FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Elena Aguilar, the bestselling author of critically acclaimed education titles The Art of Coaching, The Art of Coaching Teams, and Onward, returns with the highly anticipated new book, Coaching for Equity
Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice
Coaching for Equity, by bestselling author Elena Aguilar, shares a Transformational Coaching framework along with tools and practices to interrupt educational inequities and create schools in which every child thrives. Coaching for Equity is available everywhere books and eBooks are sold.
Hoboken, NJ (August 11, 2020) – Bestselling author Elena Aguilar has released her latest book, Coaching for Equity, which addresses inequities in schools and provides actionable ways to transform classrooms and create equitable schools where all children thrive.
Coaching for Equity dives into the critical topic of equity in the classroom, part of the larger conversation about racial equity. The book aims to help readers develop the knowledge and skills to be able to productively talk about race, build trust to support vulnerability and unpack mental models while inspiring others to deepen the commitment to create equity in classrooms.
Perfect for teachers, teacher leaders, coaches and administrators, Coaching for Equity offers extensive strategies for talking about race, power, and systems of oppression. In framing the rationale for transformational conversations, Coaching for Equity provides the context needed to make change, by laying out the strategies, tools and models for critical conversations.
Comprehensive, concrete, and deeply human, Coaching for Equity is the guide for those who choose to accept responsibility for interrupting inequities in schools and for all educators who know there is a better way.
Coaching for Equity is available now wherever books and eBooks are sold.
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Advance Praise for Coaching for Equity
"This book is for every teacher, leader, coach, and educational practitioner who seeks to interrupt educational inequities. Elena shares her vulnerability and insights, embraces the power of emotions, and deepens our understanding so we can expand our skillsets—helping us to put relationship before task and keep equity at the core."
—Tamisha Williams, Dean of Adult Equity & Inclusion, Lick-Wilmerding High School
"Finally! Elena Aguilar's Coaching for Equity is an accessible guidebook that pushes us beyond platitudes of equity to the essential ground of creating complex learning environments that demonstrate—every day—what it takes for all children to receive the educational experiences they deserve. Coaching for Equity is for all of us who have been hungry for guidance about how to gather our people, get past our fragility, and 'journey towards justice and liberation' as we work in service to all children."
—Kimberly N. Parker, PhD, Shady Hill School and co-founder of #DisruptTexts
"All coaching should be about equity, but coaches need tools and maps to guide them through emotionally complex conversations about race and justice. This book provides coaches with those tools and maps. Any coach who is concerned about equity, which should be every coach, will greatly benefit from reading this book."
—Jim Knight, Senior Partner, Instructional Coaching Group
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About The Book:Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice by Elena Aguilar (August 2020, Wiley, ISBN: 9781119592273, 400 pages, $34.95). For more information please visit, wiley.com.
About The Author: Elena Aguilar is the founder and president of Bright Morning Consulting, an international education, coaching, and consulting firm that brings new learning practices to organizations. Elena has extensive experience working in diverse school environments as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and leadership coach. She is the bestselling author of The Art of Coaching, The Art of Coaching Teams, and Onward.
Media Contact:
Amy Laudicano, Wiley
alaudicano@wiley.com
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