The Importance of Self-Care for Instructional Coaches with Cindy Tisdall-McPhee
In today's episode we're chatting with Cindy Tisdall-McPhee, Head of Counseling at UWC Singapore. This was a powerful conversation, highlighting the importance of self-care in a coaching role. Cindy r...
31 Jul 201935min
Why YOU Deserve an Instructional Coach! with Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung
In this episode Kim chats with Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung, 6th grade science teacher, Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus. Lisa's concrete examples of working with the coaching team at SAS provide clear a...
24 Jul 201934min
What Kind of Personality Makes a Great Instructional Coach? with Tara Ethridge
In this episode we chat with Tara Ethridge, Elementary School librarian at International School Prague. Tara has taught everything from Kindergarten to Grade 9 English and everything in between! She m...
17 Jul 201934min
Picking Your Battles as an Instructional Coach with Beth Dressler
In this episode Kim is chatting with Beth Dressler, Deputy Head of Elementary and PYP Coordinator at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand. As a school leader, Beth works very closely with th...
10 Jul 201945min
Coaching Up! with Coaching Fundamentals Team
Today we have a great conversation about summer learning for coaches, teachers and school leaders with Tim, Tricia, and Ben from our YouTube series, Coaching Fundamentals. We talk about all sorts of o...
3 Jul 201949min
What does it mean to be an Instructional Coach? with Clint Hamada & Kim Cofino
In today's episode Clint and I talk about trends in instructional coaching, particularly in international schools in Asia. In this spotlight we're talking about what it means to be a coach, and many o...
26 Jun 201951min
The Trap of Finding "Pet Projects" as an Instructional Coach with Ben Summerton
In this episode of #coachbetter we're chatting with Ben Summerton, ES Tech & Innovation Coordinator at Singapore American School. Ben talks about the outstanding school infrastructure at SAS that enab...
19 Jun 201957min
Instructional Coaching is an "Intellectual Spa"! with Niki Dinsdale
In this episode of #coachbetter Kim chats with Niki Dinsdale, University Advisor at UWC, SEA. During their conversation Niki described coaching as an "intellectual spa" (which is now Kim's new favorit...
12 Jun 201942min
