Podcast Episodes

Taking the time to reflect on our coaching is crucial to continual growth and improvement as instructional coaches. We want to ensure that we are using the most effective strategies and practices that allow us to make the greatest impact on our teachers and their students. In this episode, we are looking at how we…

The school year is wrapping up and summer is quickly approaching! Meeting with your teachers before the school year ends is so important so you can work together to close out the school year and start to prepare for next year. These end of the year meetings  with your teachers should be meaningful, productive, and…

If you are considering transitioning into the instructional coaching role, the thought of interviewing for a position may be intimidating for you. The good news is that you likely have some incredible experience as a teacher, leader, or coach that you can use to ace your interview. There are some common questions and topics that…

Instructional coaches should not be members of a PLC but rather should be there to provide expertise as needed. A key piece to successful PLCs is teacher ownership and leadership of the PLC and working together as a team for student success. So how can we as coaches help teachers move away from just working…

As coaches, we want to make the biggest impact we can when we work with teachers. Whether we are working 1 on 1 with a teacher or if we are supporting a PLC, we need to know how to build a solid relationship, collaborate, and reflect. Steve Ventura is full of great information about increasing…

There is a big gap in knowing what the best practices are and actually implementing them in an effective way. There are strategies and practices that are incredibly beneficial in helping historically marginalized students accelerate their learning. However, teachers often know these best practices but they do not line up with what they are actually…

Resistance is a common challenge that coaches face when working with teachers. Understanding resistance and how to approach resistant teachers is so helpful in building connections. Our guest today, Allison Peterson, is diving into how to build connections with resistant teachers. Allison Peterson created the #NewToCoaching community to help new coaches transition from the classroom…

The natural human response to change is resistance. So what can we as coaches do when we come across resistant teachers? Our guest today, Becca Silver of The Whole Educator, is sharing so much great insight and knowledge on this topic. Becca Silver is an instructional coach, life coach, and performance coach who empowers school…

I often hear from coaches that their teachers don’t seem to know or understand what they actually do. They are asked to make copies or watch the classroom and aren’t doing actual instructional work. So how can you address this issue and show your teachers the ways you can support them without completely overwhelming them?…

Instructional coaches are unique. We’re not administration, and we’re not teachers. To be successful, we need to have a vision for our role and a strong coaching foundation. In Episode 8 of The Simply Instructional Coaching Podcast, I talk to Casey Watts about three reasons coaching foundations crumble. Casey is an impact coach and consultant…