Preparing to Lead Professional Learning

Preparing to Lead Professional Learning

Are you prepared to lead professional learning as a coach? Have you considered the ways that facilitating adult learning might be different than working with students? As coaches, we’re often asked to facilitate professional learning for our colleagues, and for...
Two Ways Instructional Coaches are Leaders

Two Ways Instructional Coaches are Leaders

When talking about the roles of coaches, I often refer to the ten roles and responsibilities of coaches and teacher-leaders shared by Joellen Killion and Cindy Harrison in Coaching Matters and Taking the Lead: New roles for teachers and school-based coaches, two of my...
Changing Minds and Starting a Revolution

Changing Minds and Starting a Revolution

In a blog post from the summer, author and #CoachBetter podcast guest, Steve Barkley, shared the work of Tom Guskey. Guskey reminds us of the change sequence that states, Experience shapes teachers’ attitudes and beliefs (not the other way around).”   In...