The Role of Coaching

Increased student achievement can only be achieved by improving school effectiveness and teacher skills. In the classroom student success is driven by the teacher’s skills.  A football team, for example, does not win a game simply by telling the quarterback that he must complete 25 passes, and that the wide receiver must catch 8 passes, and the halfbacks must run 110 yards.  A team wins because its players are more proficient in executing the skills required to defeat the competition.  Our New Educators, as wonderful as they are, do not have the skills only experience can provide.  Fortunately, an effective coach can greatly accelerate and enhance the New Educator's acquisition of effective skills.  Coaching is not about teaching the caterpillar how to fly; it’s about creating an opening for it to see the possibilities.
Source: Paul Lefebvre