Instructional coach office

Need help setting up your instructional coaching office? On this episode of the Coaching Podcast, I share eight different spaces that can be useful to get the job done! When choosing your instructional coaching office set up it’s best for you to consider your role and responsibilities. You want your instructional coaching room to be functional for the specific work you will be doing with the teachers. Click to listen as I give my best tips including making a list and map before you start.

So, if you're an instructional coach, and this is your first year, congratulations. You've made it...at least a week. Around this time in ...

If more schools took the time for collaborative planning rather than top-down PD, we'd be in a better place.

Every Sunday afternoon, I figure out in advance everything that I need to do for the week ahead and create a time blocked plan to work from. Instead of trying to be generally productive or working off a random task list, I thoughtfully organize my work according to what must be done this week, divide […]

I'm not embarrassed to say that one of the main reasons teaching first perked my interest was the office supplies. I remember sitti...

Need ideas for introducing yourself as an instructional coach? Without a good introduction, teachers might not know what job you are there to do. This post shares three fun ways for introducing yourself and your role as a coach. Try a newsletter or a presentation, or even a fun "Coffee with the Coach" event to share your role and responsibilities with teachers! #instructionalcoach #instructionalcoachintroduction

The coaching cycle. We hear about it all of the time. It's a best-practice approach to working with individual teachers, honoring that th...

I have been perusing Pinterest these past few weeks in search of not only some quality instructional coaching tools, but also som...

I have a hard truth to tell you. I don't know if you'll like it, but it must be said. Not everyone is going to be excited to work wi...

I'm not embarrassed to say that one of the main reasons teaching first perked my interest was the office supplies. I remember sitti...