Product reviews for The Perfect (Teacher) Coach

This book has a well set out structure from the introductory paragraph ... this book is for (I particularly liked and empathised with the last sentence... anyone who has a vision of a school where teachers own their own progress and self-improvement). I always believe this is the best CPD vision for a school... We're only as good as our least developed member of staff and the best learners are reflective self-improving ones... I believe that holds true for adults as well as students.
Beere and Broughton clearly define the skills and role of a coach, as well as making clear what a coach isn't... This was something I hadn't been sure of before despite conversations with our own in-school advanced skills teacher coaches. A helpful table shows difference between the approach of trainer, mentor and coach.
The at a glance box at the end of each chapter useful for those of us busy teachers who can't sit and read even a relatively compact book from start to finish in one sitting.
I have found myself asking more open questions since starting to read this book; this has happened without my even trying; my natural style is rather different and it is something I'd like to develop in myself, this book made it easy.
As well as clearly describing how once can approach developing a coaching culture within one's own school, providing the helpful iSTRIDE framework and suggesting how coaching can be used for performance management and lesson observations it also goes a step further and shows ways an embedded coaching culture can become outstanding - students as coaches, TA coaching students.
A thought-provoking read especially for me as coaching is so-anti my default style but I am encouraged to try and convinced I can make it!