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3 Ways to Level Up Your Leadership
To level up your leadership means you are a constant learner. You are willing to put in the work to hone your craft so that those you lead can be more effective. Being a learner ensures you stay current in the field and grow instead of stagnate. There are many ways to level up your…
Read Full PostCH Bonus: Creating a Soft Impact with Teachers
At this time of the year, teachers are pretty worn out and it’s time for teacher leaders to take actions and make an impact! We invited multiple instructional coaches to talk about their ways to assist teachers in their professional development. One thing they all agree on, is that teachers need partnership instead of normal…
Listen to EpisodeTips to Boost Teacher Morale
Teacher morale has taken a nose dive the past two years as educators have worked tirelessly through the pandemic. They’re teaching double time with students in the classroom and learning at home, managing a revolving door of quarantining children for ten days at time, and maneuvering social distancing protocols. On top of that, teachers are…
Read Full Post245: Teacher Empowerment with Spencer Cotter
Spencer is currently a full-time instructional coach at a K-5 elementary school and a teacher wellness mentor. She is also a former teacher. Spencer taught 2nd grade, 5th grade and 6th grade before becoming an instructional coach. Her time as a teacher taught her so much about what she wanted in life and also a…
Listen to EpisodeLight the Spark in Team Synergy
Team synergy can be difficult to create but highly impactful when cultivated. Artfully bringing together the perfect recipe of individuals on a team allows their strengths to shine, their instructional proficiency to soar, and their impact on students to skyrocket. The question is then… How do you create the most effective combination of team members?…
Read Full Post244: Podcast Coaching with Dr. Brittany Rincón
Dr. Brittany Rincón is a teacher, boy mom, podcast host, and the owner of The Podcasting Teacher. She helps teachers become leaders by finding their voice through podcasting in order to grow and scale their businesses. Brittany believes that every teacher is a leader who has a story and a message worth sharing with the…
Listen to EpisodeLeadership Tips for Instructional Coaches- Part 2
This four-part series shares leadership tips for instructional coaches. Each subsequent post will be specific to an aspect of coaching. Part One shared generalized tips. This blog post is Part Two and discusses organization, professional growth, and teacher motivation/buy-in. MOTIVATION & BUY-IN To see growth and development of teacher skillsets, leaders need to cultivate a…
Read Full Post241: Achieve Your Goals with Tiffany Wallace
Tiffany is an educator, entrepreneur and goal achievement coach. She helps ambitious, self-motivated women, entrepreneurs & leaders create + achieve meaningful goals without sacrificing their priorities. Tiffany has been leading people for 15+ years. She holds an Education Specialist Degree in Learning, teaching & Curriculum. She has done extensive research on reading fluency & completed…
Listen to EpisodeCreating a Strong Math Culture at your School [Part Two]
Is your school making progress in valuing math? How can you tell? Creating a strong math culture is a question we have been discussing recently here on the blog based on a discussion I lead on the Clubhouse app. Over 20 educators (classroom teachers, administrators, school board members, instructional coaches, and content area specialists) came…
Read Full Post235: Relationship Building with Dustin Pearson
Dustin is a seven year educator in suburban Kansas City Missouri who teaches high school special education. Dustin is a devout believer and practitioner of relationship building with all stakeholders and uses differentiated instruction, PBL, Inquiry, and career based practices to prepare his students for post secondary success. Dustin is also a leader, writer, learner,…
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