Essential Coaching Conversation Skills with Lynn Sawyer

In today’s episode Clint and I are chatting with a very special guest, Steve Barkley. Clint and I have been learning from Steve for many years and it was an extra special treat to be able to have his time for a full hour today! Steve’s own experience as an educator, combined with all of his published work and collaboration with public and private schools around the world provided a wealth of knowledge and experience for our conversation. We talked about the critical elements that make coaching (and teaching) a success, everything from the importance of working as team to building trust through vulnerability and even the challenge of expertise getting in the way of coaching. This episode is FULL of essential strategies to build a successful coaching culture. Find the show notes for this episode here.

3 Loka 201950min

In this week's episode Kim is chatting with David Lee, Elementary STEM Coach at Singapore American School. David’s experience with design thinking, along with his personal connections to his own education provide great insights into the value and purpose of authentic and meaningful use of technology in the classroom. As a first-year, full time coach, David shares lots of great strategies for how to connect with teachers and build authentic learning experiences for students. Full show notes here: http://coachbetter.tv/episode-54

25 Syys 201938min

In today's episode we’re chatting with Melissa Lim, Learning, Teaching and Technology Specialist in Portland Public Schools. Melissa shares her experiences being only 1 of 2 people who focus on technology in a school district of 90 schools and 50,000 students. Melissa shares her strategies for building teacher capacity when there is limited access to coaches and on-site professional learning. For coaches working in larger school districts and ready to leverage the power of community, Melissa’s experiences offer strategic and inspirational pathways to getting started! Full Show Notes: http://coachbetter.tv/episode-53

18 Syys 201945min

In today's episode Kim chats with Melanie Smith who oversees the K-12 Counseling program (as well as K-12 PBIS, SEL and Crisis teams) for a large school district in Washington State. Melanie’s district-level perspective provides clear direction for how to create a successful coaching culture. She shares critical elements for coaching success, including the balance between skill set and relationship building as coaches, understanding the shared purpose and the “why” for all stakeholders in a school building, and the importance of providing time for coaching from a leadership perspective. For those that are wondering how to scale coaching to a school- or district-wide level, this conversation is full of essential strategies and steps to take! Full show notes here: http://coachbetter.tv/episode-51

4 Syys 201944min

In today’s episode Kim chats with Carrie Zimmer, 4th grade teacher at GEMS Dubai American Academy. Carrie has a wide range of experience, including being an instructional coach in her previous school, so her thoughts in this conversation provide great insight into the needs of a classroom teacher - with the perspective of a very recent coach. Carrie shares her thoughts on the real value of a coach to a classroom teacher, and what schools and coaches can do together to make sure coaching is perceived as valuable and worthwhile from a classroom teacher’s point of view. Full show notes here: https://coachbetter.tv/episode-50/

28 Elo 201937min

This episode is the first of a series we’re doing called #coachstudies. Our team of experts from our YT series, Coaching Fundamentals, is back again, this time focusing on a deep discussion about specific coaching case studies (we’re calling them #coachstudies). We are super excited about this episode because this is a sneak preview to a new project we’re working on here at Eduro Learning and we know you’re going to love it!  In this our first #coachstudies episode, we are looking at specific teacher archetypes that all coaches will be familiar with. Today’s conversation was about how to work with The Content Expert. Keri-Lee, Tim, Diana and Kim talk about all the different ways we might approach and work with this type of teacher - just the four of us came up with ELEVEN different strategies! Have you worked with The Content Expert in your school? What strategy worked best for you? Do you want to be part of conversations like this? Let us know. Full show notes here: https://coachbetter.tv/episode-49/

21 Elo 201940min

In today's episode Clint and Kim discuss a question from our #coachbetter facebook group: “How do you get teacher / admin buy in for coaching? How do you get teachers to carve out time for a coaching role?” They start by focusing in on school leaders, to help build their understanding of the value of coaching, particularly in comparison to a more traditional facilitation role. As they transition into talking about teachers, they highlight the connections between strategies that work with school leaders and those that work with our teaching colleagues as well. This is our second episode highlighting a question from our #coachbetter facebook group, and we’ll be responding to more questions here the channel regularly, so please join the facebook group or connect with us @edurolearning to ask your question!  Full Show Notes: https://coachbetter.tv/episode-48/

14 Elo 201938min

In today's episode we are chatting with Hillary Marshall, teacher-librarian at Washougal High School in Oregon. Hillary has a great perspective having been a teacher in the US, then spending twelve years teaching in international schools around the world, and returning to the US 6 years ago. A passionate advocate for the students and the library, Hillary shares some key strategies for ensuring that all community stakeholders understand the value of a teacher-librarian. In this episode Hillary shares her specific strategy that helped build the team of teacher-librarians in her school district from just one, to one in each building in just six years! Full show notes here: http://coachbetter.tv/episode-52

13 Elo 201938min