Growth Talk: A Coaching Way of Leading in Schools

Establish a culture of coaching at your school in which any conversation can turn into a moment of professional growth.

As a principal, coach or instructional leader, you are responsible for helping to shape the professional development of the teachers in your school. Every conversation has the potential to offer deeper learning—but not every conversation delivers on this promise.

Growth Talk: A Coaching Way of Leading in Schools offers a practical guide to enhancing teachers' learning, growth and progress in a variety of contexts—from formal interactions to impromptu encounters that can become "coachable moments." International coaching experts Chris Munro and John Campbell explain how educators can quickly make growth conversations a norm in their schools, providing

School systems are human-intensive, which means that influence, learning, and progress all happen through conversation. As a leader, it's important that you be intentional in how you use conversation to lead. With this book, you can learn to engage in humanising dialogue that fosters more trusting relationships and supports teacher growth.