Coaching the Whole Educator
By Becca Silver
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Episodes: 193
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Coaching the Whole Educator is a podcast for instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and school leaders who want to strengthen their educators’ effectiveness and resilience, especially the ones who need it most. Each week, you’ll hear quick tips, proven strategies, and coaching mindsets designed to keep you on top of your coaching game.
This show is rooted in a human-centered approach, where we get things done through people’s humanity, not around it. Whether you’re new to instructional coaching or a seasoned instructional coach or leader looking for fresh perspective, you’ll learn how to focus on the mindsets and motivations driving unproductive behaviors. By getting to the root of resistance, you’ll discover how to build stronger relationships, lead with clarity, and create lasting impact in your school.
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#188: The Coaching Mistake We Make When Teachers Are Exhausted
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May 10, 2026 |
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#187: Why Change Feels Scary: Naming the Real Fears
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May 03, 2026 |
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#186: [Resistance Chronicles] Ownership Mindset
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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#185: Decision Making Magic: Using Intuition to Make Clearer, Faster Leadership Decisions
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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#184: [Resistance Chronicles] Growth Mindset
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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#183: A Debate: Is Setting Team Norms Effective?
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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#182: [Resistance Chronicles] Success Mindset
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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#181: Stop Calling It Collaboration When It’s Just Compliance: How Leaders Can Tell the Difference Between Real and Fake Collaboration
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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#180: [Resistance Chronicles] Belonging Mindset
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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#179: When Your Questions Have an Agenda: Unpacking the Subtle Ways Control Sneaks into Coaching
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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#178: [Resistance Chronicles] Value Mindset
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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#177: How to Read a Room and Adjust PD in Real Time
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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#176: When Consistency Backfires: The Leadership Tension No One Talks About
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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#175: If One More Person Says “Self-Care,” I Might Scream: Why Educators Are Burning Out
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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#174: Is a Little Resistance Actually Healthy?
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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#173: Short on Time? Skip the Observation, Not the Pre-Conference
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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#172: Can Too Much Empathy Hinder Decisive Leadership?
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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#171: How AI Can Spark (Not Replace) Your Leadership
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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#170: The Leadership Support Gap
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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#169: Best of 2025 Series: I Stopped Trying to Convince Teachers...That’s When Everything Changed
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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#168: Best of 2025 Series: The Art of Interrupting—How to Jump In Without Shutting Others Down
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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#167: Best of 2025 Series: Stop Curriculum Chaos: Getting Real Engagement
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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#166: Best of 2025 Series: Why Being “Naturally Gifted” Can Backfire as a Coach
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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#165: Perfectionism's Impact on Resilience & Well-being
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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#163: Coaching Through Student Learning Production Behaviors
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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#162: Why Building Trust Might Not Be Working
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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#161: Beyond Policies & Promises: How Real Leaders Create Conditions for Equity
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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#160: How a One-Hour Intervention Shifted Outcomes for Years
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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#159: Why Teachers Don’t Want to Use Data and What to Do About It
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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#158: Why Ownership Requires Agency (And How to Build It)
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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#164: Why Your Teacher Support Needs a Tiered System
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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#157: How Gen Z is Misunderstood in the Workplace
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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#156: Give Feedback So They Can Hear It
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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#155: This Teacher Leader Ditched the Fix-It Mindset and Escaped the Complaint Trap
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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#154: It's Not Fear of Change. It's Fear of Loss.
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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#153: Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak: Why Great Leaders Pause Before Acting
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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#152: The Science of Depletion: Why Small Changes Can Feel Impossible
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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#151: Radically Simple PD Systems: Cut the Clutter & Focus on What’s Essential
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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#150: A Trust-Based Observation Tool: Working from a Strengths-Based Lens
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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#149: How to Stress Wisely and Bounce Forward: Dr. Robyne’s 5 Pillars of Resilience
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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#148:“I Stopped Trying to Convince Teachers... That's When Everything Changed."
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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#147: He Had 17 Behavior Calls a Day—and What Finally Changed
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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#146: Stop Hoping, Start Coaching For It: Why Optimism Isn’t Optional
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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#145: When Your Inner Critic Runs the Meeting
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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#144: When You’re Coaching Someone Who Should Get It By Now
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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#143: It’s Not Transformation If You're Just Getting Compliance
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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#142: Understanding ≠ Agreement: The Listening Shift Every Coach Needs
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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#141: Time Management Without the Guilt
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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#140: Authenticity vs. Self-Indulgence: What’s Driving Your Leadership?
