What skills do coaches practice to communicate being fully present in coaching conversations? How do those conversations support a growth-oriented environment where teachers feel valued, heard, and empowered to take ownership of their professional learning? Consider your use of questions and paraphrases in coaching. Find “The Leader’s Guide to Coaching in Schools: Creating Conditions for […]

Just like classroom environment impacts student learning, school environment impacts staff learning and teaching. How does coaching assist teachers in understanding and influencing the environment and conditions that will support learning? What roles do instructional coaches, teacher leaders and administrators play in cultivating the needed school environment? Examine the differences in managing and leading. Read […]

Working on the environment should be a continuous focus of leaders in schools and in classrooms. Simon Sinek shared this statement that reinforces our need to focus on creating an environment that supports and encourages those that we lead. “Because we are social animals, we respond to the environment we are in. Leaders are responsible […]

My wonderings are at that spot where several of my experiences, conversations, readings, and social media messages are overlapping and connecting. Not sure I have a clearly thought-out message yet, so I decided to share them in this blog and see where it takes me. Reading: I just completed a thorough reading of The End […]

Instructional coaches and school leaders need to model and support environments were educators are vulnerable and comfortable with feelings of discomfort. Living in the “Learning Dip” is an important stage in  learning. True for our students and ourselves. Visit Wise Ways Consulting. Read David Peck’s “Power in Vulnerability”. Read Vicki Dearling’s, “Three Good Reasons Why […]