Coaching for Equity - Conversations That Change Practice by Elena Aguilar

Description: 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. About the Author xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction A Couple of Notes 4 On Bridge-Building 4 Defining Equity 5 What Is in This Book 10 Who You Are--The Readers 13 Who I Am--The Author 15 How to Get the Most from this Book 19 Before You Go . . . 22 Interlude: Compassion 23 1 Transformational Coaching: A Model for Change 25 Structures to Span Chasms 25 Assumptions behind Transformational Coaching 29 Transformational Coaching 32 The Three Components of Transformational Coaching 34 The Four Phases of Transformational Coaching 40 The Five Principles of Transformational Coaching 45 Before You Go . . . 46 Interlude: Curiosity 48 2 Jumping into Coaching for Equity 49 Building Relationships and Surfacing Strengths 51 Low Expectations and a Deficit Mindset 54 The Undulating Landscape of Emotions 60 Turning Inward 66 A Conversation about Crying 69 "Do You Think I'm Racist?" 72 Before You Go . . . 73 Interlude: Connection 75 3 How to Understand Race, Racism, and White Supremacy 77 What Is White Supremacy? 79 What Is Racism? 84 How Racism Manifests in Schools 88 The Power of Words and the Language of Oppression 92 It's Time to Take Action 96 Before You Go . . . 98 Interlude: Courage 100 4 How to Talk About Race 101 Recognizing What Is and What Could Be 103 Attending to Myself 110 A Time of Growth 113 The Path to Racial Healing 117 Why Calling People Out Doesn't Work 121 Ten Ways to Respond to the Question, "Am I Racist?" 125 Before You Go . . . 126 Interlude: Purpose 128 5 What You Need to Know about Adult Learners 129 The Gaps between Current Ability and Desired Ability 130 How to Sequence Adult Learning 137 The Coach as Learner 139 Before You Go . . . 141 Interlude: Compassion 142 6 How to Change Someone's Mind 143 Addressing Beliefs and Behavior at the Same Time 144 Six Conditions in Which Beliefs Change 148 How to Build Trust 160 What to Say When You Hear Racist Comments 163 For People of Color Doing this Work 168 Before You Go . . . 172 Interlude: Curiosity 174 7 What You Need to Know about Emotions 175 Toward an Appreciation of Emotions 176 Exploring and Embracing Our Needs 179 Responding to Resistance 186 The Connection between Emotions and Justice 193 Looking at Emotions through an Identity Lens 194 Before You Go . . . 196 Interlude: Connection 197 8 What You Need to Know about Identity 199 The Social Construction of Identity 200 How to Facilitate Reflection 201 Addressing Racial Differences 205 Before You Go . . . 209 Interlude: Courage 210 9 Surfacing Current Reality 211 A Prequel 211 Beginning a Coaching Relationship 214 Planning a Coaching Conversation 223 A First Classroom Visit 229 Before You Go . . . 231 Interlude: Purpose 233 10 Recognizing Impact 235 Debriefing an Observation 235 A Pause to Look Inward 241 Fostering Patience 243 Analyzing and Interpreting Data 243 Coaching a Way of Being: The Legacy Question 247 Determining Next Steps 248 When to Talk about Race 250 Before You Go . . . 254 Interlude: Compassion 256 11 Exploring Emotions 257 When Anger and Doubt Arise 257 Gathering Student Experience Data 260 Debriefing the Data 262 Confronting Bias 264 Before You Go . . . 273 Interlude: Courage 274 12 Creating New Practices 275 Developing New Behaviors 276 Scaffolding Learning for Adults 277 Data That Reveals Beliefs and Ways of Being 280 Practice, Practice, Practice 286 Role-Play Practice 287 Evidence of Deepening Will and Commitment 288 The Ups and Downs of Learning 291 Reflection 294 Celebrating Growth 295 Before You Go . . . 298 Interlude: Purpose 300 Conclusion: Towards Liberty and Justice for All 301 Compassionate 301 Curious 302 Connected 302 Courageous 303 Purposeful 303 Appendix A: The Phases of Transformational Coaching 305 Appendix B: The Equity Rubric 311 Appendix C: Transformational Coaching Rubric (TCR) 2.0 335 Appendix D: Advocating for Systems Change 353 Appendix E: The Core Emotions 359 Appendix F: Resources for Further Learning 363 Glossary 371 References 377 Index 383

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