#coachbetter
Building community in schools through instructional coaching. Wherever you are in your coaching journey, we can support you! Hosted by Kim Cofino, the #coachbetter podcast features inspiring interviews; case studies with coaches; real-life coaching calls; and quick strategic tips that you can put into practice immediately. We turn inspiration into practical reality so you get the clarity you need to move forward confidently - for you as an individual coach and for your coaching program in your school. New episodes every Wednesday!
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3 Tips to Make Coaching Successful with Diane Sweeney
09/16/2025
3 Tips to Make Coaching Successful with Diane Sweeney
In this episode we’re looking at three tips to make coaching successful. This is a highlight from one of . What we appreciate about this clip is that Diane highlights all three elements of the Thrive Model within her three tips. She touches on Clarity, Consistency and Community in this short clip. As you’re watching or listening, we invite you to identify which of Diane’s tips fits in which phase of the Thrive Model: Clarity, Consistency or Community. If you want to learn more about the Thrive Model after this episode, head over to our website at to get all the details. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter) (chapter)
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Building Communities of Hope Through Instructional Coaching with Elin Kelsey & Ivy Yan
09/09/2025
Building Communities of Hope Through Instructional Coaching with Elin Kelsey & Ivy Yan
In this #coachbetter episode Kim talks with Elin Kelsey and Ivy Yan. Elin is an author, researcher and leader in the solutions-focused environmental and climate justice movement. Her mission is to spread wild contagious hope. Ivy is an experiential learning designer and facilitator advocating for the happiness and well-being of human beings and nature as a whole. Together they bring so much hope, joy and happiness to their work, that it is truly contagious! In this episode they talk about ... The ways emotions are contagious and how we, as educators and coaches can bring hope into our school contexts. How the world works in cycles and seasons, and how important it is for us to understand what season we are in, and how we can recognize that within our school communities. The importance of breaks, of being in nature, being vulnerable and recognizing the ways that we need to find space and time to heal Why emotions are important - even when we’re talking about facts How we are connected - and how important embracing that connection is. How and why we need to be shifting the narrative to one of hope. Find the show notes for this episode . Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter) (chapter)
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Building Teacher Agency Through Coaching Conversations with Kim Cofino
09/02/2025
Building Teacher Agency Through Coaching Conversations with Kim Cofino
In this episode Kim talks about how we can build teacher agency during coaching conversations - by providing structure to their thoughts. This episode was inspired by a conversation with one of Kim's clients in The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program when they were going through the “In Practice” module of the course. They were starting to have coaching conversations for the first time and realized that even though their conversations with Kim during the Office Hours in the program felt so natural, there was actually a structure and a process that she was following, even though it felt so seamless in the moment! If we want our coaching conversations to feel seamless and natural, we need to create space for unpacking a lot of ideas, while at the same time providing structure - this is part of the art of coaching. Being able to make a complex conversation feel “easy”. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter) (chapter)
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Season 7 Intro: Hot Topics in Instructional Coaching Across the Globe
08/26/2025
Season 7 Intro: Hot Topics in Instructional Coaching Across the Globe
This is the first #coachbetter episode for season seven of the podcast and Kim highlights 5 key themes that have been percolating to the surface in her work over the past academic year. All of these topics have been a big feature of the in-person work Kim has been doing, our global cohorts of The Coach, and the long term consulting work she does with schools. The themes are: Maintaining confidentiality (with transparency) in coaching relationships (and the importance of separating coaching from any aspect of evaluation, supervision and appraisal) The power of data as a pathway to understanding the impact of coaching The importance of case studies & sharing your impact within your school community; and Developing a coaching mindset and coachability on staff; Finding hope, joy and presence in our work in schools Kim is sharing these because so many of the coaches that she works with, particularly in our global cohort of The Coach, feel like they are alone in these conversations. They wonder if they are the only one who is thinking about and trying to start conversations about these topics in their school. If that sounds like you, you are not alone. Find the show notes for this episode . Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (10): Looking Back to Move Forward 2025
08/19/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (10): Looking Back to Move Forward 2025
For the tenth and final episode in the series, the topic is Looking Back to Move Forward as an Instructional Coach - a collaborative #coachbetter quick tips with Kim and Diana together . This episode focuses on the importance of reflection to help you prepare for the next academic year. The whole series has been about reflecting on your practice and this one will set you up for an annual process every academic year. If you enjoy this episode, and you’re curious about the others, please go back and listen to the rest of the series to learn about the Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching so you can reflect on the Clarity, Consistency and Community you have in your coaching practice and program. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (09):Mindset: Embracing Your Informal Leadership as an Instructional Coach 2025
