Why I Dislike(d) Conferences
I spent much of last weekend at Bavarian International School in Munich, attending the ECIS Tech conference. The theme of the conference was on building engagement. I went to several… Read more »
Category: Professional Development
How to Use YouTube Capture
Do you take many video clips in your classroom? Would you like to merge them into one video? YouTube Capture lets you do just that. YouTube Capture lets you easily… Read more »
Research on Coaching
This post is part of a larger series based on the book Coaching Approaches & Perspectives edited by Jim Knight. Visit the Coaching category for other related posts. The final… Read more »
Literacy Coaching
This post is part of a larger series based on the book Coaching Approaches & Perspectives edited by Jim Knight. Visit the Coaching category for other related posts. I’d initially… Read more »
Leadership Coaching: Facilitating and Supporting Change
Coaches can help their clients in self-discovery to make sure that energy drains are overcome for a healthy and successful life. Coaches help each client consider their whole life, both… Read more »
Leadership Coaching: Role and Actions
Many people who have not experienced coaching have little understanding of the process and believe that coaching is only useful for fixing people. However coaching is useful for refining skills and gaining new skills that… Read more »
Leadership Coaching
In Chapter 8: Leadership Coaching, Karla Reiss discusses the value of coaching as embodying the best components of professional development. She presents the view that coaching is personalised to the… Read more »
Differentiated Coaching: The Coaching Plan
The final step in differentiated coaching is to create a coaching plan. An information gathering sheet can be completed in any order to record the coaching styles and strategies that the… Read more »
Differentiated Coaching: Identifying the Problem
After steps one and two, it’s time to identify the problem that the teacher wants to solve. Kise cautions that the coach may need to help the teacher identify the… Read more »
Differentiated Coaching: Identifying Teacher Beliefs
The second step in differentiated coaching, after hypothesizing personality type, is identifying teacher beliefs. Kise gives evidence in this section that teachers do not examine practices that align with their… Read more »