this book provides guidance for leveraging the power of instructional coaching and helping coaching programs succeed. It addresses the crucial importance of developing practices that align instructional goals (content) with school, district, and community factors that influence the work of K-12 teachers and coaches (context). The authors present a framework and practical tools for embedding coaching into the fabric of school life, in service of creating equitable opportunities and outcomes for all students.

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Hiring Coaches with Robust Qualifications and Preparation -- Defining Coach Roles and Responsibilities -- The Services Coaches May Offer -- A Reminder: All Coaching Is Mediated and Supported by Language -- Summary -- 7. Differentiating Coaching Moves to Support Coaching Programs and Processes -- Building Relationships through Deliberate Coaching Moves -- Beginning with Potentially Productive Coaching Moves -- Differentiating Coaching by Format -- Differentiating Coaching by Adults' Learning Needs -- Differentiating Coaching by Teacher Receptivity -- Putting It All Together in a Coaching Schedule That Works -- Summary -- Part IV. The Context of Coaching -- 8. Stepping Back to See the Bigger Picture -- Research Connecting Coaching and Context -- Making the Murky Clearer by Focusing on Systems Learning -- Organizational Learning Theories That Help Us to See the Bigger Picture -- Nested Holding Environments Strengthen Relationships across the CCIC Framework -- Summary -- 9. District, School, and Community Levers to Support the Context of Coaching -- District Levers to Support Coaching -- School Levers to Support Coaching -- Family and Community Levers to Support Coaching -- Summary -- 10. Sustaining a Healthy System for Coaching: The Need for Support and Pressure -- Ongoing Learning to Build Capacity for Coaching -- Evaluating the Impact of Coaching Programs and the Performance of Individual Coaches -- Summary -- 11. A Final Note: Why the Content and Coaching in Context Framework Matters for Coaches and Schools -- Reframing Success as the Alignment of Content, Coaching, and Context -- Alignment Leads to Equitable Outcomes for Students -- The CCIC Framework Supports Adaptive Integration -- Success Is a Collective Effort -- There Is No Silver Bullet -- Appendices -- References -- Index.