Every coach experiences highs and lows throughout the school year. Join us as we discuss the reality of the coaching rollercoaster and ways we have combated the lows and celebrated the highs.

Join us in Episode 17 of the Coaching Collaborative Podcast as we explore coaching a first year teacher. First-year teachers often face a steep learning curve when it comes to planning, instruction, and managing their classrooms. They are entering a new world and may feel overwhelmed by the amount of information and new skills they need to acquire. That's where instructional coaches can make a significant impact.

During this episode, I take you on a deep dive into the professional learning opportunities I create at the high school. We explore a variety of topics and strategies that will get teachers engaged, while also offering them choice and relevance in their learning. I review what WIN Wednesday is all about and how I develop my plans and get teachers to engage in optional PL.

Providing consistent professional development to teachers can be difficult, if not impossible. Time constraints, sub constraints, engagement issues, and a host of other challenges stand in our way of delivering engaging professional development even to the most eager staff members. Join us in this episode to hear one way we provide weekly professional development to our staff in an engaging and meaningful way, without it being one more thing on their plate! And visit isgcoaching.com to read more about it!

In this episode, we take a trip down memory lane and discuss the successes and fails of our first year of coaching. We provide authentic feedback and ideas to help you in your inital year of coaching. Living and learning from our roles.

Listen along with Laura as she gives us examples of how staying curious has helped her see others perspective and perceptions to inform her own reality. Learn three ways to stay curious and not allow your perception to impact your reality.

This podcast episode explores the topic of vulnerability in leadership and how it can be a powerful tool for building stronger relationships with team members, fostering authenticity and empathy, and achieving greater success. The episode begins by defining vulnerability and dispelling some of the common misconceptions that make it difficult for people to embrace vulnerability as a strength. It then provides practical tips for implementing vulnerability in leadership, such as starting small, being authentic, and listening actively. The episode also emphasizes the importance of creating a safe and supportive environment for vulnerability and how it can lead to greater innovation, collaboration, and creativity in the workplace. Overall, the podcast encourages listeners to start practicing vulnerability in their leadership style and reap the benefits of this often-misunderstood trait.

In this episode we will dive into how we as an Instructional Specialist Group use a continuum of teacher engagement to measure our work and drive our work with teachers.

ISG member, Brittany, discusses her experiences as a new coach and how she created the connections that led to trusting relationships. She shares some strategies and insights that helped her to get her foot in the door to begin instructional conversations and coaching cycles.