Opening the Door to Coaching Conversations

Linda Gross Cheliotes has over 38 years of successful educational experience, including fourteen years as a school administrator. As principal, she transformed her underperforming school to a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. She was named a National Distinguished Principal in 2002 and holds a doctorate in Organizational Leadership.For the past two years, Dr. Gross has been a coach and trainer with Coaching for Results, Inc, a national consortium of school leadership coaches. She is a founding member and coach for NAESP’s principal mentor certification program. Dr. Gross currently works with the New York City Council of School Administrators’ Educational Leadership Institute, providing professional development for assistant principals who aspire to become principals. She has presented numerous professional development programs at the national, state, and local levels.Dr. Gross is a member of the International Coach Federation and the National Association of Elementary School Principals.Marceta Reilly, PhD, has 42 years of experience in education, moving from teacher to principal to school superintendent in Kansas. Her vision and passion were to create schools that were welcoming to students and families, and centers of learning and success for the entire community. Dr. Reilly is now a leadership coach and has the Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential from the International Coach Federation. She is a founding member of Coaching for Results, Inc., and dedicated to partnering with school leaders who are doing transformational work. She uses coaching conversations to help her clients gain insight and confidence, and she helps build their capacity to be extraordinary leaders, based on their individual, innate strengths. Dr. Reilly regularly conducts workshops about coaching conversations. She is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences, and has been invited to present these ideas to audiences in China (2007) and India (2009).Learn more at  http://marcetareilly.com/leadership-that-inspires.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPrefaceMatrix of Stories1. What is a Coaching Conversation?Coach Leader Man—Feeding the Hunger! by Vicky Dearing2. Discovering and Using Your Core ValuesFrom Terminator to Hope Builder by Marceta ReillyA Yearning for More by Karen AndersonCourage at the Core by Riva KorashanLeading With Your Core Values by Dave Winans3. Building Trust and CommunityBetter Late Than Never by Linda Gross CheliotesLanguage Matters by Karen AndersonThe Safest Haven by Dave WinansFrom Parent Intrusion to Parent Involvement by Diana Williams4. Holding Up High Expectations for AllFinding Your Leadership Voice by Marceta ReillyBeing Contagious Makes You Better by Karen AndersonTurning Around a Failing School by Sandee Crowther5. Changing How We ChangeI Want To…But by Linda Gross CheliotesThe Crucial “Aha” Moment by Gina MarxChanging a Relationship Through Language by Kathy KeeActing out My Future—Life is Just a Performance by Joan Hearne6. Getting Genuine Buy-In: Framing Expectations to Support ChangeReflected Glory by Sue KiddScoring With the Music Teacher by Kathy KeeIt’s In the Details by Bob CarterChange Happens One By One by Joan Hearne7. Engaging in Difficult ConversationsMoving Staff Up or Out by Marceta ReillyReflection: A Closer Look by Joan HearneA Marginal Teacher Spurs the Evolution of a Coach Leader by Gina MarxFacing Our Dragons by Kathy Kee8. Changing Blamers Into BelieversSoftening Discipline At the Edges by Marceta ReillyCaught In the Middle by Reba SchumacherNobody At This School Gets Me! by Frances Shuster9. Everyone is AccountableMonkey Collector by Linda Gross CheliotesWhose Problem—Whose Solution? by Sandee CrowtherJust Call Me Mom by Linda Gross CheliotesMiddle School Under Attack by Edna Harris10. Balancing Personal and Professional CommitmentsSitting on a Seesaw by Linda Gross CheliotesThe 180 Degree Turnaround by Linda Gross CheliotesReframing Balance by Riva KorashanRunning In Circles by Marceta Reilly11. Navigating Successful Life TransitionsRewiring by Linda Gross CheliotesI Feel Like a Failure by Dayna RichardsonInvesting In the Next Steps by Joan Hearne12. SummaryAppendixReferencesIndex

If you are looking for straight talk about real educational conversations that matter …without the sugar coating and jargon that many educational books contain…pick this one up. It is the real deal; it will make a difference in your mentoring and coaching practice!