Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

ISBN-13: 9781119592273 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 416 str.

Elena Aguilar

Recenzje

"This book is for every teacher leader, coach, and educational practitioner who seeks to interrupt educational inequities. Elena shares her vulnerability and insights, embraces the power of emotions, and deepens our understanding so we can expand our skillsets--helping us to put relationship before task and keep equity at the core." Tamisha Williams, Dean of Adult Equity & Inclusion, Lick-Wilmerding High School"Coaching for Equity is an extremely accessible and terrifically useful book for educators at all levels. Elena's authentic and caring voice comes through as she combines personal narrative seamlessly with concrete strategy to help all readers develop their conversational skills around issues of inequity. I recommend her books again and again." Jennifer Abrams, Communications Consultant and author of Having Hard Conversations and Swimming in the Deep End"Finally! - a unique and deeply needed guide to creating equity and shifting hearts, minds, and classrooms using tools of compassion and curiosity instead of tools of force, superiority, and judgment." laura brewer, How To Make Love"Elena insightfully offers leaders the essential mindsets, practice frameworks, and explicit tools to create equitable school conditions for every student, every day. This book should be essential reading for all school leaders committed to ensuring students reach their full potential and schools deliver on their promise to disrupt barriers that disproportionately and negatively impact the academic and socio-emotional experiences of black and brown students." Alexandrea Creer Kahn, former Chief Academic Officer at Leadership Public Schools and co-author of Identity Safe Classrooms: Pathways to Belonging and Learning"Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice takes the courageous step of explicitly naming and addressing the social, political, and historical nature of white supremacy and colonialism in American schooling. I've had the privilege of learning from Elena over the last eight years and her brilliance in coaching radiates in person and on the pages. Read and study this text to develop your praxis and your commitment to justice and liberatory education." Javier Cabra Walteros, Chief Academic Officer at Envision Education"Finally! Elena Aguilar's Coaching for Equity is an accessible guidebook that pushes us beyond platitudes of equity to the essential ground of creating complex learning environments that demonstrate--every day--what it takes for all children to receive the educational experiences they deserve. Coaching for Equity is for all of us who have been hungry for guidance about how to gather our people, get past our fragility, and "journey towards justice and liberation" as we work in service to all children." Kimberly N. Parker, Ph.D., Shady Hill School and co-founder of #DisruptTexts"Elena Aguilar, once again, delivers an illuminating resource for educators. Through personal experiences, a historical perspective, proven educational methods, and clear direction--teacher leaders will gain tools and strategies necessary for doing the challenging yet essential work of transforming their schools into welcoming, inclusive and equitable environments for learning. I certainly did." Ellen Shulman, Principal, Minneapolis Public Schools"Elena Aguilar writes, leads and coaches from compassion, curiosity and a deep commitment to honest conversations about systemic inequities. In this book, Aguilar provides clear, actionable and compassionate tools and resources to ensure that every single child has access to an equitable education." Kendra Lee, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Learning for Comcast"Elena Aguilar writes with a humility and power that pulls you in like a warm, engrossing fire. She has a way of unapologetically telling the truth while also meeting you where you are with profound respect for your journey as an educator at any point in your career and as a complete human being. Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice is a book of wisdom that can only be birthed after decades of firsthand experience and deep reflections on making the unconscious conscious in order to have educational equity for every child, every day." Daisy Han, CEO of Embracing Equity"I believe a majority of people want to create and contribute to a more equitable society, and we are too often frozen in our good intentions because we cannot address inequities we do not see, we don't know how to address the inequities we do see, we fear the pain of the process, and we fear the potential to do more harm. Elena Aguilar offers us a road map to activate our agency and begin the work of dismantling the systems of oppression that hurt us all. She offers a set of tools to begin building the healing human connections we crave." Grace Losada, EdD, leadership coach and former vice president of Fusion Education"Elena has a brilliant approach to providing practical tools, methods, and strategies to examine the behaviors of educators that contribute to creating and sustaining an equitable educational experience that every student, regardless of identity and lifestyle, deserves. As teachers and educational leaders look to refine our practices to best meet the needs of all our students, we will benefit from Coaching for Equity by thinking about things in ways that we should have all along." Dr. Trina Moore-Southall, Director of Equity and Inclusion, Brentwood School, Los Angeles"Elena Aguilar has built a compelling equity-coaching model. Her transformational approach evolves from her core values and 30 years of coaching and experience with diverse cultures. Through story telling she presents strategies that support systemic change; she offers implementation guidelines, and tools. Coaching for Equity is a timely, professional resource that supports an invaluable approach." Virginia McHugh Goodwin-Wildflower Foundation Coach"As we long to re-imagine schooling during our time of worldwide trauma, Elena Aguilar brings her expertise about emotional resilience and helps us craft the skillful conversations needed to create equitable classrooms, schools, and districts that honor the needs of all the learners, both children and adults. This book will refill your reservoir of hope; it will provide you with the blueprint for building an environment where compassion and academic excellence go hand-in-hand." Cheryl Beeson, retired school and district administrator

