by Kim Cofino | Nov 18, 2019 | Instructional Coaches
We know the number one priority for every instructional coach is relationships: building them, maintaining them, and making them at the forefront of what we do. And every school year brings us closer to having those deep professional conversations with more and more...
by Diana Beabout | Nov 11, 2019 | Instructional Coaches
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...
by Kim Cofino | Oct 28, 2019 | Instructional Coaches
For many tech (or instructional) coaches, our job descriptions are not clearly defined within our schools. We may have great external resources, like the ISTE Standards for Coaches or their whitepaper on coaching (and of course all of the awesome resources that...
by Kim Cofino | Oct 21, 2019 | Instructional Coaches
Remember when you were a kid and you played a team sport? Or maybe you were like me and played an instrument, or took fine arts lessons? Or maybe you just had a hobby or a class where you had some guidance for how to improve your skills? All of those experiences were...
by Kim Cofino | Oct 7, 2019 | Instructional Coaches
As all coaches know, the coaching conversation is the cornerstone to our work with our colleagues. So that means we want to make sure each and every conversation is the best it can be! No matter how many coaching conversations you’ve had, there are always...
by Kim Cofino | Sep 23, 2019 | Instructional Coaches
One of the challenges of the coaching role in schools is that it is often left undefined (and sometimes unsupervised and unsupported). One of the challenges of the coaching role in schools is that it is often left undefined (and sometimes unsupervised and...
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