Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time

About Megan Tschannen-MoranRobert K. Tschannen-Moran

Megan Tschannen-Moran (Ph.D. The Ohio State University) is a Professor of Educational Leadership at the William & Mary School of Education.  Inspired by her fourteen years of experience as the founder and principal of a school serving primarily low-income and minority students in a distressed neighborhood of Chicago she is motivated to work at the intersection of theory and practice so that schools grow in their capacity to serve all students well. The coaching model presented in this book sits squarely at that intersection. Megans scholarly research focuses on relationships of trust in school settings and how these are related to important outcomes such as the collective efficacy beliefs of a school faculty teacher professionalism and student achievement.  Her book Trust Matters: Leadership for Successful Schools (2nd Ed.) (2014) reports the experience of three principals and the consequences of their successes and failures to build trust.  Another line of research explores school climate through the Vibrant School Scale that assesses the degree to which a school fosters enlivened minds emboldened voice and playful learning. Bob Tschannen-Moran (M. Div. Yale University) served as the President of LifeTrek Coaching International and as CEO of the Center for School Transformation (www.schooltransformation.com).  Bob is a past-President of the International Association of Coaching (www.CertifiedCoach.org).  He trained a s a business and life coach through Coach U CoachVille FastTrack Coaching Academy and Wellcoaches Corporation. He served on the faculty of the Wellcoaches Coach Training School and co-authored a Coaching Psychology Manual (2nd Ed) (2015) with Margaret Moore and Erika Jackson.  His work on Skills and Performance Coaching is included in The Complete Handbook of Coaching (3rd Ed.) (2017 Sage Publications). Using a variety of strengths-based approaches Bob has assisted many individuals and organizations including schools congregations and corporations to build positive relationships and to achieve positive results.