In this first #coachbetter episode for Season 5, Clint and Kim talk about the focus for season 5 so you can see where we’re going with the podcast. They start out by defining instructional coaching and sharing why it’s important to have a clear definition in your school community. They talk about how this process can be challenging, specifically for international schools, and how all schools can be prepared to build successful coaching programs. Throughout the episode, you’ll hear highlights fro...
Aug 22, 2023•48 min•Season 5Ep. 209
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim and Clint are chatting about our mission to bring consistent and sustainable coaching practices to international schools. We are super excited about this focus and direction for Eduro and #coachbetter and we’d love to hear your thoughts too! After you listen, send us a message @edurolearning on Instagram or Twitter, and let us know what you think! And don’t forget to head over to our website at coachbetter.tv to get all of our resources for instructional coaches...
Jun 13, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 208
In this episode, Kim and Diana are doing a collaborative #coachbetter quick tips! They’ve been inspired by the conversations they’re having with our global cohort of The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program and we wanted to share some of the great insights that they’re having. They talk about how we can look back to move forward as instructional coaches and how you can use reflective time at the end of the academic year to be strategic and intentional in your planning for next year. Find the...
Jun 06, 2023•17 min•Season 4Ep. 207
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Rola Said and Nabila Bashir, both from the Queen Rania Teacher Academy in Jordan ! Rola is the Director of Programs and Nabila is the Director of Business Development and Promotion - and they are both inspirational leaders! Queen Rania Teacher Academy in Jordan is a non-profit organization committed to empowering educators in the region. Rola and Nabila are experts in designing effective and engaging professional learning for teachers. In this episode...
May 30, 2023•54 min•Season 4Ep. 206
In this #coachbetter episode we’re going to explore some of the ways that you can reflect on your work as a coach over the past academic year - and hopefully, encourage you to think about making intentional reflection a part of your practice on a regular basis. If you’re thinking about how to get started measuring your impact as a coach, this is a perfect starting point! Find the show notes for this episode here ....
May 23, 2023•13 min•Season 4Ep. 205
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Tavia Clark, Learning Experience Designer at Clarity Innovations ! Tavia has extensive experience designing professional learning for educators, having worked as a teacher, a coach, a leader of professional learning, a consultant at the Friday Institute in North Carolina, and now designing for other organizations at Clarity Innovations. As coaches, we’re always working on designing learning - for our teachers through PD, or supporting them in designin...
May 16, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 204
In this #coachbetter episode: Diana is sharing her 5-Step Checklist for Returning Home as an International Educator! If you’re moving back to your passport country this year, this episode from Diana is super helpful. Last week on the pod, Diana, Maggie, Kristen, and Emily shared their experiences returning home, and we’re following up on that conversation with Diana’s succinct checklist for you to think through as you prepare for the move. See episode 202 "Returning “Home” as an International Ed...
May 09, 2023•12 min•Season 4Ep. 203
In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel episode featuring four experienced international school educators who have recently returned to their passport country! When we start teaching internationally, we rarely think about what the transition back “home” might be like. My guests today, Diana, Maggie, Kristen, and Emily have just been through that transition and they learned a LOT. We talked about the differences in their work, professionally between international and “home”, what ...
May 02, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 202
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim shares her secret (and also my simplest) coaching assessment that you can apply in any coaching conversation immediately. Kim works with coaches in schools around the world, and one of the challenges everyone struggles with is the transition from consulting to coaching. On another #coachbetter quick tips episode she talked about the difference between the 3 coaching stances: consulting, collaborating, and coaching, but what she is talking about in this context i...
Apr 25, 2023•9 min•Season 4Ep. 201
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Shannon Beckley, Director of Teaching & Learning at Graded Sao Paulo in Brazil. Shannon has a huge range of coaching experience in several different schools and districts around the world, and in this episode, they chat about what makes coaching successful in the various schools she’s worked with, the unique model of coaching and professional learning the team at Graded are currently building, and what Shannon looks for in hiring coaches. For coac...
