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Fiona Robertson
Oct 93 min read
Purpose and Naming Your Why in Coaching
A few weeks ago, I led a two-day workshop for a diverse group of educators keen to deepen their knowledge of and explore the structures...
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 204 min read
Confidentiality and Coaching
What should the relationship be? When I look back over the past 10 years of my coaching life on paper, something pops up regularly: the...
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Fiona Robertson
Mar 22, 20224 min read
Belonging + Play
It's hard to deny the fundamental value of belonging among the members of our school communities. It is something I have struggled with...
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 16, 20214 min read
Striking Team-Coaching Gold
This week I’ve had the chance to work with teams a little more than usual - it’s one of my favourite contexts to coach in. There is...
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Fiona Robertson
Nov 25, 20204 min read
Reduce/reuse/repurpose coaching
How exchanging a helping-habit for two short questions might enhance interactions with your students and colleagues.
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Fiona Robertson
Oct 8, 20206 min read
All-in: school-wide planning + assessing for conceptual understanding (a coach's view)
Our school has set down a path to becoming a more intentional, and more accountable, concept-driven school. This is how it started.
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Fiona Robertson
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Working with Ego
Is ego really that dirty? Coaching in the weeks following a return to school after COVID restrictions eased has me asking this very question
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Fiona Robertson
Jul 28, 20205 min read
Some truths about being a coach
Thinking about becoming a coach? This post serves to pass on a few tips and bust some myths before you start the journey.
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Fiona Robertson
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Wrapping-up a Messy Year
Coaching may have looked 'messy' this year. How might we wrap it up in a way that honors the journeys? Here's what I tried.
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Fiona Robertson
May 15, 20204 min read
Coming back: 100 days (or so) later
After a long wait, we are finally moving back into classrooms and welcoming students. What might this mean for coaching?
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 23, 20204 min read
Fortifying Community + Social Distancing
This morning I am cautiously excited because it has just been announced that social distancing is slowly being lifted in VN. This...
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 7, 20206 min read
Coaching in the time of COVID-19
One international school coach's journey through virtual learning, school closures, and social distancing in Vietnam.
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Fiona Robertson
Feb 24, 20204 min read
Start a professional reading book club
Seriously, this is a coaching call to arms. After months of meaning to, I finally pressed send on a faculty invite to form a professional...
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Fiona Robertson
Jan 17, 20203 min read
Coaching Chameleon: being a credible coach
In his blog Finding Common Ground in EdWeek this week, Peter DeWitt wrote about 6 obstacles facing instructional coaches. In reading it...
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Fiona Robertson
Jan 6, 20204 min read
Coaching cycles in the Studio
Throughout October and November, Danielle (a Studio 4 teacher) and I began a coaching cycle together. There was lots of 'new' about it,...
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Fiona Robertson
Dec 17, 20191 min read
My Coaching Compass Revisited
Why return to our coaching beliefs? Because, although some beliefs are universal, many are continually adjusted by culture and environment.
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Fiona Robertson
Nov 25, 20193 min read
Leveraging Curiosity in Coaching
Is it truly possible to think about outcomes and enjoy exploring in coaching?
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Fiona Robertson
Oct 27, 20192 min read
Developing a Coaching Compass
A few weeks ago, I sat down with my principal and our tech integration coach @kylesumrow (also new to the school) to name our values as...
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Fiona Robertson
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Coaching-Shock
It has been a long time since my last post and I promise it is justified! We have moved continents, shifting home and kids and landing in...
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Fiona Robertson
May 17, 20194 min read
A Coaching Journey: Feedback, Action + Rewards
Originally posted in The LaunchPad, TeachBoost's official blog, here I reflect on my first structured attempt to glean feedback from the...
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