Bücher von Nathan Lang-Raad

Connection is the true essence of coaching.Instructional coaching has the potential to be one of the most transformative tools to help our teachers, but how do we approach this relationship? And how can coaches become better resources for those they serve?The coach's role should be akin to a central processor in a school, and their experiences, decisions, behaviors, and interactions will flow along certain pathways to educators. These pathways all have distinct functions while retaining their connective nature. The goal of the coaching connection is to help coaches learn to use these pathways to best support the teachers they partner with.In this book, Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad shares resources and ideas for enhancing coaching pathways like sincerity, culture, communication, emotional intelligence, and leadership. Using templates for every pathway, Lang-Raad gives instructional coaches a wide variety of strategies for conceptualizing and transforming their coaching skills.Endorsements"The book is built around the pillars of empowered, effective relationships at work and in our lives. In wise and accessible ways, Nathan writes about fundamentally important topics, such as the power of purpose; the importance of establishing rapport, being visible to each other, balancing collaboration and independence; the necessity of listening, empathy, and communication. What especially impresses me is that throughout this book, Nathan's important ideas are simply and beautifully stated. Nathan's voice embodies the respectful, warm, supportive approach he proposes for coaching conversations. . . This book will help you be much more effective as a coach. More importantly, it will help you become a better person-a person who has better relationships. And when the time comes to take stock of your life, I believe you'll find that those relationships really matter." -Jim Knight

We May Not Be in Kansas Anymore . . . With so much change in education and so many teachers feeling like they're in unfamiliar territory, Herbie Raad and Nathan Lang-Raad offer a guide through this ever-changing landscape by turning to the classic story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Each chapter in this heartfelt book centers around a character from the novel and examines how that character's virtues (wisdom, heart, courage, and spirit) can help inspire and reinvigorate teachers and school leaders. Offering a charming mix of the pedagogical and the personal, this book paves the way through the wilderness of rosters, meetings, lesson plans, and initiatives so that teachers can engage with their most authentic selves in the midst of the assumptions and illusions inside of education. "The way Nathan and Herbie bring out challenging ideas and opportunities in education through the connection to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz did all the things that I hope for when reading any book; it made me laugh, cry, and think." -- George Couros (@gcouros), author of The Innovator's Mindset and Innovate Inside the Box"Written from the heart and based on experience and expertise in the field, Nathan and Herbie guide educators down the 'yellow brick road, ' encouraging us to make connections, challenge assumptions, and land back on purpose." -- Dr. Jennifer Williams (@JenWilliamsEdu), author of Teach Boldly"By traveling through Oz, we learn concrete strategies to embrace the type of teaching and learning that will light a fire beneath us! And the magic of the strategies is this: everything we need to become the teacher we always wanted to be is already inside of us."-- Katie Novak, Ed.D. (@KatieNovakUDL), author of UDL Now, UDL in the Cloud, Universally Designed Leadership, and Let Them Thrive