#coachbetter blog posts …

Follow Ian 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? I think the greatest...

Follow Kate The Topic: Working with Adults & Teams The Task: In collaboration with a teaching partner, have a post-observation coaching conversation. In an earlier post I had shared my experience with my coachee regarding the observation session. She had never...

Follow Ashley The Topic: Coaching Challenges The Task: Share how you are currently collecting and reflecting on the data you collect How often do you collect feedback? What form does it take? There are multiple ways that we collect feedback. We started with the third...

Follow Tracy 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? The “aha” moment for me as I worked through the 4 modules...

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...