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In today's episode we are chatting with  Hillary Marshall, teacher-librarian at Washougal High School in Oregon. Hillary has a great perspective having been a teacher in the US, then spending twelve years teaching in international schools around the world, and returning to the US 6 years ago. A passionate advocate for the students and the library, Hillary shares some key strategies for ensuring th...

Today we're chatting with Jordan Benedict, Teacher and Data Coach at Shanghai American School in China. As a Data Coach, Jordan works with teachers and school leaders to collect and analyze data to inform instruction. His role is relatively new to the school and they are consistently finding new ways to make better use of the data that most schools collect - but have yet to analyze. We dive deep i...

In today's episode we're chatting with Cindy Tisdall-McPhee, Head of Counseling at UWC Singapore. This was a powerful conversation, highlighting the importance of self-care in a coaching role. Cindy reminds us that taking care of ourselves, allows us, as coaches, to be better engaged and present at work, and when you're present, it's easier for staff to approach you. There are so many specific and...

In this episode Kim chats with Lisa Fung-Kee-Fung, 6th grade science teacher, Shanghai American School, Pudong Campus. Lisa's concrete examples of working with the coaching team at SAS provide clear and practical insight into what makes coaching so powerful for teacher professional growth. As Lisa points out, by building solid relationships, coaches give teachers the confidence to be vulnerable. F...

In this episode we chat with  Tara Ethridge, Elementary School librarian at International School Prague. Tara has taught everything from Kindergarten to Grade 9 English and everything in between! She made the transition to librarianship about six years ago when we worked together at International School Bangkok. Tara's superpower is meeting teachers where they're at, and her endless patience and i...

In this episode Kim is chatting with Beth Dressler, Deputy Head of Elementary and PYP Coordinator at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand. As a school leader, Beth works very closely with the coaching team at NIST. Her deep understanding of the coaching role in inquiry-driven schools provides such great insight into the power of coaches as "learning partners" for their teaching and leade...

Today we have a great conversation about summer learning for coaches, teachers and school leaders with Tim, Tricia, and Ben from our YouTube series, Coaching Fundamentals. We talk about all sorts of opportunities for professional growth from formal book clubs to the power of documenting and sharing professional learning, and the importance of "coaching up" when working with school leaders. We talk...

In today's episode Clint and I talk about trends in instructional coaching, particularly in international schools in Asia. In this spotlight we're talking about what it means to be a coach, and many of the key elements of being a coach today, that perhaps were not a significant part of the role several years ago. Our conversation today was inspired by questions from our #coachbetter facebook group...

In this episode of #coachbetter we're chatting with Ben Summerton, ES Tech & Innovation Coordinator at Singapore American School. Ben talks about the outstanding school infrastructure at SAS that enables his amazing coaching team to innovate and closely support teacher and student learning. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-40/

In this episode of #coachbetter Kim chats with Niki Dinsdale, University Advisor at UWC, SEA. During their conversation Niki described coaching as an "intellectual spa" (which is now Kim's new favorite metaphor for coaching!)Niki believes that coaching is a critical opportunity to stop and deeply reflect on our own professional "habits" that have been built over time. Niki thinks coaching can almo...

In this episode of #coachbetter spotlight we're chatting with Jen Clark, Library Media Specialist and Tech Coach at Canadian Academy in Kobe, Japan. Jen is in the unique perspective of being both a coach and a librarian at the same time, so we had a great opportunity to take a deeper look at how these two positions can truly overlap in a school setting. Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.c...

In this episode, we're chatting with John D'Arcy, Deputy Director of Western Academy of Beijing in China. John's extensive experience in innovative school environments around the word provides a clear vision of how we can create an inclusive and empowered community of learners through a leadership structure focused on empathy and understanding of the individual humans that make up our schools. Joh...

In this episode of #coachbetter spotlight we're talking about the importance of coaches taking time to visit classrooms while students are learning - especially in content-heavy subject areas like science. Our guest, Merilyn Winslade, IB Diploma Chemistry and Middle School science teacher at NIST International School in Thailand, shares how valuable it would be for her, particularly in higher leve...

In this episode we're talking to Katy Vance, Librarian at Yokohama International School In Japan. Katy talks about how coaches make her a more awesome version of herself! Katy combines a wealth of experience as classroom teacher and a librarian in schools around the world to identify her keys to building a culture of coaching: from prioritizing community and connections, to valuing risk taking and...

In this episode Clint and Kim are chatting about a question we received in our #coachbetter FB group: Can anyone be coached? They talk about all sorts of critical elements, like school culture, teacher mindset, and the perception of what coaching is (and what it isn't) in this conversation. They also talk about lots of different ways that coaches can start to have deeper professional conversations...

We hope you've had a chance to watch our Level Up Your Coaching miniseries of 8 episodes, featuring perspectives on coaching from our inspiring educators from around the world! Just in case you missed an episode, we've pulled together the key highlights from each conversation in this one video! Instead of hearing all the perspectives to one question, today's episode will feature one educators resp...

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   It's our last episode in this mini-series and our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what was your "aha" moment that shifted your perspective from not caring about coaching to being on boa...

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what makes a coach invaluable to you? Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-31

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, where do coaches/does coaching fail and what can we do about it?   Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode...

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, w hat are the essential elements for coaching success in a school and w hat's needed to build a coaching culture?   Full Show Notes h...

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what do you do when you don't have the opportunity to work with a coach?   Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter...

Welcome back to our mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what are some good opportunities for coaches to work with you?   Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-2...

Welcome to our new mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, how do you work with coaches at your school?     Full Show Notes https://elpn.edurolearning.com/coachbetter/episode-26

Welcome to our new mini-series Level Up Your Coaching. We interview two school leaders, two teachers, two librarians and two school counselors to get their perspectives on coaching.   In this episode our guest panel of experts share their responses to the question, what do coaches do? It's inspiring to hear both the depth of understanding about coaching from so many different educators, as well as...

In this episode we're chatting with Pana, Maggie, Tim, Dave and Diana from the our original Coaching Fundamentals series! Our topic for today was "who coaches the coaches?" - especially when you're the only learning coach in your school setting. Our team of experienced coaches share the different ways that they develop their coaching skills, as well as what they WISH they had access to when they f...