Coaching teachers

Moving into a coaching role as a teacher can be daunting for anyone. You spent years in the classroom perfecting your craft and all of a sudden you are in a new role and feel like a first year teacher all over again. But, you don’t have to. This post serves as a guide for…

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

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

As an instructional coach, there are certain items that can make supporting teachers easier. Each of the items shared here are highly recommended by myself as a teacher leader working in multiple buildings across a large district. Grab a binder and fill it with essentials like your standards, pacing guide, and teacher performance rubrics. Below…

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

The authors of The Coach Approach provide insight into their favorite technology tools for instructional coaches and best practices for school coaching.

We're here. We've arrived. After sharing about coaching cycles, collaborative planning, and preparing for modeling & coteaching, it'...

If you're not visiting classrooms and providing feedback as an instructional coach, how do you know if your coaching support is hitting the mark? Whether you're conducting classroom visits as part of the coaching cycle or not, these tips will help you be ready to schedule your visits, know what you're looking at, and provide purposeful feedback to teachers. Make today the day you really understand what's going on at your school! #instructionalcoach #schoolleadership

Last week I gave a feedback survey to my teachers, asking how they would like to spend our end-of-year wrap-up. More than half of them responded that they wanted an...