Peer Coaching to Enrich Professional Practice School Culture and Student Learning

<p>How can educators work together more effectively to improve professional practice in a way that enhances student performance? The answer says author Pam Robbins involves combining collaborative activities and peer coaching--teachers supporting teachers. This book describes how any school can implement these proven practices and experience positive changes in teaching school culture and learning.</p><p>Robbins explains how to develop a collaborative learning-focused culture and build trust among colleagues; offers strategies for participating in difficult conversations that yield useful feedback; clarifies how to develop sustain and evaluate peer coaching efforts; and showcases exemplary peer coaching practices used in real schools. She also includes coaching tools scenarios process guidelines and reflection questions that make it easier to transfer these ideas into a school setting.</p><p>Peer coaching offers a job-embedded learning strategy; it's a valuable structure for supporting schoolwide and districtwide priorities such as analyzing data improving instruction integrating technology and implementing standards. In short it creates an effective way to support the growth of every teacher and enrich learning processes in any school.</p><p><em>Pam Robbins is a former teacher coach director of professional development and school leader. She consults with high-performing and low-performing districts and designs and conducts workshops on leadership school culture organizational change mentoring and peer coaching.</em></p>