CIAC
(Athletics Division)

CAS Executive Coaching


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After the quality of the teacher, the most important variable determining student achievement is the quality of the school leader. The executive coaching program focuses on improving the instructional and organizational leadership capacity of principals in order to increase student achievement. The CAS Executive Coaching Program was originally funded in 2007-08 with a combination of state and federal funds through the Connecticut State Department of Education to serve as one of the many components of the Connecticut Accountability for Learning Initiative (CALI) offered by the CSDE.

Many of the principals who currently have executive coaches were identified by their districts as "strong leaders poised for success" who, with a little support and assistance, would be able to turn around their schools.

Perhaps the hallmark of the CAS Executive Coaching Program is the fact that CAS staff provides so much oversight for the coaching process. CAS recruits, trains, supervises, and evaluates executive coaches in order to support the principals and their leadership teams in improving student performance. Acknowledging that coaching and professional development are contextual, CAS provides on-going professional development to the executive coaches and, in some instances, to the principals as well. Such contextualized professional development is designed to further build coaching, instructional and leadership skills. All of the CAS Executive Coaches are fully trained in data driven decision-making, common formative assessments, effective teaching strategies, differentiated instruction, climate issues and the Common Core State Standards.

Currently, CAS has an extensive pool of retired principals who have been recruited and trained by CAS, and are experienced coaches in urban settings PreK through 12th grade. The services of a CAS executive coach can be purchased and customized to meet the needs of a principal, school and/or district. Rates vary depending on the level of support and include administration, executive coach salary, secretarial, mileage, materials, and CAS facility usage. Districts interested in hiring executive coaches to support or enhance the skills of their principals and/or leadership teams should contact Mike Buckley, Susan Kennedy or Everett Lyons at CAS.