focus on learning - Steve Barkley

Podcast: Why a Focus on Learning

Judy Thompson shares her views on how our traditional, “industrial” schooling model needs to change. Her focus on coaching and facilitating learning emerged as she recognized how teaching English as reading and writing wasn’t leading to success with the language. Consider how her thinking supports your desire for maximizing student learning. Teachers talk—–Facilitators listen Teachers […]

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How is Distance Coaching Different from in the Classroom Coaching? (Part 3)

I shared in part 1 and part 2 that when I was asked this question in an interview my first response was to change the question. I’m convinced that how coaching is the same is a much more important question. The critical components and elements of coaching that have been developed across the last twenty-five […]

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How is Distance Coaching Different from in the Classroom Coaching? (Part 2)

Last week, I shared that when I was asked the above question in interview session at the Simply Coaching Summit — Quarantine Edition with Nicole Turner, my first response was to ask to change the question. I’m convinced that how coaching is the same is a much more important question. The critical components and elements […]

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