Coaching as Part of a Pilot Quality Rating Scale Initiative: Challenges to--and Supports for--the Change-Making Process

Autor/in	Ackerman, Debra J.
Titel	Coaching as Part of a Pilot Quality Rating Scale Initiative: Challenges to--and Supports for--the Change-Making Process
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Research & Practice, 10 (2008) 2, (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-5039
Schlagwörter	Consultants; Rating Scales; Nonprofit Organizations; Intervention; Child Development; Early Childhood Education; Professional Development; Coaching (Performance) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Consultant; Berater; Rating-Skala; Nonprofit-Organisation; Kindesentwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	Several nonprofit agencies in a large Midwestern city provide assistance to early care and education programs participating in a pilot Quality Rating Scale (QRS) initiative by pairing them with itinerant consultants, who are known as coaches. Despite this assistance, not all programs improve their QRS score. Furthermore, while pilot stakeholders know how much time a coach has spent working with a particular program, little is known about the consulting process itself and the additional challenges that can impede coaches' attempts to bring about change. As a result, QRS stakeholders lack a clear understanding of the assistance that coaches might need, as well as the additional programmatic interventions that could augment coaches' work. This article reports on a study focusing on the QRS consulting process, as well as some of the factors that present challenges to that process. The article concludes with recommendations for addressing these issues and in turn enhancing the QRS coaching process. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820. Tel: 877-275-3227; Tel: 217-333-1386; Fax: 217-244-7732; e-mail: ecrp@uiuc.edu; Web site: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10