Communication Strategies for Instructional Coaches to Support Teachers During (and After) Remote Learning
It’s almost been a year that we’ve been remote learning and things are still changing, we’re still learning and encountering new surprises during this pandemic. This #coachbetter episode connects us back to our episodes from the spring - even though we’ve been in it for a while, we’re still constantly preparing to go remote, and this highlights the interplay between remote and F2F learning, particularly in our coaching practice. We have five of our superstar coaches from the podcast: Amy, Tim, Diana, Ben, and Will, so you get a wide range of perspectives and experiences! Since many of the schools we were in are back to face-to-face instruction, we also wanted to highlight the transition back to on-site school after an extended period of remote learning. We talk about what worked and what didn’t during remote learning, as well as the experiences coming back to in-person learning this academic year! Find the show notes for this episode here.
2 Dec 202052min
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome as an Instructional Coach with Tonya Gilchrist
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Tonya Gilchrist, Information Literacy Consultant and experienced literacy and technology coach about Tonya’s work with schools around the world, and what she’s learned about building a coaching culture. They also talk about the challenge of “impostor syndrome” as a coach and the importance of being a lifelong learner. If you’re looking for concrete examples of how to build a coaching culture, as well as how to strengthen your practice as a coach, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
18 Nov 202046min
The Value of Having a Mentor As a Learning Leader with Allison Rodman
This #coachbetter features episode Allison Rodman, founder of The Learning Loop and author of Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice. Allison has extensive experience in personalizing professional learning, and shares her key recommendations including for group PD settings. If you facilitate professional learning in any context, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
4 Nov 202040min
Reflective Prompts to Help Teachers & Coaches Bring Social Justice Into Their Classroom with Alysa Perraras
This episode features Alysa Perraras, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Coach at The Columbus School in Columbia. Over the past year, Alysa has worked with all stakeholder groups to build a vision and framework for social justice across the school. Kim and Alysa discuss in-depth, how Alysa and her school community are building the systems needed to create “agents of change” including reflective prompts coaches and teachers can use to consider how we can bring a lens of justice and equity into every subject area. If you are curious about how to implement wide scale, school wide change, in particular through the lens of social justice and equity, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
21 Okt 202050min
How to Bring an Equity Lens to Your Instructional Coaching Practice with Darnell Fine
If you are interested in bringing an equity lens to your coaching, this episode is for you! Kim has a conversation with Darnell Fine, an Instructional Coach at Singapore American School. Darnell is currently working on his doctorate in educational leadership from USC grounded in racial justice scholarship! They discuss the relationship between education, coaching and equity, successful strategies coaches can use when working to bring an equity lens to our coaching conversations with teachers - as well as pitfalls to avoid, how to identify if schools really are living their mission, and how to start these kinds of conversations on a school-wide level - including with parents. Find the show notes for this episode here.
7 Okt 202055min
Building Coaching Relationships with Nneka Johnson
In this episode of #coachbetter Kim chats with Nneka Johnson, Director of Innovation at the International School Dhakar in Sudan. Relationships are the key to coaching with impact and Nneka shares how she has been able to make great strides in her school in a very small amount of time because of the relationships she builds. Nneka also discusses the evolution of the role of Technology Director to Director of Innovation, the changes she has been able to establish at ISD during her tenure, and the expectations she has for teaching and learning this academic year during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are working on building deep relationships with our colleagues - in a virtual or face-to-face setting, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
30 Sep 202044min
Bringing Social Justice into the Classroom with Dr. Sawsan Jaber
In this episode, Kim talks with Dr. Sawsan Jaber, Founder of Education Unfiltered and High School English teacher in the Chicago area. They discuss, in-depth, how to get started bringing social justice conversations into your classroom, the value of vulnerability as an educator, and the power of technology as a tool for equity in all subject areas If you are interested in supporting teachers in having these kinds of conversations, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
16 Sep 202045min
Creating a Culture of Equity & Inclusion with Ken Shelton
This #coachbetter episode features Ken Shelton, who is currently working with schools around the world on technology, equity, and inclusion. Ken’s extensive background with many different school communities provides lots of insight for those of us working towards social justice, and in particular through the lens of technology for equity. If you are interested in coaching for social justice and tech equity, this episode is for you! Find the show notes for this episode here.
2 Sep 202042min