08/12/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (09):Mindset: Embracing Your Informal Leadership as an Instructional Coach 2025
The topic for the ninth episode in this series is Embracing Your Informal Leadership as an Instructional Coach. This episode focuses on the essential mindset shift that educators need to make when moving into an instructional coaching role. If you enjoy this episode, you’ll love the previous episodes. Go back and listen so you can refresh your coaching practice following the three phases of the Thrive Model: Clarity, Consistency and Community. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (08): 5 Reasons Instructional Coaches are so Essential in Schools 2025
08/05/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (08): 5 Reasons Instructional Coaches are so Essential in Schools 2025
For the eighth episode in this series, the topic is 5 Reasons Instructional Coaches are Essential in Schools. This episode focuses on the essential mindset shift that educators need to make when moving into an instructional coaching role. If you enjoy this episode, you’ll love the previous episodes. Go back and listen so you can refresh your coaching practice following the three phases of the Thrive Model: Clarity, Consistency and Community. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (07): 6 Ways to Build Coaching Relationships with ALL Teachers 2025
07/29/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (07): 6 Ways to Build Coaching Relationships with ALL Teachers 2025
For the seventh episode in this series, the topic is 6 Strategies to Build Relationships with ALL Teachers. This episode focuses on the third phase of Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: Community. To make sure you’re getting all phases of the Thrive Model, please listen to the previous episodes. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (06): 5 Ways to Build a Coaching Culture 2025
07/22/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (06): 5 Ways to Build a Coaching Culture 2025
The topic for the sixth episode in this series is 5 Ways to Build a Coaching Culture. This episode focuses on the third phase of Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: Community. To make sure you’re getting all phases of the Thrive Model, please listen to the previous episodes. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (05): Asking Just the Right Questions as an Instructional Coach 2025
07/15/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (05): Asking Just the Right Questions as an Instructional Coach 2025
For the fifth episode of this series, our topic is Asking Just the Right Questions as an Instructional Coach. This episode focuses on the second phase of Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: Consistency. To make sure you’re getting all phases of the Thrive Model, please listen to the previous episodes. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (04): Top 5 Elements for an Effective Coaching Conversation 2025
07/08/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (04): Top 5 Elements for an Effective Coaching Conversation 2025
The topic of episode 4 is the Top 5 Elements for an Effective Instructional Coaching Conversation. This episode focuses on the second phase of Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: Consistency. To learn about all three phases of the Thrive Model, please listen to the previous episodes. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (03): Three Ways to Find Clarity in Your Coaching Role 2025
07/01/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (03): Three Ways to Find Clarity in Your Coaching Role 2025
The topic of our third episode is 3 Ways to Find Clarity in Your Instructional Coaching Role featuring one of our amazing The Coach Mentors, Diana Beabout. This episode focuses on the first phase of Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: Clarity For more about the series, and to get some background on the Thrive Model, please listen to the previous episodes. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (02): The Importance of Clarity in Your Instructional Coaching Role (and Program) 2025
06/24/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (02): The Importance of Clarity in Your Instructional Coaching Role (and Program) 2025
This episode focuses on the first phase of Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: Clarity. This is the second episode in the Refresh Your Coaching Practice series. The previous episode introduces the Thrive Model - if you haven’t listened to that one yet, go back and listen so you have the framework for the entire series. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (01): Introducing the Thrive Model: Growing a Thriving Coaching Culture 2025
06/17/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (01): Introducing the Thrive Model: Growing a Thriving Coaching Culture 2025
Our topic for episode 1 is Growing a Thriving Coaching Culture: Introducing the Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching. This episode shares an overview of the Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching that will set the stage for all other episodes in this series. Kim developed the Thrive Model after a decade of working with coaches and school leaders around the world. It brings together all of her own experience as an instructional coach, as well as the experiences of her clients, and all the expert guests she's interviewed on this podcast. We use this model to structure all of our courses for coaches, and in particular T. You’ll get an overview of the model in this series, and how the three elements of Clarity, Consistency and Community can be used to develop and refine your individual coaching practice and your coaching program in your school. This series is designed to be an annual refresh of your coaching practice - even if you’ve heard some of the episodes before, every time you listen, when you reflect back on your growth over the last academic year, you’ll be able to take something new away to apply in your practice in the next academic year. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (00): Introducing the Series 2025
