Level Up Your Coaching 6: Where do coaches / does coaching fail? And what can we do about it?

In today's episode, it's just Kim and Clint because they are super excited about some new developments with this #coachbetter series and they wanted to share a little bit of their coaching experience with you. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-10/

20 Marras 201843min

Reid Wilson, Year 5 Homeroom teacher at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, shares his experience as a classroom teacher working with a wide variety of coaches, both at NIST and in his previous schools. Reid shares his perspective on how coaches are experts at giving their teachers "permission for potential", as well as specific feedback on what can make the coaching experience even more invaluable for teachers. For coaches wondering how best to work with the innovative and risk-taking teachers on their staff, this conversation has a wealth of feedback and practical strategies! Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-9/

19 Marras 201848min

In this episode Clint chats with Jess Keummerlin, Innovative Learning Coach at Shekou International School. Jess highlights the importance of empathy in building strong coaching relationships with members of his school community and shares some tips from his coaching tool kit to be visible, effective and understood as a coach. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-8/

19 Marras 201838min

This week we're chatting with Rebekah Madrid, Middle School Principal at Yokohama International School in Japan. Rebekah shares her perspective about coaching as a school leader, along with insights about making coaching work in a mid-sized school, as well as some very specific, strategic and smart ways for coaches to make themselves invaluable to any organization. Rebekah, Clint and I all worked together at YIS for several years, so this was a fantastic opportunity to get an inside look at how the school has developed in terms of coaching over the past few years. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-7/

19 Marras 201840min

This week we're chatting with Philip Williams, Head Librarian at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand. As a librarian at NIST, Philip is part of the coaching team, so this episode in particular highlights the overlaps of how a modern librarian fits into a culture of coaching at a school. Philip shares lots of great examples of how, even in schools without a coaching team, a librarian can be a stepping stone into building that coaching culture – with librarians as an information literacy coach. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-6/ Featured Guest Philip Williams https://twitter.com/flipoz Your Hosts Kim Cofino https://twitter.com/mscofino Clint Hamada https://twitter.com/chamada

19 Marras 201854min

Our awesome panel of expert coaches from around the world are back to help us explore and understand different coaching models!    Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-5/   Featured Guests Keri-Lee Beasley: https://twitter.com/klbeasley Ben Sheridan: https://twitter.com/b_sheridan Maggie Hos-McGrane: https://twitter.com/mumbaimaggi Tim Bray: https://twitter.com/tsbray Diana Beabout: https://twitter.com/dianabeabout   Your Host Kim Cofino https://twitter.com/mscofino

19 Marras 201855min

This week we're chatting with Christina Botbyl, Director of Curriculum at the American International School of Kuwait. Christina offers us her perspective as a school administrator and shares some of the successful strategies to a build a culture of coaching at AIS Kuwait as well as how instructional coaching supports student learning through teacher development and growth. This was a really deep and thoughtful conversation about coaching with a school leader who is as passionate about coaching as we are! Please note, Clint joins us part way through this episode, so you're stuck with just Kim for the first half! Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-4/ Featured Guest Christina Botbyl https://twitter.com/cbotbyl Your Hosts Kim Cofino https://twitter.com/mscofino Clint Hamada https://twitter.com/chamada

19 Marras 201854min

In this episode we chat with Tanya LeClair, Elementary Innovation Coach at the American International School of Guangzhou. Tanya talks about the importance of being a great collaborator in her role as a coach and shares her insight on advocating for teachers and building a coaching culture with her admin. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-3/

19 Marras 201846min