Have you ever wondered what coaching looks like in schools where it’s been implemented well?
What might be the key signs that coaching is going the way it should?
This clip from from one of my favorite episodes from a previous season, featuring Ji Han, Associate Director of School Evaluation and Support at CIS is a perfect description!
Ji has such a wide experience with coaching in so many schools, hearing her description of what coaching looks like when it’s working well can provide a powerful vision for school leaders, or coaches advocating for instructional coaching.
I’m sharing this specific clip because it addresses several of the most common questions I hear when I speak with school leaders about coaching, they wonder
- if they should mandate coaching to ensure that every educator takes advantage of that support.
- If leaders should do the coaching (perhaps part of Professional Growth Plan)
- How to celebrate the success of coaching if it is confidential
Ji clearly articulates how coaching can grow, when we ensure that we have some essential structures in place: coaching is invitational, coaching happens with a peer, and we see coaching as an experience for all teachers, rather than viewing it as a way to “fix” teachers (or a deficit model).
These are three big components that come up on the show all the time, so if this is interesting to you, please be sure to check out the other episodes I’ve linked below:
- Untangling Instructional Coaching, Evaluation & Appraisal with Samantha Olson-Wyman and Stephanie Cifuentes
- What is coaching and why is it important?
If this is a conversation you’re having right now with your school leaders, make sure to download our free Leadership QuickStart Guide which features many quotes from school leaders here on the podcast (like Ji) that will help you advocate for coaching in leadership language today!
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3 Signs of a Successful Coaching Culture….
In this conversation, Ji highlights three key elements of a successful coaching culture. They are:
1: The Strongest Teachers Opt-in to Coaching
A successful coaching culture is when the people who are being coached are some of the best teachers in the school. That school has made it very clear that coaching is a growth process. So often the superstar teachers are the ones who get the least amount of support. When the strongest teachers are excited and talking about coaching, they become the role models for the fact that we can always be lifelong learners.
2: Coaches are Peers (Not Administrators)
A successful coaching culture is when it’s not the leaders who are the coaches. It’s so hard for both admin and teachers to be able to switch between administrator & coach. Not having the admin be the coach and have two hats.
3: Coaching is Celebrated
A successful coaching culture is when there’s a lot of sharing going, when the people who are being coached – it’s celebrated and shared, and there’s a safe environment to take risks and share what works and maybe didn’t.
Do you see these signs in your school setting?
When you reflect on your coaching culture, do you see these three signs? How might they be supporting the growth of coaching in your setting?
Or are there areas that you can continue working towards? In what ways might progress in those areas support the growth of coaching in your setting?
Curious about how to move towards these three signs? Read on for more learning opportunities below!
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