The MOST Critical Element for Instructional Coaching Success in Any School with Melanie Smith
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 distric...
4 Sep 201944min
What Do Classroom Teachers Need From An Instructional Coach? with Carrie Zimmer
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,...
28 Aug 201937min
#coachstudies with Coaches Panel (The Content Expert)
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 spec...
21 Aug 201940min
Cultivate Leadership Buy-In for Instructional Coaching with Kim Cofino and Clint Hamada
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 ...
14 Aug 201938min
How to Demonstrate Your Value as An Instructional Coach to All Community Stakeholders with Hillary Marshall
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 ye...
13 Aug 201938min
What Can Instructional Coaches do to Measure Their Impact? with Jordan Benedict
Today we're chatting with Jordan Benedict, Teacher and Data Coach at Shanghai American School in China. As a Data Coach, Jordan works with teachers and school leaders to collect and analyze data to in...
11 Aug 201946min
The Importance of Self-Care for Instructional Coaches with Cindy Tisdall-McPhee
In today's episode we're chatting with Cindy Tisdall-McPhee, Head of Counseling at UWC Singapore. This was a powerful conversation, highlighting the importance of self-care in a coaching role. Cindy r...
31 Juli 201935min
Why YOU Deserve an Instructional Coach! with Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung
In this episode Kim chats with Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung, 6th grade science teacher, Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus. Lisa's concrete examples of working with the coaching team at SAS provide clear a...
24 Juli 201934min
