by Kim Cofino | Sep 28, 2022 | 5 Min Fri, bestofcbqt, Coaches as Leaders, The Coach Intro
This topic is near and dear to my heart because I truly believe that instructional coaching is the key driver in continued, long term professional growth in schools. I know, we have tons of options for professional learning: conferences, in-house PD, consultants,...
by Kim Cofino | Aug 31, 2022 | 5 Min Fri, bestofcbqt, New to Coaching, The Coach Feature
I really believe that coaching is the best job ever. I love being a coach. I love the position in schools. I truly believe coaching is the key to sustainable professional growth, but as a really complicated position to be in. I often say it’s the “messy middle”...
by Kim Cofino | Jul 14, 2022 | 5 Min Fri, bestofcbqt, New to Coaching
We’ve all heard the term coach. Whether we think of an athletic coach, or a performing arts coach, or a life coach. We all have preconceived notions of what coaching is. This can make our job as instructional coaches even more complicated! Because as coaches, we...
by Kim Cofino | Jul 1, 2022 | 5 Min Fri, bestofcbqt, New to Coaching
I like to say that coaching should be like Starbucks: customized to you, and consistent every time. One of the things that makes a custom but consistent experience is having a structure for the process of coaching. In today’s post, I’m going to share...
by Kim Cofino | Feb 16, 2022 | 5 Min Fri, bestofcbqt, Coaches as Leaders
When you think of making coaching a success, what does that mean to you? Do you think about YOU, the coach? Or do you think about the vision for your program? Or the processes you follow? What do we really mean when we say “successful coaching”? This...
by Kim Cofino | Jan 19, 2022 | 5 Min Fri, bestofcbqt, Coaches as Leaders
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, or listener of the podcast, you know that I am a huge fan of Joellen Killion. You might even call me a superfan – I’ve been an avid reader of her work for well over a decade! So I was over the moon excited to...
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