Confidence is a funny thing. It comes and goes for many of us. Some days we can be on the top of our game and other days we question every little thing we do. Early in my career as an…
A Coach’s Coach
Today’s post is a guest post written by one of my clients, Maura O’Reilly. It is my pleasure to be Maura’s virtual coach. We are both learning, growing, and SHINING! Want to learn more about virtual coaching? You can read more…
4 Questions to Guide Reflection
Instructional coaches guide reflection in many situations. We help teachers analyze their instruction, student data, student learning progressions and behaviors, as well as school-wide progress to name a few. It can be time consuming to generate questions for each situation….
Amazon Prime Day Deals for Educators
Do you like to search for good deals? Amazon Prime Day is one of my favorite shopping events. I can shop in the comfort of my own home for deals for both work and home. Amazon Prime Day 2019 happens…
A Virtual Summit just for Instructional Coaches!
I have had the pleasure to work with many instructional coaches around the globe. The one characteristic they all have in common is a desire to grow in their skills and practices. Yet, the cost of books, workshops, classes and…
Instructional Coaching Tip: Strengthening Relationships
If you are an instructional coach or administrator wearing a coaching hat (aka The #CoachApproach) you know RELATIONSHIPS MATTER. How would you like a strategy that has the potential to strengthen your relationships with teachers? What if I told you…
My One Word: Intentional
Happy New Year! 2019 has arrived! As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve spent some time this past week reflecting on 2018 and mapping out goals for 2019. I’m so excited to see what this year holds. I am…
End of the Year Reflection Idea
Instructional coaches and school leaders spend a great deal their time facilitating reflection. Reflection can be the key to teacher and student success. My friends and fellow ASCD authors, Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral, are constantly reminding us that the…
The KEYS to Coaching Conversations
If you are involved in any type of coaching – be it peer coaching, instructional coaching, teacher-and-student coaching, or principal-and-teacher coaching (ie The #CoachApproach) … you are engaged in coaching conversations. These conversations should breathe life into the other person,…
The #EduCoach Instructional Coach Blogging Tribe
Today I am excited to announce start of The #EduCoach Instructional Coach Blogging Tribe! This blogging tribe will be simple in nature. It is designed to provide anyone interested in instructional coaching and who blogs (or wants to blog) a…
A Year of Instructional Coaching Tips
This post contains affiliate links, I may receive compensation if you click on one of the links. I can’t believe it is March already. Our first two months of 2018 have flown by. This post is something I should have…
A #CoachApproach Action Plan
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The following post is cross-posted to our CoachApproach4Schools Website. A few adaptions have been made here to include a wide range…