Content Category: Lead Literacy
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Coaching Minute: Wearing (Too) Many Hats
Inga Omondi encourages instructional coaches to consider the many hats they wear and to remove the ones that are not serving the greater good.
When Coaching Fails: How to Help Educators Who Resist Help
It’s year five in my tenure as principal at a previous school, and a teacher continues to use worksheet packets for literacy instruction. This, in spite of the fact that...
Coaching Through a New Program
Traveling in Europe in her early twenties, Josie left her friends and took a train to her father’s very small hometown. Not speaking the language and barely understanding the train...
Coaching Minute: Establishing Expertise
Principal Lee Snider talks about how principals can support struggling teachers by establishing their expertise and visiting classrooms often.
Tapping Novelty for What Teachers Need
We are nourished by novelty. Too much sameness and the world goes gray . . . We [look] for things to notice, alert to the ways in which our days...
Opening Moments
The one who does the work does the learning. —Terry Doyle, Learner-Centered Teaching The Idea When I was a fifth-grade teacher, Opening Moments were a regular part of our daily...
Coaching Minute: Clarifying a Vision
Inga Omondi encourages asking questions during meetings to determine how a vision needs to be clarified.
Cultivating a Habit of Reading Children’s Literature as Part of Our Professional Growth
I have a Saturday morning ritual that I absolutely love: going to my local library and browsing through the children’s books section. But this is not your typical “check out...
Taking a Walk in Their Shoes: The Importance of Leaders Experiencing the Craft They Lead
A basketball coach who has played on a basketball team. A ballet instructor who has danced in community theater performances. A conductor of an orchestra who has made music in...
Supporting Literacy in All Subject Areas
I was the PLC leader for the English department when a young social studies teacher came to my room. He had assigned an essay to his students, and he was...
Tips for Personalizing PD
In this five-minute video, Cathy Mere and Kelly Hoenie talk about how coaches can help teachers personalize their professional development through activities like "Pineapple Week."
Coaching Minute: The Power of Video Debriefs
Jean Russell explains why she captures her coaching debriefs with teachers, and how these videos serve as powerful tools for learning.
Coaching in Community: Co-Creating Learning Spaces (Part II)
“Rethinking liberates us to do more than update our knowledge and opinions. It’s a tool for leading a more fulfilling life.” —Adam Grant Ever since reading the book Think Again...
Coaching Minute: Getting into Classrooms
Principal Lee Snider talks with literacy coach Lora Bieghler about being intentional about getting into classrooms.
Great Short Reads for Busy Teachers
“I just finished Where the Crawdads Sing. It was such a wonderful book! Have you read it yet?” I asked Debbie. “Oh, Shari, you’re always talking to me about books!"...
