Category Archives: Coaching

What Do You Read?

From time to time people ask me what I read to keep up with things from the classroom to the world.  Wide reading is a requirement at Sutterlearn.com and here are some of the sources I read regularly: Education Week … Continue reading

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New Language

Flooding, blending, flipping, pull out, push in, strengthen the core, on and on goes the new vernacular of schooling, marching its way to become tomorrow’s cliché or maybe it already is. Through this new language comes new understanding about problems, … Continue reading

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Aha Moments (for teachers)

As teachers evaluate all of the new “stuff” continuously coming at us, it is part of our make up to reflect upon how this affects what we do individually.   When teachers have our own “aha moments” it is as exciting … Continue reading

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No Substitute for Perspective

Perspective is a compassionate activity of viewing your situation from another’s position or viewing their situation relative to your own.  Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of observing from other people’s perspectives. Recently I worked with a substitute teacher going … Continue reading

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What Is A Coach? (3of3)

This is the third in a three-part series of posts examining my evolving understanding of the “transformational/instructional coach” role that is new in our district, based directly on conversations I have had. Teacher Friend: You’ve never taught in my (grade/subject/building/classroom) … Continue reading

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What Is A Coach? (2of3)

This is the second in a three-part series of posts examining my evolving understanding of the “transformational/instructional coach” role that is new in our district, based directly on conversations I have had. Parent Friend: So what do you do in … Continue reading

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What Is A Coach? (1of3)

This is the first in a three-part series of posts examining my evolving understanding of the “transformational/instructional coach” role that is new in our district, based directly on conversations I have had. Me: What do you think about the coach … Continue reading

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