06/10/2025
Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (00): Introducing the Series 2025
Welcome to Eduro Learning's "Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series" This is a special podcast series designed to support you in refreshing your coaching practice. It’s called (you guessed it), Refresh Your Coaching Practice. This series is an opportunity for you to reflect on your current practice as well as look ahead and consider opportunities for growth. You’ll notice, as you listen, that we’re following the Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: with episodes on clarity, consistency, and community, so you can refresh your practice on all three elements. Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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#coachbetter Season 6 Recap
06/03/2025
#coachbetter Season 6 Recap
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim wraps up season 6 and highlights one of key themes from this season of #coachbetter - the value of developing a coaching mindset among all staff members as you work towards building a coaching culture. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode? You’ll enjoy: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Navigating Your Own Mental Capacity as an Instructional Coach
05/27/2025
Navigating Your Own Mental Capacity as an Instructional Coach
As coaches we work so hard to support others that we can often forget how important it is to take care of ourselves too. But, as said on a very early episode of the podcast, for coaches to be present for others, they must take care of themselves first. This is a special #coachbetter collaborative episode with Kim Cofino and Diana Beabout because both of them have had an extra challenging year, and when they were chatting about how they’ve managed being at max capacity all year, they realized that some of our strategies might be helpful for you too! If you’re feeling stretched thin - or hoping to prevent that feeling - please keep watching for our 8 tips today! Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Bringing a Sense of Joy to Professional Learning Through Lego Serious Play with Joel Birch
05/20/2025
Bringing a Sense of Joy to Professional Learning Through Lego Serious Play with Joel Birch
In #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Joel Birch, Certified Facilitator and Pro Trainer of LEGO Serious Play. Joel is such a pro at bringing fun, humor, creativity and play into his work. Just being in his orbit helps lighten the mood and start seeing creative possibilities you might not have noticed before. This episode is all about how to bring that kind of energy to your work - even if you’re a type A “non-creative” like me! In this episode, Joel and Kim are talking about the power of play to develop relationships how to structure the implementation of play (for type-A personalities) the impact of bringing play into a work environment the kind of environment needed to embrace play how informal leaders can bring play to their work what can go wrong when you experiment with play at work Find the show notes for this episode . Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Advocating for Equity with Ange Molony
05/13/2025
Advocating for Equity with Ange Molony
This #coachbetter episode is a highlight from one of Kim's favorite episodes from a previous season, featuring Ange Molony, Secondary School Vice Principal at Discovery College in Hong Kong. Kim and Ange talk about how informal leaders, like instructional coaches, can advocate for equity in their school setting. Instructional coaches are fortunate to engage with so many different stakeholders throughout their work, and they may have relationships and experiences with other community members that provide insight that other formal leaders don’t have. When we have the opportunity to advocate for others, instructional coaches have a variety of pathways to start or continue that conversation. This conversation with Ange highlights her own experience in being an advocate, and may provide insight for you to consider how you do something similar in your school setting. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: (Full episode) Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Coaching Call: Balancing Competing Demands as a School Leader with Kathy Patton
05/06/2025
Coaching Call: Balancing Competing Demands as a School Leader with Kathy Patton
This #coachbetter episode is part of our special series featuring real-life coaching conversations with a member of our community. This conversation is with Kathy Patton, Assistant (ES) Principal at International School of Panama. HUGE thank you to Kathy for being willing to record this session to share with all of you! This episode is such a great example of the many demands of leadership - and just a single coaching conversation can help you feel hopeful and a sense of direction in moving forward. In this conversation they talk about how challenging it is for leaders to… Manage the constant shifting from one responsibility to another Rapidly shift their mindset and attitude from one setting to the next Be present in the moment when ongoing issues are lingering Process all the different conversations they have in the day, so they can be better prepared the next time around Develop sustainable strategies to reflect, process and plan for a very busy week Find the show notes for this episode Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Embracing Your Curiosity as an Instructional Coach
04/29/2025
Embracing Your Curiosity as an Instructional Coach
