You are hereHome › College of Education & Professional Studies (CEPS) › Department of Teacher Education and Educational Leadership › Gray, Julie A. › Leadership-focused coaching Style APAChicagoHarvardIEEEMLATurabian Choose the citation style. Gray, J. (2017). Leadership-focused coaching: An uplifting approach for supporting aspiring leaders. Annual Meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Denver. Leadership-focused coaching Details Type Conference Paper Title Leadership-focused coaching: An uplifting approach for supporting aspiring leaders Contributor(s) Gray, Julie (author) Located In Annual Meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Denver Date 2017 Abstract Educational leadership professors prepare aspiring leaders by providing uplifting opportunities to connect theory and practice. This paper proposes a research-based model called leadership-focused coaching, an approach to support graduate students in developing and honing instructional leadership skills and responsibilities (Gray, 2016). This paper addresses the shift in principal preparation programs from theory-to-practice to a knowledge-to-practice approach over the last 20 years (Browne-Ferrigno, 2007; Browne-Ferrigno & Muth, 2004; Cunningham, 2007; Cunningham & Sherman, 2008; Daresh, 2004). While there are numerous models for coaching teachers, we offer this model for aspiring and new instructional leaders of schools. Keywords: leadership preparation, university-school partnerships, leadership field experience, leadership-focused coaching, and leadership mentoring PID uwf:23509