Coaching for Adaptive Expertise: Developing Teachers Who Make Better Decisions

By Sarah Cottinghatt, Haili Hughes, Adam Kohlbeck

This exciting new book strikes at the heart of what's missing in much teacher professional development - coaching that strengthens teachers' decision-making. It introduces the Adaptive Expertise Framework, an approach that supports teachers in continuously developing their expertise, allowing them to respond intelligently to the complex lesson environment.

Drawing on research from cognitive science, complexity theory, and studies of expert decision-making, the book outlines four areas every teacher must develop to grow their adaptive expertise that form the basis of the coaching framework. Part Two then examines each stage of the coaching process including:

- The purpose of each stage of coaching so you know what you're aiming for

- Common pitfalls and how to avoid them

- Codified coaching techniques that coaches can practise and use flexibly

- Rich annotated coaching examples to illustrate the techniques at work

- Sequence and sentence stems to help you apply the techniques straight away in your coaching

Written by leading experts and part of the Teacher CPD Academy series from InnerDrive, Coaching for Adaptive Expertise provides a timely blueprint for schools seeking to cultivate reflective, responsive educators who can adapt skilfully to any teaching situation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032739770
• ISBN13: 9781032739779
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages