#coachbetter

In this #coachbetter episode, Clint & Kim chat with Kristine Mizzone, Curriculum Director, BFIS (Benjamin Franklin International School), Barcelona, Spain & Jenny Derby, Learning & Innovation Coach, ACS (American Community School) Abu Dhabi!

They chat with Kristine and Jenny together because they were part of the team that built the coaching program at BFIS in Barcelona. In this episode, we get to see the power of partnership between the Curriculum Director and Instructional Coach through the development of a strong coaching program. We talk about what coaching looked like prior to their arrival at the school, how they started the program, what they wish they knew before they started, how they got their colleagues on board, and how this experience has prepared them for the next steps in their professional careers. If you are in the process of building a coaching program and culture in your school, this episode is full of practical advice you can apply immediately!

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In this #coachbetter guest episode, we hear from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. Diana shares the top 10 questions for recruiters to ask instructional coaches during the interview process. If you haven't seen it yet, on her last guest episode Diana shared the top 10 questions for coaches to ask in an interview. These two episodes are a perfect pairing for instructional coaches going through the recruitment process!

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In this #coachbetter episode, Kim takes a deep dive into the experience of the Innovation Team at Keystone Academy in Beijing right after they finished their custom cohort with Eduro Learning's The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. You'll hear how the school began developing the coaching program, the impact of having a cohort of coaches participate in The Coach, and the next steps for each individual team member and the school as a whole. Designing a coaching program is no easy task, but you don't have to go it alone! You can get the support you need inside The Coach, or have us create a custom cohort just for your school! You'll hear a lot about the learning that happens within The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. Wherever you are in building a coaching culture in your school, The Coach will give you the strategies, skills, and tools you need to make coaching a success.

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In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks about the importance of effectively communicating your role, as an instructional coach.

We know that teachers are busy people, and yet, we want them to invest their time and energy in coaching. We know our colleagues want to be the best teachers they can be, but sometimes they still don't choose to engage in coaching cycles with us. Why is that?

Oftentimes it's because they may not understand exactly what the coaching process looks like, exactly how it can support them, and what we as coaches can do with them that would be any better than what they can do on their own. Communicating (or "marketing") all of those services is part of YOUR job as a coach.

If we want our colleagues to engage deeply in coaching cycles with us, to see us as an asset to their professional learning, it's important that they understand what coaching is - and how it can work for them.

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In this #coachbetter episode, Clint & Kim chat with Becky Green, Associate Director of Professional Learning at Global Online Academy!

Becky has been working with GOA almost since the very beginning of the organization, and prior to that in public and international schools for many years - which is where we crossed paths! This conversation is absolutely essential for all educators because it helps clarify why we need to engage in online learning experiences for ourselves, what makes them relevant and engaging for students, and how we can build equity and empathy in our digital and physical classrooms by better understanding what online learning has to offer.

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For this #coachbetter episode, we have a guest episode from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana shares the top 10 questions you may want to ask in an interview when you're recruiting for an instructional coaching position.

In our work with coaches in The Coach Certificate & Mentorship Program, and with our Private Mentoring clients, we support educators and experienced coaches interviewing for, and moving into coaching roles (and even creating new positions in the schools they currently work in!), and we know how important the interview process is. Finding the right fit for both you and the school is essential, and being able to figure out if the position is right for you, right now, during the interview process is not easy! This episode will highlight some of the most effective questions you can ask - and if you're going through this process right now, and you need support, please reach out! This is something we can help you with in our Private Mentoring Packages.

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In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel featuring four experienced coaches who have recently been recruiting for coaching or leadership positions!

The past few years have been pretty intense in terms of recruiting, and all of our guests today have valuable insights to share from their experience. Annalee Higgenbottom, Ian Craig, Cary Hart, and Jordan Benedict have been through the recruiting process in the last year, and have lots to share about "red & green" flags, in particular for coaching and leadership positions. They talk with Kim about finding the right fit, the interviewing process over the last year or so, how coaching is changing in international schools right now, and one piece of advice for those ready to recruit this year.

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In this #coachbetter episode, Kim shares 7 Strategies to Move from Reactive to Proactive in Your Coaching role.

Sometimes as coaches, we get stuck in the mindset that because coaching is based on individual teacher goals, they will come to you to seek support. That would be amazing, but it doesn't always work that way - for lots of reasons, including everything from how busy teachers are to what they really understand about our role and how they think we can help them.

This means we need to shift our mindset from expecting teachers to come to us, to reaching out to them - and, because we know that everyone has a different preferred way of learning, if we can do this in lots of different ways, we'll be even more successful!

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In this #coachbetter panel episode featuring the Phoenixville Area School District (PA) Instructional Coaches, Kim talks with the team she has been working with for the last two years in The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program

Ashely, Becca, Tracey, Kelly, and their District Assistant Superintendent Jess, and Kim talk about the evolution of their coaching program: from vision to building the team, to the addition of more coaches, how the program has been refined over time, and where the future may take them. They also talk about the importance of investing in professional growth for coaches to ensure the success of a coaching program, and how working with Kim in The Coach has helped them grow professionally and directly impact their work as coaches.

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For this #coachbetter episode, Kim was inspired by several previous conversations here on the podcast (if you haven't listened yet, those episodes are the one with Jen Ricks from this season and the episode with Joellen Killion from season 3). This topic is something that comes up often in conversations with clients in The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program, and with my private mentoring clients, too. How do you know if your school is ready for coaching?

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