Alexsandra Bermudez

Decatur, Georgia, USA 🇺🇸

Instructional Coach/IB Coordinator

I am currently in my third year of coaching. I wanted to join The Coach to connect with a global coaching community and learn from my peers.I’m excited to develop a coaching culture at my school and deepen my own coaching practice this academic year. My goal during this program is to establish a sustainable coaching program for my school and enhance my coaching practices.  believe the Thrive model will be instrumental in guiding the steps I need to take to support a coaching program at my school.

Stacey Dreyer

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA 🇺🇸

Instructional Coach

This is my first year as an instructional coach. I have spent the past 20 years as a high school Spanish teacher. I am also certified as an English Language Specialist and have worked with elementary age multilingual learners. I am looking forward to learning this role over the next academic year and supporting the teachers in our district. My goal for this program is to learn as much as I can while also balancing work and my literacy graduate work. I look forward to working with you all during this year.

Angela Coates

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA 🇺🇸

Instructional Coach

This is my first year as an instructional coach and my first year with Phoenixville Area School District. I was inspired to become a coach from the phenomenal group of coaches I worked with in my last distinct. I am looking forward to this additional layer of support in helping me define who I am as a coach, as well as create a foundation for the years of coaching to follow. My goals are to define myself as a coach and to just learn as much as possible about the role and all of the things it can be. 

Brandon Evers

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA 🇺🇸

Instructional Coach

My coaching journey started 5 years ago when our district adopted a coaching program.  I invited the coaches in right away, and have worked with them up until I entered my new role as a coach!  I am looking forward to this academic year learning from as many people as possible and how to apply their learning experience to make it work for me.  Learning how to best make myself visible, approachable, and helpful to all grade levels in my district.  All while figuring out my goals, pathways, and areas of growth. Really looking forward to connecting with so many different educators across the world!

Scott Finch

Taichung, Taiwan 🇹🇼

Director of Learning

This is my first year as an instructional coach and my first year with Phoenixville Area School District. I was inspired to become a coach from the phenomenal group of coaches I worked with in my last distinct. I am looking forward to this additional layer of support in helping me define who I am as a coach, as well as create a foundation for the years of coaching to follow. My goals are to define myself as a coach and to just learn as much as possible about the role and all of the things it can be. 

Angela Mee Lee

Hanoi, Vietnam

Early Years Performing Arts teacher

My coaching journey began with a strong desire to work alongside and support colleagues after experiencing positive and helpful coaching conversations as a specialist educator with previous leadership teams. I am really looking forward to setting up my mission as a coach, learning how to set up systems for clarity and continuing to be a part of the international coaching community. Having a clear coaching cycle with additional tools and strategies will really support this goal and something I really look forward to learning about and applying.

Ana Christina López

Daegu, South Korea 🇰🇷

Secondary Spanish teacher

Although I don’t have coaching experience yet, I am hopeful that I can start taking my first steps in this area soon, as the administrators at my school have shown interest and openness to the idea of starting a coaching program. My main goal during this program is to build the necessary skills to develop my coaching practice. I also aim to acquire the tools and knowledge needed to participate in implementing coaching practices at my school, so I can contribute to fostering a positive attitude toward this process and incorporate it as part of the school’s growth.

Nikki Hume

Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭

Early Years and Grade One Art specialist

I have gained extensive experience in middle leadership roles, including team leader positions, chairing school-wide committees, and facilitating divisional professional development. I work closely with Art, Preschool, and Kindergarten teams, co-teaching weekly and regularly meeting with each group. In these interactions, I bring a coaching mindset, focusing on sharing pedagogy, reflecting on the effectiveness of our practices, and fostering deeper professional relationships. As I continue to guide my colleagues in refining their approaches, I am eager to advance my coaching skills.

Jennifer Overstreet

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

Instructional Coach

My coaching journey has been driven by a deep commitment to creating spaces where teachers feel seen, supported, and inspired to bring their full selves to their work. My goals for the program are to deepen my understanding of how to support teachers in sustaining their passion and curiosity, even amid the many challenges we face in education today. I’m also considering how to build a connection-based, inquiry-driven approach to coaching, ensuring that our program is solid and sustainable as it grows over the coming years. 

Kirsten Baldwin

Shanghai, China 🇨🇳

Grade 8 Math teacher and Team Lead

I have been inspired from an early point in my career by the power of coaching on teachers, curriculum, learning experiences for students, and vertical alignment. I decided to join The Coach to gain better insight into coaching, connect with others worldwide, and build my capacity as a team lead. My goal is to become a math coach. This academic year, I am looking forward to developing a stronger curriculum and implementing more UDL in our units, as I am teaching two new courses. I am excited to bring the work I am learning here into my own practice.

Michael Crachiolo

Shanghai, China 🇨🇳

High School English and Global Politics

While I have never been a coach in any official capacity, I find myself coaching my peers regularly; additionally, I did a lot of explicit coaching with teachers at my previous school in Guangzhou, China as head of English there, as part of my job was to do observations and use data from observations in conversation with teachers to help them improve their practice, in addition to coordinating department curriculum (vertical, horizontal alignment, and alignment to Common Core standards). My goals for taking this program really are about attaching what I already know and what I already do to well-established coaching models and theories in order to improve and grow.

Alison Travis Roberts

Shanghai, China 🇨🇳

High School English teacher and Language Specialist

My passion has always been in the classroom, but throughout my teaching career I have done a fair amount of teacher training and support. One of my greater concerns when I work with other teachers is my lack of language to help them process. I always have ideas or thoughts on what to improve, yet I want it to be more of a conversation. I often work with a tech coach who uses the language of the coaching cycle and it makes logical sense to me. I want to learn how to implement this cycle and support teachers’ discoveries and explorations to better support students in the classroom.

Sarah Tudge

Manila, Phillippines 🇵🇭

High School Curriculum Coordinator

I have been coaching for quite I while I was an AST in the UK, where I was the creativity coach in London. I am also trained in cognitive and instructional coaching. I have joined the Coach to have a community of coaches and to work on honing my skills. I am looking forward to reflecting, learning, trying, and reflecting again.

Andrea Goodrich

Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳

Grade 4 Teacher

I’m just beginning my journey into coaching, driven by a strong desire to support fellow educators. I love sharing ideas, collaborating with my colleagues, and creating opportunities for staff development. Throughout my teaching career, I’ve been fortunate to have amazing mentor teachers who have significantly influenced my growth as an educator. Now that I have 18 years of experience, I’m eager to give back and become a mentor myself. While I’m confident in my teaching abilities, I’m excited to further enhance my skills to better support my colleagues.