Apr 18, 2023•56 min•Season 4Ep. 200
In this #coachbetter episode we have the second in a two-part series from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing specific steps you can take when you’re leading professional learning to make sure it’s meaningful and engaging. If you missed the first episode, "Preparing to Lead Professional Learning", check it out here ! Find the show notes for this episode here ....
Apr 11, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 199
In this episode, Kim talks with Eric Hudson, Chief Program Officer for Global Online Academy about what excellent remote professional learning for educators looks like, why it’s important for educators to engage in this kind of PD, as well as what competency-based learning means, and how schools can create that kind of environment. This is a really valuable conversation for educators who are considering either participating in, or developing online learning experiences - for educators or for stu...
Apr 04, 2023•51 min•Season 4Ep. 198
This episode is all about one of Kim's favorite tools to facilitate professional conversations - Protocols! If you listened to last week’s episode with Michele Mattoon you’re probably already curious about how to use protocols in your coaching practice - and that’s exactly what we’ll be digging into today, in this short practical episode. We’re talking about the What, Why, How, and When about protocols. If you’re ready to have more intentional conversations with your colleagues, and start struct...
Mar 28, 2023•14 min•Season 4Ep. 197
In this #coachbetter episode, Clint and Kim chat with Michele Mattoon, Executive Director of the National School Reform Faculty. Michele is a master facilitator and coach. As Executive Director of NSRF, she works with school leaders, coaches, and educators around the world to help them have better, more intentional, and more meaningful conversations through the use of the Critical Friends Group Protocols & Communities. This conversation clarifies what a protocol is, why they work so well, ho...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 196
This is a guest episode from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing some guiding questions to help you prepare to lead a professional learning session. Find the show notes for this episode here .
Mar 14, 2023•10 min•Season 4Ep. 195
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Kawai Lai about what it means to be a leader today, how we can create responsive teams, use visual facilitation to prompt courageous conversations, find comfort with ambiguity as a leader, and how polarity management can help us manage organizational challenges. Kawai’s work focuses on helping teams and leaders rethink culture, strategy, and leadership using the power of visuals. She has worked in both corporate and educational spaces, and she shares ...
Mar 07, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 194
This #coachbetter episode highlights 5 ways that you can demonstrate (and build) your leadership capacity at any level of the school. Instead of getting stuck in the mindset that you’re “just a teacher” (or “just a coach”), when you can see the work you’re doing as leadership, you can start recognizing and owning your leadership. If you’re ready to step into formal leadership, or you’re working towards a new informal leadership role, this will help you articulate your experience that way in the ...
Mar 02, 2023•13 min•Season 4Ep. 193
In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel featuring graduates of our first cohort of Women Who Lead ! Maki, Cary, and Terea were all part of our very first global cohort of Women Who Lead. Although each of them came to the program with different professional backgrounds, they were all seeking clarity, confidence and community around their leadership capacity. In this conversation, we talk about where these women started in terms of their leadership journey, what held them back from...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 192
This is a #coachbetter guest episode with Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing two ways that instructional coaches are leaders in their schools! If you don’t see yourself as a leader, yet, as an instructional coach, this episode will help you uncover how coaches are leaders. Find the show notes for this episode here ....
Feb 14, 2023•13 min•Season 4Ep. 191
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Ange Molony, Secondary School Vice Principal at Discovery College in Hong Kong! Ange has been teaching internationally since 2003, starting in Bangkok, moving to Brazil, then Brussels, and now Hong Kong. She stepped into leadership early in her career, and then after graduating from COETAIL, she started coaching, and later bringing her coaching experience to additional leadership roles. This conversation focuses on how she found her voice as a leader,...
