In his blog Finding Common Ground in EdWeek this week, Peter DeWitt wrote about 6 obstacles facing instructional coaches. In reading it I was reminded of an...

Throughout October and November, Danielle (a Studio 4 teacher) and I began a coaching cycle together. There was lots of 'new' about it, with both of us bein...

Why return to our coaching beliefs? Because, although some beliefs are universal, many are continually adjusted by culture and environment.

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 coaches. I had firm ...

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 new climates after ...

I recently completed the third module of the Student-Centred Coaching Certificate which explored how assessment data might enhance the instructional decision...

Having been spoiled this last week with a plethora of PD (a day with James Nottingham, and a weekend with Jane Pollock, Tim Stuart, Sascha Heckmann, Jennifer...

Every time we go on holiday, even if only for a week, we are amazed by how much our kids grow. My mum told me about this phenomenon: kids always return from ...

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 without our alarms ...

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 just can’t afford. A...

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, and I’m working wit...

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 upon, but I also wan...