The Essential Guide to Coaching and Mentoring

Book excerpt: Translating current thinking and debate into accessible classroom strategies, the Essential Guides series will help any teacher successfully navigate the challenges of the profession. Each book adopts a hands-on, practical approach that cuts through theory and provides constructive tips, ideas and inspiration that you will find invaluable. Written by skilled and qualified teaching professionals, the Essential Guides are the key resource that no teacher should be without. "Judith Tolhurst has written a highly practical and supportive guide to coaching for the full range of educational professionals in schools. She provides detailed, realistic and helpful examples of effective practice; clear and authoritative guidance and very useful and engaging case studies. Coaching is a proven high impact strategy to enable change and effective learning, this guide is a powerful resource to support its widespread and successful application." "This is the most practical coaching and mentoring book I have read - it stands out simply because it is built on solid academic foundations, yet remains focused on the needs of busy professionals in realistic school contexts. An excellent read which has reignited my interest in coaching and mentoring."