Top 5 Productivity Tips for Busy Instructional Coaches with Kim Cofino
Welcome back to another episode of #coachbetter! We're continuing with our #coachbetter tips, inspired by our FiveMinuteFriday episodes on YouTube. In this episode, Kim shares her top 5 productivity tips for busy instructional coaches. Find the show notes for this episode here.
19 Touko 202110min
How to Seamlessly Integrate Cognitive Coaching & Instructional Coaching into Your Coaching Culture with Carla Marshall
In this #coachbetter episode, Clint and Kim chat with Carla Marshall, Director of Teaching and Learning at United World College, Southeast Asia, East Campus. This was a fascinating conversation about change management in an educational context, a critical skill for all coaches. They talk about the importance of taking a systems approach as a school leader and change agent, the ways that both Cognitive Coaching and Instructional Coaching are part of the professional learning culture at UWC, and the ways that coaches and school leaders can leverage micro-changes to create large scale ripple effects. For coaches looking to better understand the leadership aspects of their role, this episode is essential listening! Find the show notes for this episode here.
12 Touko 202150min
5 Approaches Coaches Can Use In Developing Relationships with Families with Diana Beabout
Welcome back to another episode of #coachbetter! We're continuing with our #coachbetter tips, inspired by our FiveMinuteFriday episodes on YouTube. In this episode, Diana is sharing five approaches coaches can use in developing relationships with families at their school. This topic was inspired by a question that came up on our #coachbetter Facebook group about the relationship between coaches and families. So if you have coaching questions, head over to our FB group and ask them! We will do our best to make a podcast about your question! Find the show notes for this episode here.
5 Touko 20217min
Building Capacity through Coaching & Peer Mentoring with Margaret Powers
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Margaret Powers, Director of STEAM Innovation in an independent school outside of Philadelphia. They talk about the unique structure of the innovation team at her school, including their distributed leadership model. They also discuss, in-depth, the Legacy Through Leadership program that the Innovation Team designed to build capacity through peer coaching and mentoring! If you are looking for sustainable models to engage teachers in professional growth that create lasting change in an organization, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
28 Huhti 202141min
Finding Your Voice as a Coach with Kim Cofino
Welcome back to another episode of #coachbetter! We're continuing with our #coachbetter tips, inspired by our FiveMinuteFriday episodes on YouTube. In this episode, Kim shares 3 ways to find your voice as an instructional coach. If this is a topic you would like to dig deeper into and you'd like to explore in your own professional learning, please head over to EduroLearning.com to see all of the great professional learning opportunities we have for you. Find the show notes for this episode here.
21 Huhti 202110min
Lessons Learned from Remote Coaching with Lisa Stringfellow
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Lisa Stringfellow (teacher, coach, ed tech coordinator, and author) about the lessons she's learned as a coach during both remote and hybrid learning; the ways that teachers can share successes with their colleagues, even when stress levels are high and time is limited; the development of this coaching role in her context and, of course, her book - and how she brings writing to life in her English classroom with her students! There is so much to unpack in this conversation from the strategies to make coaching work even when we can't be in the same room, to bringing the enthusiasm and energy of being a learner to our students and our teaching colleagues. If you're a coach working with teachers in many different grade levels and subject areas, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
14 Huhti 202147min
Defining Your Role as a Coach with Diana Beabout
We're continuing with our #coachbetter tips, inspired by our FiveMinuteFriday episodes on YouTube. In this episode, we have a guest host, Diana Beabout, Academy Mentor for The Coach Microcredential. Diana is sharing four considerations to effectively define the role of a coach. If this is a topic you would like to dig deeper into and you'd like to explore in your own professional learning, please head over to EduroLearning.com to see all of the great professional learning opportunities we have for you. Find the show notes for this episode here.
7 Huhti 20219min
The Importance of Having a Coach, As a Coach with Whitney Mercer & Megan Holstrom
In our fourth and final episode in our short series on Coaching in Practice, Kim is chatting with Whitney Mercer & Megan Holstrom. Whitney is the Lower School Instructional Coach at the American School of Madrid, and Megan is consulting as a coach with her school. From start to finish, this episode highlights the importance of having a coach, as a coach. The relationship that Megan and Whitney have built demonstrates the value of having someone to be vulnerable with, someone to work shoulder-to-shoulder with you, and someone to be a partner in learning. Not only will this episode convince you to work with a coach - as a coach, but there are tons of gems in here that are worth sharing with your teaching colleagues to help them understand the value of coaching! Find the show notes for this episode here.
31 Maalis 202156min
