Last month at the Monroe Scholars Book Award Luncheon, SURN Executive Director Jan Rozzelle met Nancy Wright Beasley, author of Izzy’s Fire: Finding Humanity in the Holocaust. Beasley’s book tells the story of Jewish families who survived the Holocaust, going into hiding with the help of another family. It is a powerful story based on memoirs and personal interviews. An exhibit at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond retells the story. Both the book and the exhibit are highly recommended!
SURN is pleased to have Diane Sweeney, author of Student Centered Coaching: A Guide for K-8 Coaches and Principals and Student-Centered Coaching at the Secondary Level, join us for our Leadership Academy this summer on June 22-23, 2015.
Diane has been a national education consultant since 1999. She taught and coached in the Denver Public School system before serving as a program officer at the Public Education and Business Coalition in Denver. She is a well-respected educator who focuses on coaching and professional development.
Student Centered Coaching: A Guide for K-8 Coaches and Principals (Corwin Press, 2010) focuses on school-based coaching designed to impact student learning. Professional development should focus on how to best support teachers and collaborate with them in order to design successful and targeted instruction. The book focuses on the critical role of principal in developing and sustaining a culture of learning.
Student-Centered Coaching at the Secondary Level (Corwin Press, 2013) is the follow-up to Sweeney’s 2010 best-selling book and focuses on the principles and tools of student-centered coaching in order to meet the challenges in middle and high schools. Coaching focused on the student can allow the coach to provide feedback that has a direct impact on student achievement.
For more information on Diane, please visit www.dianesweeney.com. For more information on SURN’s Leadership Academy and how to sign up, please visit our website for more information or email us surn@wm.edu.