Maggie Colicchio, instructional coach from Alliance City Schools in Ohio, reflects on her experiences transitioning from being coached as a teacher to becoming an instructional coach herself.
Topics: Guest Blogger, First Year as a Coach, New School Year Preparation, Principal and Coach, Culture of Coaching, Teacher Leadership
Tonya Moody, instructional coach in Westfield Washington School District in central Indiana, shares her practiced techniques for new or transitioning instructional coaches to start their journey on the right foot.
Topics: Guest Blogger, Coaching, Tips and Tricks, First Year as a Coach, Instructional Coaching, Coaching Cycles
Kara McFarlin, an instructional technology coach in Illinois, shares five ways she made coaching a team effort during her first year as a coach. For more insights like hers from other new coaches check out our First Year as a Coach series!
Topics: Guest Blogger, Coaching, First Year as a Coach, Collaboration, Coaching Relationships
Allison Kieffner, instructional coach outside Boston, Massachusetts, reflects on the tools, learnings, and support she needed to make her first year coaching a successful one. Afterwards, read more perspectives like hers in our First Year as a Coach series!
Topics: Guest Blogger, Tips and Tricks, First Year as a Coach, Collaboration, Networking, Relationships
Tonya Moody, Instructional Coach in Westfield Washington School District in Indiana, highlights her experiences of using video to advance professional learning, create meaningful reflections for growth, and model best practices for teachers.
For more posts from instructional coaches, for instructional coaches, please check out our recent posts from the TeachBoost series, "Your Coaching Toolbox," or read previous posts from the chapter, "First Year As a Coach."
Topics: Guest Blogger, First Year as a Coach, Personalized Professional Development, Coaching Conversations, Modeling, Video Coaching
Rabecca Hester, instructional coach at Boyertown School District in Pennsylvania, shares her acquired techniques for building relationships, developing instructional focus, and using questions to drive feedback with her coachees.
If you're looking for additional coaching posts from your peers, please check out our recent posts from the TeachBoost series, Your Coaching Toolbox, or read previous posts from the chapter, First Year as a Coach.
Topics: Guest Blogger, First Year as a Coach, Building Relationships, Questioning Techniques, Collaboration, Coaching Conversations
Kelli Coons, instructional coach from Spartanburg County School District One in South Carolina, shares the importance of personalizing professional development within your coaching role—part of our new chapter in the "Your Coaching Toolbox" series, "First Year as a Coach."
Topics: Guest Blogger, First Year as a Coach, Coaching Cycles, Personalized Learning, Questioning Techniques
TeachBoost continues to learn—and share—experiences, skills, and tools from instructional coaches in our new chapter in the "Your Coaching Toolbox" series, "First Year as a Coach."
Billy Spicer, Instructional Coach from Lake Zurich CUSD95 in Illinois, shares the importance of effective communication within a coaching meeting, making a habit of empathizing with others, and how to grow your professional learning network.
Topics: Guest Blogger, Coaching, Trust, Empathy, First Year as a Coach, Building Relationships
Jason MacDonald, instructional coach from Alberta, Canada, shares his 3 tips for establishing a coaching role with the school leadership team and how to address teacher-coach confidentiality.
For more posts from instructional coaches, for instructional coaches, please check out our recent posts from the TeachBoost series entitled: "Your Coaching Toolbox".
Topics: Guest Blogger, Culture of Coaching, First Year as a Coach, Instructional Leadership, Instructional Coaching
TeachBoost continues to learn—and share—experiences, skills, and tools from instructional coaches via our new chapter in the Your Coaching Toolbox series entitled, First Year as a Coach.
Kristy Louden, first year Instructional Coach from Hoover City School District in Alabama, reflects on her first year as a coach and what it's like to build a coaching role from the ground up.
Topics: Guest Blogger, First Year as a Coach, Tips and Tricks, Culture of Coaching