Engaging School Leaders in Defining a Vision with Stacy Stephens
On this week's #coachbetter episode school leader Stacy Stephens explains the way her school decided on a coaching model. Stacy offers insight on ways to define a vision for instructional coaches. She speaks to the importance of taking time and gathering perspectives. Find the show notes for this episode here.
4 Feb 202052min
How to Build a Culture of Coaching with Kim Lelek
Today's conversation focuses on what instructional coaches can do to help establish a culture of coaching. Our guest, Kim Lelek gives practical advice for any leader or coach who has ever wondered how they can inspire and transform student learning. Find the show notes for this episode here.
28 Jan 202051min
How to Live the Mission of a School with Chris Lehmann
Today's conversation goes to the heart of school culture. Our conversation explores ways to bring your school mission to life, make teachers and students feel like it is ok to laugh and take risks. Chris Lehmann is the CEO of the Science Leadership Academy Schools. Learn more about his journey as an educator. Find the show notes for this episode here.
21 Jan 202034min
Difficult Conversations with Coaches Panel
Today we have a conversation about when, why, and how you might provide difficult feedback to teachers, as a coach. We have four of our superstar guests from our YouTube series, Coaching Fundamentals, Tim, Diana, Ben and Pana, so you get a wide range of perspectives! This conversation was prompted by a question in our #coachbetter Facebook group: "What are the best approaches to have difficult conversations or give difficult feedback to teachers?" Find the show notes for this episode here.
14 Jan 202046min
Taking a Break with Kim Cofino and Clint Hamada
In this episode, Kim and Clint are letting you know that we are taking a short break and that we look forward to coming back with more #coachbetter content in 2020. Kim and Clint leave us with their favorite episodes of the year: Steve Barkley on Episode 55 https://coachbetter.tv/episode-55/ The Content Expert Episode 49 https://coachbetter.tv/episode-49/ Jordan Benedict on Episode 47 https://coachbetter.tv/episode-47/ Cindy Tisdal McPhee on Episode 46 https://coachbetter.tv/episode-46/ And one final announcement, be sure to check out the MastermindED pathways, registration closes December 15th bit.ly/edurommed
3 Dec 20195min
#coachstudies with Coaches Panel (Working with Not So Supportive Admin)
Hello coaches! Welcome back to another episode of Coach.Better! Today we have another episode of our #coachstudies series, where we share a scenario with an archetypal educator and discuss how we would approach a coaching relationship with them. Today's archetype is a "supportive, but not really so supportive school leader." We can all relate to the frustration of having great conversations with our school leaders, but those not translating into action. We brainstormed 8 strategies we can use with our school leaders to turn talk into action! We also discussed four stakeholder groups that coaches can collaborate with to help make things happen! Find the show notes for this episode here.
26 Nov 201941min
MastermindED: Professional Learning Manifestos
On this week's special #mastermindED episode we hear from educators from around the world as they each share their manifesto for professional learning. We think this episode is perfect for starting a dialogue for schools and teams, and we wanted to help you start that conversation with our listening guide that you can download here. A huge thank you to our guests who made the time and effort to share their wisdom, you can follow them all on Twitter via our list available here. For more about our podcast: https://coachbetter.tv/
21 Nov 20191h
How to collect and use feedback with Kim Cofino and Clint Hamada
In today's episode Clint and I are chatting about a question we received in our #coachbetter Facebook group: How do you get feedback on your coaching? In true Clint and Kim style, we expanded on this initial question to dig a little deeper into the purpose and value of feedback, and the ways that we can seek out a critical friend (both within and beyond our immediate school community) to reflect on the feedback we receive. As coaches, it's critical that we demonstrate our commitment to professional growth, and our conversation today builds a potential process that all coaches can use to track, reflect on and learn from feedback on their coaching! Find the show notes for this episode here.
19 Nov 201937min