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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#139: High Agency Coaching: Helping Educators Take Action
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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#138: The Readiness Gap: What the Research Says About Why Good Ideas Still Fail
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May 25, 2025 |
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#137: Coaching Alternatively Certified Teachers: Why Different Paths Need Different Coaching
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May 18, 2025 |
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#136: Seed and Soil: When Culture Cancels Out Your Coaching
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May 11, 2025 |
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#135: Why Adult Dysregulation Looks Like Resistance (And What to Do About It)
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May 04, 2025 |
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#134: “I’m Doing It Because I Have To”—This Tool Helps You Shift That
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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#133: The Art of Interrupting—How to Jump In Without Shutting Others Down
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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#132: The Part of Coaching You Secretly Gave Up On: Where's Your Fixed Mindset Hiding?
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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#131: Leading on Empty? How to Stop Burnout Before It Stops You
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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#130: Why "Kill Them with Kindness" is Killing Your Culture of Belonging
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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#129: The Clarity Cycle: Why That Same Problem Keeps Coming Back
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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#128: Ownership Mindset vs. Compliance Culture – How to Build Agency in a System That Kills It
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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#127: Stop Curriculum Chaos: Getting Real Engagement
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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#126: Hope Isn't Fluff- It's a Leadership Strategy
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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#125: Exhausted From Fixing What’s Broken? Lead From Your Strengths
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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#124: Humanizing Imposter Syndrome
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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#123: Why “Just Ask Questions” is Bad Coaching Advice (and What to Do Instead)
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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#122: Why Growth Mindset Isn't Enough: The Five Mindsets You Need to Drive Change
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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#121: Compliance Doesn't Create Commitment
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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#120: Protocols: Helpful or Holding You Back?
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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#119: What Professional Development SHOULD Be
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#118: Why Being 'Naturally Gifted' Can Backfire as a Coach
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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#117: Defining a Coach's Role: The Four "Hats" a Coach Wears
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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#116: Is Growth Mindset Actually Good?
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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#115: Increase Your Level of Joy on the Job with Working Genius
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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#114: Why Feedback Can Feel Threatening (And What To Do About It)
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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#113: How Your Rewards System Can Sabotage Your Goals [Research Rundown]
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#112: When Buy-In Isn’t Enough: The Teacher Engagement Continuum
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#111: Strategies to Shift From a “Gotcha Culture” to a Growth Culture
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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#110: **BEST OF** SERIES: Untold Secrets of Teacher Retention and School Culture: The Art of Listening For What's Not Being Said
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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#109: The Brain Science Behind Supercharging Teacher Engagement
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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#108: Harnessing Brainwaves for Better Coaching Outcomes
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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#107: The Reset Mindset
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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#106: The ADKAR Model: Building Buy In and Sustaining Change [Research Rundown]
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 4)
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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#105: Levels of Coaching Intensity: Supporting Your Teachers on a Continuum of Support
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 3)
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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#104: What's your conflict handling style? [Research Rundown]
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 2)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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#103: From Chaos to Calm: Coaching Systems That Will Save Your Sanity
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 1)
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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#102: The 16 Basic Human Motivations [Research Rundown]
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#101: Beyond the Words: How Nonverbals Can Make or Break a Coaching Conversation
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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#100: From Resistance to Relationships: 100 Lessons Learned
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#99: How to Manage Your Stress and Bounce Back Quickly
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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#98: Cracking the Code: The Mindsets Behind Growth [Research Rundown]
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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#97: How to Assess Your Coaching
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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#96: The Real Reason People Won't Change [Research Rundown]
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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*BONUS* My Favorite Professional Development Starters
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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#95: Is Work-Life Balance Unattainable Bullsh*t?
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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#94: The Type of Change We Need to Be Addressing with Our Teachers [Research Rundown]
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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#93: Humanizing Data: When Does It Become Too Much?
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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#92: Beyond "Just Say No": The Science Behind Willpower [Research Rundown]
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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#91: How the Change Adoption Curve Helps Build Buy-in
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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#90: Understanding Teacher Behavior with Choice Theory [Research Rundown]
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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#89: When "Being Nice" Can Be Harmful
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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#88: Research Rundown: What research says heals burnout
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May 26, 2024 |
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#87: Beyond Confusing Behavior: Understanding How Teachers Tick Using the Enneagram
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May 19, 2024 |
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#86: The Brain Science Behind Overcoming Learning Plateaus: Helping Educators Embrace Challenge
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May 13, 2024 |
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#85: The Teacher Appreciation Week Fallacy: What Educators Really Need
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May 05, 2024 |
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#84: Exhausted to Energized: Cultivating a School Culture that Retains Teachers
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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#83: How to Have Tough Conversations
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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#82: When You’re Having the Same Conversation Over and Over
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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#81: Why People Resist Feedback
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#80: Stop Teacher Stagnation! 5 Disciplines to Ignite Adult Learning
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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#79: How Leadership is Full of Contradictions
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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#78: The Key to Student Achievement: Teacher Collective Efficacy
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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#77: Don't Just Tell Them, Show Them: The Visual Leader's Toolkit
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#76: Outsmart Your Brain: The Surprising Science of Decision-Making
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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#75: Hacking the Hierarchy: Amplifying Teacher Voice
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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#74: Is Your Coaching Stuck on Repeat? Take Them From Clueless to Masterful
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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#73: Confessions of a Recovering Advice Monster: How Shutting Up Improved My Coaching
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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#72: Beyond the Perfect Score: Know When You're in the Performance Zone vs the Learning Zone
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#71: Breaking the 21-Day Myth: The Realities of Habit Development
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#70: Why Teaching Growth Mindsets Might Not Be Working
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#69: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work (and How This Connects to Coaching)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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#68: Leaving Them Feeling Appreciated
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#67: Engaging Professional Development Tips
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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#66: It doesn't matter what you say. It matters what they hear.
