In “Building Teachers’ Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders,” authors Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral describe four developmental stages through which teachers progress as they strengthen their skill in self-reflection. Understanding these stages helps coaches and school leaders match their support to teachers’ current mindsets and readiness for growth. How […]

In a previous blog, I shared the work of Randy Conley and Drea Zigarmi that identified twelve factors of employee work passion (EWP) categorized as organizational, job, and relationship factors. (You can find the twelve here.) In that blog I explored two factors that I believe deserve attention as leaders plan for the opening of […]

Chapter Seven in The Leader’s Guide to Coaching in Schools, by John Campbell and Christian van Nieuwerburgh is titled Creating the Right Context for Feedback. In this chapter, the authors stress that creating an environment for growing and learning means a focus on learning how to receive and give feedback positively. I have written previously […]