What does student-centered coaching look like in your school? Diane Sweeney breaks down student-centered coaching to support your teachers and teams.

Diane Sweeney has been an author and educational consultant since 1999.  The author of Student-Centered Coaching from a Distance (Corwin, 2021), The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2020), Leading Student-Centered Coaching  (Corwin, 2018), Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves (Corwin, 2016), et al., Diane holds a longstanding interest in how adult learning translates to learning in the classroom. Diane holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Denver and a Master’s in Bilingual and Multicultural Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder. After teaching and coaching in the Denver Public Schools, Diane served as a program officer at the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC) in Denver. Since then she has become a respected voice in the field of coaching and professional development.

Topics

• Joyce & Showers Research  [01:56] 
• The importance of instructional coaching [03:15]
• What is student-centered coaching? [05:21]
• Coaching continuum [07:29]
• Visible Learning [10:53]
• Defining the roles of a coach and a principal [13:39]
• Equity and coaching [17:16]
• How to coaches can appropriately communicate teacher progress with their principal [20:28]
• Providing choice around task, time, technique, and team [23:38]
• Build collective efficacy by letting coaches do their job [26:20]
• Push and pull of a coaching culture [29:30]
• Student centered coaching moves [30:54]
• What does a student-centered coaching cycle look like? [32:09]
• The duration of coaching cycles [36:01]
• Outcomes for a coaching cycle: primary vs secondary levels [38:07]
• Checklists vs Look-Fors [41:23]
• Team coaching [43:29]
• Diane’s challenge [47:09]

Link and resources from the show:

• Diane Sweeney’s books
• Jim Knight’s book: Instructional Coaching: A partnership approach to improving instruction
• Visible Learning research and John Hattie’s first book, Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement
• James Flaherty’s Integral Coaching and book, Coaching: Evoking excellence in others

What is the form and function of your school’s instructional leadership team? Dr. Jennie Weiner shares key insights on local school instructional leadership teams.

Dr. Jennie Weiner is an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of Connecticut, Neeg School of Education. Jennie is an author and expert on issues of women education and care work and has written over 40 peer review journals on gender, race and leadership; educator professionalism and practice; teacher leadership and teams; and organizational improvement, culture, and policy. 

Topics

• Teacher leadership team membership criteria  [06:30] 
• Competition for resources [09:44]
• Shared decision making [12:20]
• Professional norms [14:44]
• Psychological safety and Zones of Proximal Development [18:11] 
• Technical vs Adaptive routines [22:45]
• Having a voice [26:16]
• Function of a PLC & ILT [27:45]
• Equity, logic, capacity, coherence [31:00]
• Initiative audit [36:55]
• Leadership actions [37:57]

Link and resources from the show:

• Jennie’s dissertation; Investigating Instructional Leadership Teams in Action: The Impact of School Context on Team Functioning and Authority
• Jennie’s book: The Strategy Playbook for Educational Leaders: Principles and Processes
• Jennie's 2014 article; Disabling conditions: Investigating instructional leadership teams in action
• Richard Hackman's book, Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances
• Summary of research from Ruth Wagemn and Richard Hackman on the 6 enabling conditions of a team
• Here’s a short and simple explanation of  Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
• Edmondson, Amy C., Monica Higgins, Sara J. Singer, and Jennie Weiner. "Understanding Psychological Safety in Healthcare and Education Organizations: A Comparative Perspective." Special Issue on the Role of Psychological Safety in Human Development. Research in Human Development 13, no. 1 (2016): 65–83.
• Single, Double, & Triple-Loop Learning

Follow Jennie Weiner on twitter @jenniewiener

Find more information about Jenni Weiner and her services at www.drjennieweiner.com

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From Personality Typing to Polarity Thinking, Dr. Jane Kise shares her insights on how leaders can be more intentional, systemic, and practical in their work. 

Jane Kise, an educational consultant with extensive experience in leadership, instructional coaching, differentiation, and effective mathematics instruction, is considered a worldwide expert in Jungian type and its impact on leadership and education. The author of over 20 books, she works with schools and businesses, facilitating the creation of environments where everyone—leaders, teachers and students—can flourish. 

She trains educators around the world on coaching, collaborative practices, effective change processes, and differentiated instruction, especially in mathematics. A frequent conference keynote speaker, her past engagements include education conferences and type conferences across the United States and in Europe, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. Jane has also written articles for several magazines and has received awards for her differentiated coaching research. 

Jane currently teaches doctoral courses in education leadership for the University of St. Thomas and is a past faculty member of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type. She served as President of the Association for Psychological Type International. She holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management and a doctorate in Education Leadership from the University of St. Thomas. She is certified in Neuroscience and Jungian Personality, 

Topics

• Jane’s early career in education (2:18)
• Personality types (5:33)
• Dr. Dario Nard and personality (7:26)
• Personality typing as a tool for professional growth and increases in student achievement (8:34)
• Differentiated Coaching framework (16:30)
• Greatest challenges in supporting educators (22:07)
• Polarity Thinking (23:21)
• Holistic Leadership (27:44)
• Advice to leaders navigating uncertain times (34:33)
• Collective Efficacy (37:42)
• Masculine and feminine archetypes in leadership (41:40)
• Jane’s leadership tip (43:28)

Link and resources from the show:

• About MBTI 
• Carl Jung and Personality Theory
• About Dr. Dario Nardi 
• About Parker Palmer and summary of 6 paradoxes in education
• Barry Johnson: Polarity Map
• SCARF model worksheet
• About Jennifer Abrams
• The Athena Doctrine TedTalk
• Dr. Jane Kise’s Ted Talk: Neuroscience, Jungian Type and Mathematics-Insights into Student Struggles 
• Dr. Jane Kise’s Books

Follow Jane Kise on twitter @JaneKise. 

Find more information about Jane Kise at janekise.com

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