“Why am I so big on coaching? I can’t think of any other way to get the adult environment in the school to be a closer model of what you want the student learning environment to be.” These are the words of Steve Barkley. As a nationally and internationally renowned educational consultant with over 40 years of experience, as well as an author and podcast host, Steve has a wealth of knowledge to share. Today on the BabbleEd Podcast, Steve joins us to continue our discussion on coaching in practice. Tuning in today you’ll hear how to identify people who are highly coachable, what role vulnerability plays in coaching, and why invitation needs to come before expectation in coaching practices. Find out about the importance of being clear on whether you are wearing an evaluation hat or a coaching hat in certain situations, why supervisors should replace their evaluation processes with resume updating and self-evaluations, and why you should spend more time engaging the teacher and setting the goals of the coaching process. To discover how to create a coaching culture within your school and which major pitfalls to avoid in the process, tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How to identify people who are highly coachable or ready for coaching: they have a goal for students that they’ve yet to reach.
• Thoughts on the vital role of vulnerability in coaching.
• Why most of Steve’s work is driven by getting people to talk about goals. 
• Why curiosity is a critical element of coaching.  
• Thoughts on the idea that invitation leads toward expectation and what to do if someone is not accepting of the invitation. 
• The importance of creating a coaching culture within a school.
• Why supervisors should replace their evaluation process with resume updating. 
• The importance of modeling what you’re expecting. 
• Why you can’t wear the coach hat and the administrator or evaluator hat at the same time.
• Why Steve believes that teachers should do self-evaluations. 
• The idea of ‘studio learning’ and moving teaching out into a public space.
• A breakdown of specific coaching pitfalls to avoid.
• A final pitfall: not spending enough time engaging the teacher and setting the goals of the coaching process.
• The best conversation Steve has had this week. 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jonathan Mueller on LinkedIn  

Scott Lindner on LinkedIn

Jonathan Mueller on Twitter  

Scott Lindner on Twitter

Connected Learning Partnerships

Steve Barkley

Steve Barkley on Twitter

Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud