As a new school, before opening our doors to students for the first time, we were looking for resources that would help us embed effective coaching structures into our program from day one. Student-Centered Coaching: A Guide for K-8 Coaches and Principals provided us with both frameworks to discuss/consider and materials to assist with implementation. This book has been an invaluable resource to move us forward with a different vision of what coaching can be, and the impact it can have for individual students."

Diane has taken a commitment to instructional leadership and turned it into practical models and applications. She has a thorough grounding in the research, which she combines with extensive personal experience and a brass-tacks orientation toward helping teachers and administrators improve. Diane’s approach to leadership development is intellectually rigorous but also down to earth. You will gain from Diane both a deeper understanding and real tools for leadership and facilitation. She’s a delight to work with—a good listener, thoughtful, responsive, and reliable."

The impact of this partnership has been immeasurable. We now have a cadre of experienced teacher leaders and principals who understand not only how to implement best practices in literacy, but also are taking the step to influence their colleagues to implement these practices as well."

Superb! This work provided a flexible framework on structure for the role of a literacy coach. I have many ideas to reflect on and I plan to implement many changes in the fall."

The information was presented in a meaningful way (lecture, reflection, sharing). All of the information was relevant. I will use it all! Diane’s organization, knowledge and experience was invaluable. I gained lots of ideas to continue our quest to improve classroom instruction to benefit all students."