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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#65: The One Where Becca Gets Interviewed
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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#64: The Mental Skills Needed to Function
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#63: Implicit vs. Explicit Agreements: Their Impact on Trust
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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#62: When They Go Back to Their Old Ways
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#61: A Coaching Tool That Supports Your School Improvement Plan
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#60: The Predictive Index: Improve Leadership Self Awareness, Team Cohesion and Job Satisfaction
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#59: Overcoming Our Addiction to Being Right
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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#57: The Choice Map: A Guide to Shifting Mindsets
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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#56: Their Coaching Model Made Them National News
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#55: New Teacher Success Strategies
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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#54: How One District is Retaining Early Career Educators
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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#53: Sustaining Your Energy Throughout the School Year
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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#52: Beginning of Year Series: Building a Growth Mindset Culture
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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#51: "Noticing" and "Wondering:" A Coaching Conversation Tool
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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#50: The Unexpected Skill Needed for a Growth Mindset
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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#49: Untold Secrets of Teacher Retention and School Culture: The Art of Listening For What's Not Being Said
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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#48: Why she ditched her coaching sentence stems
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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#47: How to find time for impactful conversations
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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#46: How Intentional Dialogue Changes Your Brain
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#45: Being busy can reduce your effectiveness
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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#44: Addressing team false harmony and how to start the school year strong
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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#43: When you think you're coaching, but you're actually not
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#42: Where Unproductive Behaviors Come From: How to Address Limiting Beliefs
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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#41: Don't treat people the way you want to be treated - EXPLAINED!
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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#40: Reducing Resistance with Transformative Learning
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May 28, 2023 |
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#39: Where Feelings Belong in Coaching
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May 22, 2023 |
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#38: The Most Important Skill of a Coach
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May 14, 2023 |
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#37: Understanding Human Motivation
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May 07, 2023 |
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#36: Toxic Positivity Damages Your School Culture and Relationships
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May 01, 2023 |
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#35: Do You Experience Imposter Syndrome?
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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#34: Why You're Not Completing Your Coaching Cycles
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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#33: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Building Authentic Relationships
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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#32: The 6 Coaching Focus Areas to Address Different Barriers to Growth
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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#31: Being helpful can be harmful
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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#30: How to advocate for your time and money
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#29: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 4
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#28: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 3
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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#27: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 2
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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#26: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 1
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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#25: Stop Being Passive About Your PD
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#24: The 4 Types of Classroom Observations
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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#23: Are you a Humanistic Leader?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#22: Taking care of your body so your mind is more productive
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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#21: How Can We Normalize Coaching?
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#20: How to Manage Your Never Ending To Do List
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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#19: Happiness isn't what you think it is
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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#18: Unique Ways to Build Teacher Relationships
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#17: How Luis Torres Builds a Culture of Coaching (Part 2)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#16: How Luis Torres Builds a Culture of Coaching
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#15: How Coaches Dramatically Improve Your School's Grade
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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#14: What's Missing From Your Coaching Cycles
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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#13: The Most Impactful Type of Feedback
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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#12: Launching a School Year Where Teachers Thrive, Not Just Survive
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#11: How Perfectionism Diminishes Quality Teaching
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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#10: Back to the Future Protocol
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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#9: Building a Powerful Principal-Coach Relationship (Part 2)
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#8: Building a Powerful Principal-Coach Relationship (Part 1)
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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#7: How Leaders Can Prevent Burnout
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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#6: The Summer Band-Aid Effect
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#5: Which of Your Teachers Are Most Likely to Burnout?
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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#4: False Growth Mindset
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May 24, 2022 |
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#3: Teacher Engagement vs Compliance
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May 17, 2022 |
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#1: My 4 Biggest Mistakes
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May 07, 2022 |
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#2: What's Been Missing
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May 07, 2022 |
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Welcome to Coaching the Whole Educator!
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Feb 17, 2022 |