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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Role of Assessment in Coaching
I recently completed the third module of the Student-Centred Coaching Certificate which explored how assessment data might enhance the...
Fiona Robertson
Apr 4, 20194 min read
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Know thy teachers
Having been spoiled this last week with a plethora of PD (a day with James Nottingham, and a weekend with Jane Pollock, Tim Stuart,...
Fiona Robertson
Feb 21, 20193 min read
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New Years’ [Coaching] Resolutions
And just like that – the holidays are over and we are primed for a new academic year. Apart from the obvious freedom of an extended break...
Fiona Robertson
Aug 11, 20182 min read
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How did it go this year? Getting feedback on coaching
It’s that time of year for me. We are a week away from our summer break, and seeing a coach is a luxury that a teachers’ hectic calendar...
Fiona Robertson
Jun 5, 20182 min read
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Discovering [coaching] superpowers
During the week I was sent this photo (above) from our Comms team as a little bit of nostalgia. In it, I am in my first year of coaching,...
Fiona Robertson
May 15, 20182 min read
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I'm a great listener...aren't I?
Deciding what to write as my first post was hard – I have so many thoughts and ideas about things I know I need to write out and reflect...
Fiona Robertson
Apr 12, 20184 min read
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