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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...
Fiona Robertson
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Apr 20, 20244 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Mar 22, 20224 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Apr 16, 20214 min read
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Reduce/reuse/repurpose coaching
How exchanging a helping-habit for two short questions might enhance interactions with your students and colleagues.
Fiona Robertson
Nov 25, 20204 min read
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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.
Fiona Robertson
Oct 8, 20206 min read
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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
Fiona Robertson
Sep 22, 20204 min read
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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.
Fiona Robertson
Jul 28, 20205 min read
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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.
Fiona Robertson
Jun 11, 20203 min read
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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?
Fiona Robertson
May 15, 20204 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Apr 23, 20204 min read
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Coaching in the time of COVID-19
One international school coach's journey through virtual learning, school closures, and social distancing in Vietnam.
Fiona Robertson
Apr 7, 20206 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Feb 24, 20204 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Jan 17, 20203 min read
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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,...
Fiona Robertson
Jan 6, 20204 min read
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My Coaching Compass Revisited
Why return to our coaching beliefs? Because, although some beliefs are universal, many are continually adjusted by culture and environment.
Fiona Robertson
Dec 17, 20191 min read
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Leveraging Curiosity in Coaching
Is it truly possible to think about outcomes and enjoy exploring in coaching?
Fiona Robertson
Nov 25, 20193 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Oct 27, 20192 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
Oct 19, 20193 min read
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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...
Fiona Robertson
May 17, 20194 min read
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