Feb 07, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 190
In this #coachbetter episode we’re talking about the ways that you are a leader, as a coach. Many of the coaches we work with in The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program, think of themselves as “just another teacher” or “just a coach” and while it’s true that you may not be a formal (or positional) leader in your school, you are an influential (or relational) leader in your school community. Recognizing and embracing your leadership, as a coach, is a key step to building a coaching culture i...
Jan 31, 2023•18 min•Season 4Ep. 189
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Dr. Rania Saeb, Assistant Professor at West Coast University & Lecturer at Cal State University San Marcos! As an experienced international school educator, and now professor, Dr. Saeb has an amazing wealth of experience working towards equity in schools. Her research is focused on the lack of visibility of Arab American students in American schools. This conversation focuses on creating an equitable school experience for all students, beginning w...
Jan 24, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 188
In this #coachbetter episode, we have a guest episode from Kristen Moreland, an experienced coach and school leader who works with us in The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. She’s talking about how to build a coaching culture, and how to get teachers and your community members excited about coaching. If you’re dealing with reluctance on the part of teachers, how do you help them shift their beliefs on the value of coaching? In one of our recent episodes with Jen Ricks she talks about ho...
Jan 17, 2023•9 min•Season 4Ep. 187
In this #coachbetter episode, Clint & Kim chat with Kristine Mizzone, Curriculum Director, BFIS (Benjamin Franklin International School), Barcelona, Spain & Jenny Derby, Learning & Innovation Coach, ACS (American Community School) Abu Dhabi! They chat with Kristine and Jenny together because they were part of the team that built the coaching program at BFIS in Barcelona. In this episode, we get to see the power of partnership between the Curriculum Director and Instructional Coach th...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 186
In this #coachbetter guest episode, we hear from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. Diana shares the top 10 questions for recruiters to ask instructional coaches during the interview process. If you haven’t seen it yet, on her last guest episode Diana shared the top 10 questions for coaches to ask in an interview . These two episodes are a perfect pairing for instructional coaches going through the recruitment process! Find the show not...
Dec 20, 2022•16 min•Season 4Ep. 185
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim takes a deep dive into the experience of the Innovation Team at Keystone Academy in Beijing right after they finished their custom cohort with Eduro Learning's The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. You’ll hear how the school began developing the coaching program, the impact of having a cohort of coaches participate in The Coach, and the next steps for each individual team member and the school as a whole. Designing a coaching program is no easy task, but...
Dec 13, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 184
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks about the importance of effectively communicating your role, as an instructional coach. We know that teachers are busy people, and yet, we want them to invest their time and energy in coaching. We know our colleagues want to be the best teachers they can be, but sometimes they still don’t choose to engage in coaching cycles with us. Why is that? Oftentimes it’s because they may not understand exactly what the coaching process looks like, exactly how it can...
Dec 06, 2022•19 min•Season 4Ep. 183
In this #coachbetter episode, Clint & Kim chat with Becky Green, Associate Director of Professional Learning at Global Online Academy! Becky has been working with GOA almost since the very beginning of the organization, and prior to that in public and international schools for many years - which is where we crossed paths! This conversation is absolutely essential for all educators because it helps clarify why we need to engage in online learning experiences for ourselves, what makes them rel...
Nov 29, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 182
For this #coachbetter episode, we have a guest episode from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana shares the top 10 questions you may want to ask in an interview when you’re recruiting for an instructional coaching position. In our work with coaches in The Coach Certificate & Mentorship Program, and with our Private Mentoring clients, we support educators and experienced coaches interviewing for, and moving into ...
Nov 22, 2022•19 min•Season 4Ep. 181
In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel featuring four experienced coaches who have recently been recruiting for coaching or leadership positions! The past few years have been pretty intense in terms of recruiting, and all of our guests today have valuable insights to share from their experience. Annalee Higgenbottom, Ian Craig, Cary Hart, and Jordan Benedict have been through the recruiting process in the last year, and have lots to share about “red & green” flags, in partic...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 180
