I had the opportunity to meet educator and author, Jessica Vance, at a conference for instructional coaches. She took part in a session I was facilitating around coaches’ use of questions in engaging teachers in reflection as part of coaching conferences as well as in PLC explorations. After the session, Jessica provided me a copy […]

When I am doing coaching training within a school district that is conducting walkthroughs, I am often asked if walkthroughs are a form of coaching. My usual response is,”It depends.” It depends on the relationships and the conversations that occur between people doing the walkthroughs and the teachers whose classrooms are being observed. While working […]