The phrase, “It’s a marathon, not a sprint” has meaning in many different contexts. When it comes to instructional coaching, this phrase holds great meaning. In the systems coaching model that our district currently employs, we are assigned to teacher teams based on student data. A level of proficiency has been defined that deems instructional … [Read more…]
It feels like we’ve had a breakthrough as an instructional coaching staff this week. (Here comes the sun!) We spent a great deal of time collaborating to arrive at common tools and language for our coaching work. More importantly, we focused on how we will move forward leading as a team, letting data drive our … [Read more…]
Last week, I indicated that the education world continues to present many challenges: “Our students are not the same students we had before 2020. They are displaying more frequent challenging behaviors. Despite this, we have educators at FMCSD (and everywhere!) who are working incredibly hard to meet the needs of our students.” As I continue … [Read more…]
My inspiration for today’s post came this week as I watched several different scenarios unfold across our school buildings. (Side note: the title for today’s post popped in my head earlier this week. I had completely forgotten that I had used this same title with a similar theme in my October 3, 2021 blogpost!) The … [Read more…]
Last year I ran across an email or a social media post from Jon Gordon promoting the One Word Challenge. Without doing much investigating, I half-heartedly chose my word for 2021: Perseverance. Although it was a half-hearted effort at choosing One Word, and I didn’t regularly reflect on it, I’m still going to call it … [Read more…]