The summer is over, but if you’re like me, you’ve thought all summer long about how to help teachers increase student engagement, build their repertoire of teaching skills, and refine your own coaching practices at the same time.

We’ve all been there: The school year begins with traditional excitement, time passes and excitement continues to build toward the mid-year holidays, then things start to get a bit cold and stale. Perhaps your work with teachers also starts to become monotonous and repetitive. So, what do you do?

The below excerpts are highlights from Iowa educator Kathy Perret's recent blog post, "A New Administrator's Journey." Once again, we are thrilled to read real-life stories that illustrate how TeachBoost supports exceptional instructional leaders. You can read Kathy's first story on working smarter (not harder) here.

How can school leaders provide feedback that actually helps teachers improve their practice?

The below excerpts are highlights from educator Kathy Perret's recent blog post, "Let's Work Smarter, Not Harder."  Thank you, Kathy, for sharing this Iowa story of success!