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This #coachbetter episode is the first in one of our new features for Season 5: a coaching case study with one of our amazing The Coach graduates, Kristen Cameron. These case study episodes are designed to share the story of a coach, and the development of their coaching program and practice in their unique setting. Kristen is an ELD (English Language Development) TOSA in Santa Cruz City Schools,...

In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel episode featuring three of our superstar graduates from The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program! Amy, Karli, and Abby have all graduated from The Coach in the last few years. They all came to the program with lots of experience teaching and were new to a coaching role. In the program, they learned the skills they needed to be effective a...

In this #coachbetter episode we're chatting about the Thrive Model for Instructional Coaching Success which Kim developed after a decade of working with coaches and school leaders around the world. The Thrive Model brings together all of her experience as a coach, as well as the experiences of her clients, and the expert guests she's interviewed on this podcast. We use this model to structure all...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks about why clarity is so essential in your coaching role. This is one of those topics that seems simple, but is actually really complex and can have a HUGE impact on the success of your coaching program.  If you find today's episode helpful, make sure to head over to our website at edurolearning.com/thrive after you listen to get all of our free resources on...

In this first #coachbetter episode for Season 5, Clint and Kim talk about the focus for season 5 so you can see where we're going with the podcast. They start out by defining instructional coaching and sharing why it's important to have a clear definition in your school community. They talk about how this process can be challenging, specifically for international schools, and how all schools can b...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim and Clint are chatting about our mission to bring consistent and sustainable coaching practices to international schools. We are super excited about this focus and direction for Eduro and #coachbetter and we'd love to hear your thoughts too! After you listen, send us a message @edurolearning on Instagram or Twitter, and let us know what you think!  And don't forge...

In this episode, Kim and Diana are doing a collaborative #coachbetter quick tips! They've been inspired by the conversations they're having with our global cohort of The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program and we wanted to share some of the great insights that they're having. They talk about how we can look back to move forward as instructional coaches and how you can use reflective time at t...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Rola Said and Nabila Bashir, both from the Queen Rania Teacher Academy in Jordan ! Rola is the Director of Programs and Nabila is the Director of Business Development and Promotion - and they are both inspirational leaders! Queen Rania Teacher Academy in Jordan is a non-profit organization committed to empowering educators in the region. Rola and Nabila...

In this #coachbetter episode we're going to explore some of the ways that you can reflect on your work as a coach over the past academic year - and hopefully, encourage you to think about making intentional reflection a part of your practice on a regular basis. If you're thinking about how to get started measuring your impact as a coach, this is a perfect starting point! Find the show notes for th...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Tavia Clark, Learning Experience Designer at Clarity Innovations ! Tavia has extensive experience designing professional learning for educators, having worked as a teacher, a coach, a leader of professional learning, a consultant at the Friday Institute in North Carolina, and now designing for other organizations at Clarity Innovations. As coaches, we'r...

In this #coachbetter episode: Diana is sharing her 5-Step Checklist for Returning Home as an International Educator! If you're moving back to your passport country this year, this episode from Diana is super helpful. Last week on the pod, Diana, Maggie, Kristen, and Emily shared their experiences returning home, and we're following up on that conversation with Diana's succinct checklist for you to...

In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel episode featuring four experienced international school educators who have recently returned to their passport country! When we start teaching internationally, we rarely think about what the transition back "home" might be like. My guests today, Diana, Maggie, Kristen, and Emily have just been through that transition and they learned a LOT. W...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim shares her secret (and also my simplest) coaching assessment that you can apply in any coaching conversation immediately. Kim works with coaches in schools around the world, and one of the challenges everyone struggles with is the transition from consulting to coaching. On another #coachbetter quick tips episode she talked about the difference between the 3 coachi...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Shannon Beckley, Director of Teaching & Learning at Graded Sao Paulo in Brazil. Shannon has a huge range of coaching experience in several different schools and districts around the world, and in this episode, they chat about what makes coaching successful in the various schools she's worked with, the unique model of coaching and professional learning t...

In this #coachbetter episode we have the second in a two-part series from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing specific steps you can take when you're leading professional learning to make sure it's meaningful and engaging. If you missed the first episode, "Preparing to Lead Professional Learning", check it...

 In this episode, Kim talks with Eric Hudson, Chief Program Officer for Global Online Academy about what excellent remote professional learning for educators looks like, why it's important for educators to engage in this kind of PD, as well as what competency-based learning means, and how schools can create that kind of environment. This is a really valuable conversation for educators who are cons...

This episode is all about one of Kim's favorite tools to facilitate professional conversations - Protocols! If you listened to last week's episode with Michele Mattoon you're probably already curious about how to use protocols in your coaching practice - and that's exactly what we'll be digging into today, in this short practical episode. We're talking about the What, Why, How, and When about prot...

In this #coachbetter episode, Clint and Kim chat with Michele Mattoon, Executive Director of the National School Reform Faculty. Michele is a master facilitator and coach. As Executive Director of NSRF, she works with school leaders, coaches, and educators around the world to help them have better, more intentional, and more meaningful conversations through the use of the Critical Friends Group Pr...

 This is a guest episode from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing some guiding questions to help you prepare to lead a professional learning session.  Find the show notes for this episode   here .

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Kawai Lai about what it means to be a leader today, how we can create responsive teams, use visual facilitation to prompt courageous conversations, find comfort with ambiguity as a leader, and how polarity management can help us manage organizational challenges. Kawai's work focuses on helping teams and leaders rethink culture, strategy, and leadership...

This #coachbetter episode highlights 5 ways that you can demonstrate (and build) your leadership capacity at any level of the school. Instead of getting stuck in the mindset that you're "just a teacher" (or "just a coach"), when you can see the work you're doing as leadership, you can start recognizing and owning your leadership. If you're ready to step into formal leadership, or you're working to...

In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel featuring graduates of our first cohort of Women Who Lead ! Maki, Cary, and Terea were all part of our very first global cohort of Women Who Lead. Although each of them came to the program with different professional backgrounds, they were all seeking clarity, confidence and community around their leadership capacity. In this conversation, we...

This is a #coachbetter guest episode with Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing two ways that instructional coaches are leaders in their schools! If you don't see yourself as a leader, yet, as an instructional coach, this episode will help you uncover how coaches are leaders.  Find the show notes for this ep...

In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Ange Molony, Secondary School Vice Principal at Discovery College in Hong Kong! Ange has been teaching internationally since 2003, starting in Bangkok, moving to Brazil, then Brussels, and now Hong Kong. She stepped into leadership early in her career, and then after graduating from COETAIL, she started coaching, and later bringing her coaching experien...

In this #coachbetter episode we're talking about the ways that you are a leader, as a coach. Many of the coaches we work with in The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program, think of themselves as "just another teacher" or "just a coach" and while it's true that you may not be a formal (or positional) leader in your school, you are an influential (or relational) leader in your school community. R...