TY - JOUR
AU - Wijkamp, Nicole
AB -  In this study, the implementation effects of a program for the training of coaching skills to Dutch primary school principals are described. Coaching is a form of in‐class support intended to provide teachers with feedback on their own functioning, and thereby to stimulate self‐reflection and self‐analysis in order to improve instructional effectiveness. To assist school principals in their attempts to coach teachers, a training program was designed and evaluated. Based on the pre‐ and post‐training ratings of coaching conferences, a significant treatment effect was found for the coaching skills concerned with the development of autonomy (empowerment), feedback, and agreement on classroom observational goals. The pre‐ and post‐training ratings from the coached teachers themselves showed a significant treatment effect for the coaching skills concerned with the development of improvement plans. Although the training provided for the school principals was directed at the coaching functions of consulting and confronting, the majority of the school principals conducted coaching conferences that emphasized predominantly the function of consulting. *An earlier version of this paper entitled: “The school principal as coach” was presented at the Second Conference on School Management, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, September 16‐20, 1996. The research reported here was supported by the Protestant Educational Advisory Centre (Christelijk Pedagogisch Studiecentrum), Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The authors gratefully acknowledge the following persons for their contributions to this study: K. Vernooy (CPS), J. van Gilst (CPS), C. van Baak (coordinator school principal training), L. Bouts (RTD, University of Nijmegen), and the participating school principals and teachers. 
TI - Implementation Effects of a Program for the Training of Coaching Skills with School Principals*
JF - School Effectiveness and School Improvement
DO - 10.1080/0924345980090202
DA - 1998-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/implementation-effects-of-a-program-for-the-training-of-coaching-Vad0zRQhIc
SP - 135
EP - 156
VL - 9
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -