#coachbetter blog posts …

Follow Nicola The Topic: Phase 0: Foundations Milestone The Task: Share your artifact and a written reflection on your learning during this phase. What were your key “aha” moments during Phase 0: Foundations? I am my biggest (and worst) critic. That in itself is not a...

Follow Kelly The Topic: Phase 0: Foundations Milestone The Task: Share your artifact and a written reflection on your learning during this phase. What were your key “aha” moments during Phase 0: Foundations? (these can be pulled from your private reflections inside...

Follow Ashley The Topic: Working with Adults & Teams The Task: Share your experience and learning about working with adults I have learned so much from my early days of coaching. When I started coaching I had only had one course in a literacy master’s that briefly...

Follow Kate The Topic: Coaching Challenges The Task: After reviewing some of the surprising challenges that all coaches face, reflect on your own experience. What surprised you most when you became a coach? When I became a coach I was really surprised by how critical...

Follow Karli The Topic: Coaches as Leaders The Task: Reflect on an experience where a new program was implemented in your school setting. What was the change that was implemented? Our school implemented a change initiative around deeper learning which basically means...

Follow Becca The Topic: Foundations for Success The Task: Individual reflection on leadership When I sat down to complete this post, I honestly struggled a lot. I was focused on how I am a leader as a coach and felt the imposter syndrome set in something fierce. I had...

Follow Tina The Topic: Coaching: From Theory to Practice The Task: Have a post-observation coaching conversation The pre-observation and questions I prepared before meeting with Lara helped us plan and bounce back ideas for her class. I was able to learn from her...

Follow Becca The Topic: Coaching Challenges The Task: After reviewing some of the surprising challenges that all coaches face, reflect on your own experience. What surprised you most when you became a coach? What was your biggest challenge? The biggest surprise for me...

Follow Kate The Topic: Working with Adults and Teams The Task: Share your thoughts about your experience working with adults. Think back to your early days working with adults. What do you know now that you would have done differently then? In my early days of working...

Follow Karli The Topic: Complete a Coaching Cycle The Task: In collaboration with the same teaching partner as before, have a post-observation coaching conversation. Share your experiences through a thoughtful reflection from your coaching program that demonstrates...

Follow Tracy The Topic: Evaluating Your Coaching Program The Task: Share your thoughts on your coaching program The Thrive Coaching Model Evaluation was very useful to reflect on where we are at as a school from my perspective. It is helpful to see it in the three...