start of school - Steve Barkley

Kicking Off Conversations About Coaching

As a new school year starts, conversations about coaching are critical. Have instructional coaches and principals engaged in sufficient conversations to align the coach’s decision- making about how to prioritize coaching activities? Are plans in place for a staff discussion about expectations for a coaching culture in the school and teachers’ engagement in coaching activities? […]

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Podcast: Mindsets to Explore for the Start of School (Part I)

Mindsets influence both conscious and unconscious behaviors we as educators put into practice. In part one of this series, Cory Camp from SIBME Coach Replay joins me to explore how fear of “learning loss” might be replaced with excitement for rejoining our students in a love of learning and being together. How teachers can collaborate […]

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