Spis treści

About the Author xvAcknowledgments xviiIntroductionA Couple of Notes 4On Bridge-Building 4Defining Equity 5What Is in This Book 10Who You Are--The Readers 13Who I Am--The Author 15How to Get the Most from this Book 19Before You Go . . . 22Interlude: Compassion 231 Transformational Coaching: A Model for Change 25Structures to Span Chasms 25Assumptions behind Transformational Coaching 29Transformational Coaching 32The Three Components of Transformational Coaching 34The Four Phases of Transformational Coaching 40The Five Principles of Transformational Coaching 45Before You Go . . . 46Interlude: Curiosity 482 Jumping into Coaching for Equity 49Building Relationships and Surfacing Strengths 51Low Expectations and a Deficit Mindset 54The Undulating Landscape of Emotions 60Turning Inward 66A Conversation about Crying 69"Do You Think I'm Racist?" 72Before You Go . . . 73Interlude: Connection 753 How to Understand Race, Racism, and White Supremacy 77What Is White Supremacy? 79What Is Racism? 84How Racism Manifests in Schools 88The Power of Words and the Language of Oppression 92It's Time to Take Action 96Before You Go . . . 98Interlude: Courage 1004 How to Talk About Race 101Recognizing What Is and What Could Be 103Attending to Myself 110A Time of Growth 113The Path to Racial Healing 117Why Calling People Out Doesn't Work 121Ten Ways to Respond to the Question, "Am I Racist?" 125Before You Go . . . 126Interlude: Purpose 1285 What You Need to Know about Adult Learners 129The Gaps between Current Ability and Desired Ability 130How to Sequence Adult Learning 137The Coach as Learner 139Before You Go . . . 141Interlude: Compassion 1426 How to Change Someone's Mind 143Addressing Beliefs and Behavior at the Same Time 144Six Conditions in Which Beliefs Change 148How to Build Trust 160What to Say When You Hear Racist Comments 163For People of Color Doing this Work 168Before You Go . . . 172Interlude: Curiosity 1747 What You Need to Know about Emotions 175Toward an Appreciation of Emotions 176Exploring and Embracing Our Needs 179Responding to Resistance 186The Connection between Emotions and Justice 193Looking at Emotions through an Identity Lens 194Before You Go . . . 196Interlude: Connection 1978 What You Need to Know about Identity 199The Social Construction of Identity 200How to Facilitate Reflection 201Addressing Racial Differences 205Before You Go . . . 209Interlude: Courage 2109 Surfacing Current Reality 211A Prequel 211Beginning a Coaching Relationship 214Planning a Coaching Conversation 223A First Classroom Visit 229Before You Go . . . 231Interlude: Purpose 23310 Recognizing Impact 235Debriefing an Observation 235A Pause to Look Inward 241Fostering Patience 243Analyzing and Interpreting Data 243Coaching a Way of Being: The Legacy Question 247Determining Next Steps 248When to Talk about Race 250Before You Go . . . 254Interlude: Compassion 25611 Exploring Emotions 257When Anger and Doubt Arise 257Gathering Student Experience Data 260Debriefing the Data 262Confronting Bias 264Before You Go . . . 273Interlude: Courage 27412 Creating New Practices 275Developing New Behaviors 276Scaffolding Learning for Adults 277Data That Reveals Beliefs and Ways of Being 280Practice, Practice, Practice 286Role-Play Practice 287Evidence of Deepening Will and Commitment 288The Ups and Downs of Learning 291Reflection 294Celebrating Growth 295Before You Go . . . 298Interlude: Purpose 300Conclusion: Towards Liberty and Justice for All 301Compassionate 301Curious 302Connected 302Courageous 303Purposeful 303Appendix A: The Phases of Transformational Coaching 305Appendix B: The Equity Rubric 311Appendix C: Transformational Coaching Rubric (TCR) 2.0 335Appendix D: Advocating for Systems Change 353Appendix E: The Core Emotions 359Appendix F: Resources for Further Learning 363Glossary 371References 377Index 383

O autorze

ELENA AGUILAR is the founder and president of Bright Morning Consulting, an international education, coaching, and consulting firm that brings new learning practices to organizations. Elena has extensive experience working in diverse school environments as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and leadership coach. She is the bestselling author of The Art of Coaching, The Art of Coaching Teams, and Onward.