It can often feel easier to be an expert (or a consultant) than it is to coach. Whether it’s building peer coaching skills among a full faculty, or inside with educators who are learning to be instructional coaches, or in , we all feel very comfortable in the consultancy dynamic. We’re familiar with the concept of mentoring or giving advice, and it’s easy to think that coaching is the same thing. This #coachbetter episode is about embracing your curiosity as an instructional coach - and letting go of feeling like you need to be an expert. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of AAICIS
04/22/2025
Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of AAICIS
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with members of the team from the (called AAICIS), where Kim is currently serving as the Executive Director. The organization is celebrating its one-year anniversary by reflecting on its achievements since its launch in March 2024. The discussion highlights the unique support AAICIS offers to international school educators interested in or currently working in instructional coaching. The team shares how their all-volunteer, all-remote group has advanced coaching practices tailored specifically to the international school context. (For more about how AAICIS got started, check out our episode from March 2024 ) Listen to this episode to hear about all the work this amazing team has accomplished, including: Their successful launch in March 2024 An update on their research (to dig deeper into this check out ) Their free resources, and what’s coming next The support they provide for coaches, leaders and schools - and why this might be valuable for YOU and your school! How to connect with AAICIS Developments on their growing team If you’re looking to join a supportive community of instructional coaches and leaders in international schools around the world who are as passionate about instructional coaching as you are, this episode (and AAICIS) is for you! Find the show notes for this episode . Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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The Importance of Intentional Conversations with Michele Mattoon
04/15/2025
The Importance of Intentional Conversations with Michele Mattoon
This #coacbetter episode is about the importance of intentional and structured conversations. This is a highlight from one of Kim's favorite episodes from a previous season, featuring Michele Mattoon, Executive Director of the National School Reform Faculty. Recently as part of one of Leaders Speaker Series we had Jennifer Abrams share with our community about Stretching Your Learning Edges (), and as she said on the podcast, Jennifer highlighted how as educators we are not trained in having conversations with other adults. Having intentional and structured conversations, , can really help us navigate difficult and challenging topics that, as Michele says, sometimes need “guardrails”. Because instructional coaches work with so many different stakeholders, with so many different perspectives, experiences and opinions, it’s so important for us to know how to structure conversation for productive discourse and dialogue. Protocols are one way we can do that. If protocols are new to you, make sure to . Once you start using protocols in your professional learning, and group conversations, you won’t go back. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Case Study: Navigating a New Coaching Role & School Culture with Jen Kagohara
04/08/2025
Case Study: Navigating a New Coaching Role & School Culture with Jen Kagohara
This #coachbetter episode is another in our series of coaching case studies, with one of Kim's amazing clients, Jen Kagohara, ES Tech & Design Coach, Taipei American School, Taiwan. Jen is a graduate of The Coach Certificate & Mentorship Program and when we recorded this episode she had just finished the program. These case study episodes are designed to share the story of a coach, and the development of their coaching program and practice in their unique setting. We're so excited to share this episode with Jen with you because Jen has had many experiences that are shared by lots of the clients Kim works with. She’s relatively new to her school, which has hired coaches, but doesn’t yet have a coaching culture. Many coaches that Kim works with are in this exact same situation - in fact we have several other podcast episodes about this very topic, one is ”). Wherever you are in the process at your school, it’s always valuable to hear what this looks like in different school contexts. In this conversation they talk about ... What coaching looks like in her school right now What makes coaching work and what are some challenges Jen’s growth as a coach throughout The Coach Certificate & Mentorship Program Her big aha moments as a new coach What she’s planning for next in terms of her professional growth What she wishes she knew before she started coaching Her recommendations for new and aspiring coaches Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Introducing the 5 Domains of a Coaching Mindset
04/01/2025
Introducing the 5 Domains of a Coaching Mindset
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim introduces the domains of a coaching mindset. Did you know that the number one indicator of student success is collective efficacy? (Donohoo, 2017). Research shows that when we believe in one another, student learning improves. How we can improve our collective efficacy through the lens of coaching – without hiring an instructional coach or a formal coaching program? Because we all want to improve student learning. And we all can benefit from coaching. But not every school has the capacity or finances to build an instructional coaching program. And the great news is, you don’t have to have a formal coaching program to do it. All you need to get started is a coaching mindset. And every single person (students included) can work towards cultivating a coaching mindset. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Bringing a Coaching Perspective to Co-Teaching with Lindsay Manzella and John Stephany
03/25/2025
Bringing a Coaching Perspective to Co-Teaching with Lindsay Manzella and John Stephany
