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Viewing Guide: This viewing guide facilitates learning about the assessment approaches shown in the video, and provides support for trying new practices. It contains references, tools and templates, and should be used in conjunction with the viewing of the video. PDF Segment 1: Effective Questioning (7:59)

"In this issue's lead article, Bob Tschannen-Moran and Megan Tschannen-Moran ("The Coach and the Evaluator", p. 10) decry the approach of connecting teacher evaluation with efforts to help teachers grow and improve through a coaching cycle. They call into question such common administrator practices as using coaching to help a teacher achieve specific improvement goals. Although such practices are well-meaning, the Tschannen-Morans claim, they "typically generate little growth… Power struggles, rather than cooperative efforts…often ensue."

It is said that each of us comes into the world with certain gifts in our hands designed to make the world a better place. The "1" book will guide you to discover your special gifts and inspire you to share them with a world that truly needs you.

Practical tools for K-12 literacy coaches, classroom teachers, and school leaders including study group guides, booklists, writing workshop advice, and professional development planners.

Have you ever found yourself challenged in the classroom -- wishing you could turn to someone immediately for a guiding hand or an encouraging word? As a practicing teacher, I did. In part, that's why I worked collaboratively to research and develop virtual coaching.

This comprehensive guide encompasses a multilayered model that provides a rich experience for both coach and trainee. How to Coach Teachers Who Don't Think Like You covers the process and content of coaching and describes a unique approach that encourages teachers to write and reflect upon their practices. Coaches can use literacy strategies to train across content areas and learn how to individualize their approach to honor teachers' distinctive learning styles. The author presents samples of teacher writing and student work generated from coaching and offers narratives from practicing coaches across the country in school-based, district, and independent settings to illustrate the real world of coaching.