Coaching for Impact, Not Activity with Donna Spangler

Coaching for Impact, Not Activity with Donna Spangler

In this #coachbetter episode Kim talks with Donna Spangler, who spent the majority of her career working in US public schools as a teacher, then coach, then chair of a team of coaches, then assistant principal and president of her teacher’s union. She also served as President of the Pennslyvania chapter of Learning Forward, and now works as a coach through Sibme and Executive Director of Edjacent, which is a company that supports educators and change makers. All of these experiences center around Donna’s passion for professional learning for adults, and this episode focuses on one of her key areas of expertise: coaching for impact (not activity).

In this episode Donna and Kim talk about:

  • what makes coaching so impactful for schools

  • How coaches create meaningful change in teachers’ instruction and positively impact the school building and system

  • the difference between measuring coaching impact vs coaching activity and why coaching impact is so important

  • Why coaches might consider creating a coaching impact report

  • How can coaches can ensure they are retaining focus on impact - rather than activity, especially when they might feel pressure to demonstrate "activity"

  • How coaches can create sustainable structures for ongoing data collection.

  • the systems and structures need to be in place for international schools who are building coaching programs

  • the common pitfalls that schools (and school leaders) often fall into when building coaching programs


This episode is a GOLD MINE of practical advice and strategies for instructional coaches who not only want to make an impact but want to be able to document and share that impact with others.

A Coaching for Impact Mini-Guide (for this episode by Donna Spangler)

Find the show notes for this episode here.

Like this episode, you’ll enjoy this:

The Importance of Measuring Your Impact as an Instructional Coach

Let’s Connect:

Learn with Kim

Read more from Kim:

Episoder(325)

We're All on the Same Team: A Librarian's Perspective with Katy Vance

We're All on the Same Team: A Librarian's Perspective with Katy Vance

In this episode we’re talking to Katy Vance, Librarian at Yokohama International School In Japan. Katy talks about how coaches make her a more awesome version of herself! Katy combines a wealth of experience as classroom teacher and a librarian in schools around the world to identify her keys to building a culture of coaching: from prioritizing community and connections, to valuing risk taking and learning from failure, to a culture of openness and collaboration - it all comes down to relationships. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-35

15 Mai 201939min

Can anyone be coached? with Kim Cofino and Clint Hamada

Can anyone be coached? with Kim Cofino and Clint Hamada

In this episode Clint and Kim are chatting about a question we received in our #coachbetter FB group: Can anyone be coached? They talk about all sorts of critical elements, like school culture, teacher mindset, and the perception of what coaching is (and what it isn’t) in this conversation. They also talk about lots of different ways that coaches can start to have deeper professional conversations with their colleagues. If you’re wondering how to support all the different teachers in your school, this conversation has tons of great ideas to get you started! Full Show Notes https://edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-34

8 Mai 201925min

Level Up Your Coaching: Highlights

Level Up Your Coaching: Highlights

We hope you’ve had a chance to watch our Level Up Your Coaching miniseries of 8 episodes, featuring perspectives on coaching from our inspiring educators from around the world! Just in case you missed an episode, we’ve pulled together the key highlights from each conversation in this one video! Instead of hearing all the perspectives to one question, today’s episode will feature one educators response to each question. The purpose of this highlights video is to share the key takeaways from each of the 8 videos in the series - all in just one episode! This overview of how school leaders, counselors, classroom teachers, and librarians all work with coaches - and how they view the coaching role from their perspective - is a great way to see the impact that we have as coaches in our schools!

1 Mai 201920min

Level Up Your Coaching 8: What was your “aha” moment?

Level Up Your Coaching 8: What was your “aha” moment?

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   It's our last episode in this mini-series and our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what was your “aha” moment that shifted your perspective from not caring about coaching to being on board?  Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-32

24 Apr 201915min

Level Up Your Coaching 7: What makes a Coach Invaluable to You?

Level Up Your Coaching 7: What makes a Coach Invaluable to You?

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what makes a coach invaluable to you? Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-31

17 Apr 201917min

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

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

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, where do coaches/does coaching fail and what can we do about it?   Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-30

10 Apr 201917min

Level Up Your Coaching 5: What’s Needed to Build a Coaching Culture?

Level Up Your Coaching 5: What’s Needed to Build a Coaching Culture?

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what are the essential elements for coaching success in a school and what’s needed to build a coaching culture?   Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-29

3 Apr 201918min

Level Up Your Coaching 4: What do you do when you don’t have the opportunity to work with a coach? [Ep 28]

Level Up Your Coaching 4: What do you do when you don’t have the opportunity to work with a coach? [Ep 28]

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what do you do when you don’t have the opportunity to work with a coach?   Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-28

27 Mar 201914min

Populært innen Fakta

fastlegen
dine-penger-pengeradet
hanna-de-heldige
fryktlos
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
rss-strid-de-norske-borgerkrigene
foreldreradet
treningspodden
jakt-og-fiskepodden
dypdykk
rss-sunn-okonomi
rss-kunsten-a-leve
takk-og-lov-med-anine-kierulf
hverdagspsyken
doktor-fives-podcast
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid
sinnsyn
mikkels-paskenotter
dopet
lederskap-nhhs-podkast-om-ledelse