This #coachbetter episode is a case study conversation with two amazing educators: EAL (English as an Additional Language) Teacher Lindsay Manzella and INS Teacher John Stephany. Lindsay and John worked together at NIST (Thailand) at the time of recording, where they developed a unique model for co-teaching and coaching to support all learners in John’s classroom, where Lindsay was supporting EAL students. Both Lindsay and John have had training in coaching so they have come to the co-teaching experience with a foundational understanding of how coaching works. In this episode they talk about: How Lindsay and John work together Why John, as an MYP INS teacher finds coaching so valuable Why Lindsay, as an EAL Teacher, finds coaching such a powerful support to her work What works well in their partnership as well as what can be challenging How this model might work in other schools Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Collecting Data Around Coaching with Anne Marie Chow
03/18/2025
Collecting Data Around Coaching with Anne Marie Chow
This #coachbetter episode is a highlight from one of Kim's favorite episodes from a previous season, featuring Anne Marie Chow, who at the time was Middle School Vice Principal and English teacher at United World College Southeast Asia, East Campus in Singapore. We're excited to be sharing this highlight today, because not only is Anne Marie amazing () but if you’ve been watching or listening to #coachbetter this season, you know we’re talking a lot about measuring your impact (see links to previous episode below). Because instructional coaching is a non-teaching position, it’s so important for coaches to be proactive about measuring and sharing the impact of their work. It’s a role that’s both challenging to find the budget to hire for, and one that’s easy to cut if school leaders don’t see the intended outcome. The more coaches can do to collect and share data around their work, the easier it will be for school leaders, and teachers, to see the value of coaching. This episode highlights the experience of coaches at UWC Singapore and the actual types of data they are collecting. If you’re an instructional coach, curious about getting started collecting data, there are some great ideas here - and hopefully this clip will inspire even more ideas that will work just right in your school context. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Case Study: Building a Coaching Culture BEFORE Starting a Coaching Program with Melissa Carr
03/11/2025
Case Study: Building a Coaching Culture BEFORE Starting a Coaching Program with Melissa Carr
This #coachbetter episode is another in our series of coaching case studies, with one of Kim's amazing clients, Melissa Car, Grade 1 classroom teacher at St. Mary’s International School in Japan. Melissa is a graduate of The Coach Certificate & Mentorship Program and when we recorded this episode she had just finished the program. In this conversation we talk about How Melissa started her journey to instructional coaching Why she thinks coaching is right for her school, right now How her school leaders made the decision to implement a coaching program The vision for the coaching program at her school Her “aha moments” in The Coach The successes she’s already had with coaching - as a classroom teacher What schools and teachers should consider when begining an instructional coaching program Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter)
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Redirecting a Coaching Conversation with Diana Beabout
03/04/2025
Redirecting a Coaching Conversation with Diana Beabout
In this #coachbetter episode, Diana is going to share 5 tips to redirect a coaching conversation. Sometimes our coaching conversations take an unexpected turn. This can be really challenging because we know that it’s important for our coaching partners to take the lead in directing the conversation. But what happens when… it seems like your coaching partner is straying away from the goals you set at the beginning of the cycle or your work together? Or when you notice something during a classroom visit that you are hoping will attract the attention of your coaching partner, but it doesn’t? Or You realize there is a gap that needs to be addressed that your coaching partner doesn’t realize yet? It can be tricky to know if you should find a way to address these issues and potentially redirect the conversation - let alone actually try to do it! Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy these: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter) (chapter)
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Valuing Adult Learning with Sara Brodhead and Jim Laney
02/25/2025
Valuing Adult Learning with Sara Brodhead and Jim Laney
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Jim Laney, Head of School & Sara Brodhead, Director of Teaching and Learning at in Taiwan. Sarah has now moved on to Hong Kong International Sschool, and Jim, who’s still HoS at Kaohsiung, is a repeat guest on the show - where we talk about how instructional coaching supports at all levels. Kim has been working with KAS for the last two years to support their brand new middle leadership team in developing their instructional leadership capacity and applying a coaching mindset to their work. In that time, KAS has also hired two new instructional coaches, and this conversation developed from our work together. In this episode, Jim, Sara and Kim talk about.. the development of the new middle leadership and instructional coaching roles at KAS the distinction between supervision and evaluation and the professional growth that coaching can provide their vision for the new instructional coaching roles the structures they are putting in place measuring the impact of their work how we can help other school leaders and educators see the value of instructional coaching This conversation highlights the huge impact an investment in teacher professional growth can have in our schools. Find the show notes for this episode . Like this episode, you’ll enjoy this one: Let’s Connect: Our website: EduroLearning on EduroLearning on EduroLearning on Subscribe to our Join our Learn with Kim Read more from Kim: (book) (chapter) (chapter)
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