of the Trade -- Scheduling -- Planning for a Coaching Conversation -- The Arc of a Coaching Conversation -- Logistics during a Conversation -- Coach Responsibility during Conversation -- Closing the Conversation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14 Reflection and Assessment: What's Next? -- A Midyear Crisis -- The Midyear and End-of-Year Reflection -- Coaching for Systems Change.

Part Four Professional Development for Coaches -- Chapter 15 What Is Professional Development for Coaches? -- The Importance of a Team -- Professional Development for Coaches -- Developing Reflective Practices -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- A Final Story -- The Road Ahead -- Fearlessness and Faith -- Appendix A: The Coach's Optical Refractor (the Coaching Lenses) -- Appendix B: Coaching Sentence Stems -- Facilitative Coaching -- Directive Coaching -- Appendix C: Transformational Coaching Rubric -- Appendix D: Cheat Sheets and Lists -- Essential Frameworks for Transformational Coaching -- Coaching for Systems Change -- Tips for Using Different Approaches -- The Coaching Conversation -- Five Steps for a Midyear or End-of-Year Reflection -- Appendix E: Recommended Resources -- Appendix F: Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- EULA.