Nina Jones Morel is an associate professor of education and director of masters programs at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. She was a 2005 winner of the Milken Foundation National Educator Award and has taught at the middle, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels. She has served as a school district administrator and a coaching champion. Carla Staton Cushman, Ed.S. is the director of the Sumner County Teacher Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, and a coaching champion. She began her career in education as an elementary teacher and has served as a middle school assistant principal and principal. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Union University in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Carla is married and has two adult children and four grandchildren.

“This insightful and impressive book stresses that taking the difficult path with grace and wit is the hallmark of a great coach. In addition, the authors accurately describe what coaches should and should not do for their clients.”

• Foreword by Stephen G. BarkleyAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1. Prevailing Winds: Navigating the Perfect Storm2. Dead Reckoning: Beginning Wth the End in Mind3. Sounding the Depths: Using Data for Reflecting, Refining, and Celebrating4. Ready, Set, Sail: Selecting the Coaching Crew5. O, Captain, My Captain: Preparing the Principal6. Anchors Aweigh: Preparing Coaches Through Preservice Instruction7. All Hands on Deck: Preparing the Teachers and Staff8. Trimming the Sails: Ongoing Professional Learning and Support9. Mooring the Ship: Avalon or Ithaca?ResourcesReferencesFacilitator′s GuideReferences for Facilitator′s GuideIndex

Nina Jones Morel is an associate professor of education and director of masters programs at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. She was a 2005 winner of the Milken Foundation National Educator Award and has taught at the middle, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels. She has served as a school district administrator and a coaching champion. Carla Staton Cushman, Ed.S. is the director of the Sumner County Teacher Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, and a coaching champion. She began her career in education as an elementary teacher and has served as a middle school assistant principal and principal. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Union University in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Carla is married and has two adult children and four grandchildren.

“This insightful and impressive book stresses that taking the difficult path with grace and wit is the hallmark of a great coach. In addition, the authors accurately describe what coaches should and should not do for their clients.”

• Foreword by Stephen G. BarkleyAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1. Prevailing Winds: Navigating the Perfect Storm2. Dead Reckoning: Beginning Wth the End in Mind3. Sounding the Depths: Using Data for Reflecting, Refining, and Celebrating4. Ready, Set, Sail: Selecting the Coaching Crew5. O, Captain, My Captain: Preparing the Principal6. Anchors Aweigh: Preparing Coaches Through Preservice Instruction7. All Hands on Deck: Preparing the Teachers and Staff8. Trimming the Sails: Ongoing Professional Learning and Support9. Mooring the Ship: Avalon or Ithaca?ResourcesReferencesFacilitator′s GuideReferences for Facilitator′s GuideIndex

Nina Jones Morel is an associate professor of education and director of masters programs at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. She was a 2005 winner of the Milken Foundation National Educator Award and has taught at the middle, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels. She has served as a school district administrator and a coaching champion. Carla Staton Cushman, Ed.S. is the director of the Sumner County Teacher Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, and a coaching champion. She began her career in education as an elementary teacher and has served as a middle school assistant principal and principal. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Union University in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Carla is married and has two adult children and four grandchildren.

“This insightful and impressive book stresses that taking the difficult path with grace and wit is the hallmark of a great coach. In addition, the authors accurately describe what coaches should and should not do for their clients.”

• Foreword by Stephen G. BarkleyAcknowledgmentsAbout the Authors1. Prevailing Winds: Navigating the Perfect Storm2. Dead Reckoning: Beginning Wth the End in Mind3. Sounding the Depths: Using Data for Reflecting, Refining, and Celebrating4. Ready, Set, Sail: Selecting the Coaching Crew5. O, Captain, My Captain: Preparing the Principal6. Anchors Aweigh: Preparing Coaches Through Preservice Instruction7. All Hands on Deck: Preparing the Teachers and Staff8. Trimming the Sails: Ongoing Professional Learning and Support9. Mooring the Ship: Avalon or Ithaca?ResourcesReferencesFacilitator′s GuideReferences for Facilitator′s GuideIndex