Date of Completion
12-8-2016
Embargo Period
7-8-2017
Keywords
Coach, teacher emotion, teacher perception, emotion, perception, feeling, coaching, teacher coaching, leader, administrator, instructional leadership, teacher development, professional development
Major Advisor
Sarah Woulfin
Associate Advisor
Robert Villanova
Associate Advisor
Morgaen Donaldson
Field of Study
Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
Degree
Doctor of Education
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
Coaching is a strategy employed by districts to improve teacher skill and advance student learning. Despite widespread adoption of coaching, research has not yet explored teachers' emotional responses to coaching, which may impact the success of the coaching practice. This study examines teacher emotions by examining teacher perception of coaching and coinciding emotional response to those perceptions. Using the qualitative case study method, I examined 9 teachers across 3 schools. I found that perception and emotional response were shaped by more than the current coaching practice. Instead, teachers engaged in a mental bookkeeping process, in which perceptions of prior coaching influenced their emotional responses to current coaching.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Margaret, "How It Feels to be Coached: Teacher Perception of Coaching and Emotional Response to the Coach" (2016). Doctoral Dissertations. 1294.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/1294