This is a useful book for instructional leaders, especially department chairs, lead teachers, and assistant principals. In the school district where I work, we are currently using this book for our Building Instructional Leadership course, and it has proven to be a good reference tool.

This was a book given to me to help support my coaching role and I just got around to reading it now. I particularly liked the reminders of the principals of partnership; equality choice, voice, reflection, dialogue, praxis and reciprocity. Praxis was a word that I didn't know and I've come to understand that it means being able to apply what you learn to a situation right away. Apply the new ideas to real life practice - how might this look in your classroom.
I found the book quite repetitive in places and also a lot of what he was saying wasn't new or particularly insightful for me, but it was still good to have the reminders. A bit too dense and theoretical for my liking - would have liked to have more "use this right away" kind of material, but it wasn't the worst professional book I've ever read. ( )