Coaching Teachers in Bilingual and Dual-Language Classrooms

"In Coaching teachers in bilingual and dual-language classrooms: a responsive cycle for observation and feedback author Alexandra Guilamo notes the severe lack of effective observation and coaching that instructors in dual language and bilingual classrooms deeply need. In order for these instructors to navigate the uniquely challenging nature of dual language classrooms and provide their students with the best education possible they need the professional development that only successful coaching can bring. Due to a combination of factors including teacher shortages, an increase of multi-lingual students, and a simple lack of confidence and knowledge on the part of their colleagues, instructors in these classrooms are going without this important professional development. As such, the author offers up this book as a resource that the reader can use to develop an effective and confident system of observation and coaching in the dual-language and bilingual classroom. This book covers each stage of the coaching process from the pre-observation conference to the post-observation sessions. At each step, it provides the reader with pertinent and comprehensive coaching theory and implementable, effective strategies for coaching sourced directly from the author's work with hundreds of individuals. Through the use of this book, the reader can become a successful coach of dual language and bilingual classroom teachers and assist those instructors in becoming the best teachers they can be"--