Seeing Yourself as a Coach

Seeing Yourself as a Coach

I believe everyone can be a coach. School improvement is a collaborative effort and all members of a school community benefit by understanding the role of coaching and coaching strategies as part of professional practice. When I’ve facilitated workshops on coaching...
Coaches as Leaders: Perceptions and Connections

Coaches as Leaders: Perceptions and Connections

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. John Quincy Adams, American President Over the years I’ve had numerous conversations with other coaches about our roles and responsibilities. Sometimes those are...
How to Have an Effective Coaching Conversation

How to Have an Effective Coaching Conversation

As coaches, we work with a variety of people with a variety of perspectives, experiences and needs which leads to our need to be prepared for a wide variety of conversations. Sometimes these conversations are ‘on the fly’ and unplanned. In other cases, we have an...
The Many Roles of a Coach

The Many Roles of a Coach

Coaches, new and experienced, often find themselves juggling many roles and responsibilities based on their job descriptions (which can be very detailed or very vague), the needs and expectations of the school community, and as both planned and unplanned situations...