Foundations for Student-Centered Coaching
Saturday, January 27, 2024 – 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, ET
*Separate registration is required for the Leadership Institute. Lunch is included.
Student-Centered Coaching is an evidence-based instructional coaching model that shifts the focus from ‘fixing’ teachers to collaborating with them to meet their goals for student learning. This session is well suited for instructional coaches, administrators, and district leaders, and pairs with The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching (Sweeney and Harris, 2020) and Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves (Sweeney and Harris, 2017).
Our learning intentions will include:
- Define what Student-Centered Coaching is and isn’t
- Learn practices for building principal and coach partnerships
- Understand the role of student evidence as an essential component of coaching
- Plan how you will measure the impact of coaching on student and teacher learning
Diane Sweeney
Diane Sweeney has been an author and educational consultant for over twenty years. The author of The Essential Guide for Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2020), Leading Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2018), Student-Centered Coaching: The Moves (Corwin, 2016), and Moves for Launching a New Year of Student-Centered Coaching (Corwin, 2023), 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.