My Coaches’ Couch
My Coaches’ Couch supports instructional coaches with practical strategies, reflective insights, and real-world stories that help them build trust and cultivate growth.
Episodes
Cultivating curiosity improves coaching. This episode offers steps for developing a curious stance in your coaching work.
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This episode offers a simple coaching question that can anchor observation, center student learning, and fuel meaningful coaching conversations.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
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This episode offers a framework for thinking about coaching as a powerful convergence that builds momentum with teachers to amplify your impact.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
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This episode offers a simple coaching question that can strengthen metacognition, increase clarity, and promote ownership.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a remi...
This episode includes a conversation with middle school instructional coach Jean Hill, as she talks about
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some power...
This episode offers a simple coaching prompt that shapes how we listen and invites the teacher into deeper thinking.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder ...
On today’s episode, you’ll learn some ways of paraphrasing without parroting, so that you and the teacher you are coaching both reach more clarity. Listen in.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To r...
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can be practiced in all of our relationships to open meaningful conversation.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
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This episode is an authentic coaching conversation with Aubrey, a novice middle-school teacher, as she thinks about an upcoming writing unit. Though questions that prompt her to reflect on past successes, Aubrey has some aha’s about how to move forward.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press websit...
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can create curiosity, challenge assumptions, and lead to sense-making.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a remin...
Feedback is meant to be offered as a gift, but it is not always received that way. In this episode, we’ll think about how to receive feedback in ways that steady and support.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
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This episode offers a simple coaching practice that can boost energy for teachers and coaches. Let’s celebrate!
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some...
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can invite presence, communicate care, and influence how people remember their day.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster...
This episode includes a conversation with middle school instructional coach Jean Hill, as she talks about the value of being open and approachable.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a di...
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can amplify strengths, elevate agency, and create momentum for next steps.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a r...
In this episode, we’ll explore how coaches can use focusing questions to support exploration and problem-solving, rather than asking funneling questions, which lead teachers to a coach’s pre-determined response.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can connect you quickly to what matters, helping you begin right where the teacher is.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital pos...
This episode includes a conversation with Michael Manderino as he talks about taking an inquiry stance in coaching, especially when working with teachers from disciplines other than your own.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
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This episode offers a magic question that balances affirmation and analysis, helping teachers anchor reflection in strengths and opening the door for refinement and deep learning.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCou...
Wondering how to prepare for a tricky instructional coaching conversation?
Instead of telling the teacher what you saw or making suggestions for strategies they should use, shift attention to a third point that does the hard talking for you or with you.
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