Coaching the Whole Educator
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...
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Episodes (205)
#199: Stop Waiting for PD: How Self Mentorship Builds Ruckus Maker Principals
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#198: What Great Lesson Planning Teaches Us About Great Coaching (with Lori Coh...
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#197: Why Being Clear Can Feel Hard (with Jennifer Abrams): Do “Hard” Conversati...
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#196: The "We vs. Me" Test: Why the Same Staff Meeting Energizes Some Teachers a...
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#195: The Resistance Tax: The Hidden Costs of Misunderstood Resistance
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#194: Stop Assuming Great Teachers Make Great Mentors
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#193: When High Expectations Meet Resistance: What Should Leaders Actually Do?
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#192: The Resistance Solution in Action: An Instructional Leader's Perspective
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#191: How to Collect Data on Teacher Well Being
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#190.5: "The Resistance Solution": A CELEBRATION!
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#190: The 5 Powerful Coaching Practices (and a surprising secret to success)
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#189: Inside the Lived Experiences of Black Women Instructional Coaches
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#188: The Coaching Mistake We Make When Teachers Are Exhausted
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#187: Why Change Feels Scary: Naming the Real Fears
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#186: [Resistance Chronicles] Ownership Mindset
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#185: Decision Making Magic: Using Intuition to Make Clearer, Faster Leadership...
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#184: [Resistance Chronicles] Growth Mindset
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#183: A Debate: Is Setting Team Norms Effective?
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#182: [Resistance Chronicles] Success Mindset
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#181: Stop Calling It Collaboration When It’s Just Compliance: How Leaders Can...
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#180: [Resistance Chronicles] Belonging Mindset
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#179: When Your Questions Have an Agenda: Unpacking the Subtle Ways Control S...
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#178: [Resistance Chronicles] Value Mindset
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#177: How to Read a Room and Adjust PD in Real Time
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#176: When Consistency Backfires: The Leadership Tension No One Talks About
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#175: If One More Person Says “Self-Care,” I Might Scream: Why Educators Are Bur...
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#174: Is a Little Resistance Actually Healthy?
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#173: Short on Time? Skip the Observation, Not the Pre-Conference
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#172: Can Too Much Empathy Hinder Decisive Leadership?
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#171: How AI Can Spark (Not Replace) Your Leadership
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#170: The Leadership Support Gap
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#169: Best of 2025 Series: I Stopped Trying to Convince Teachers...That’s When...
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#168: Best of 2025 Series: The Art of Interrupting—How to Jump In Without Shutti...
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#167: Best of 2025 Series: Stop Curriculum Chaos: Getting Real Engagement
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#166: Best of 2025 Series: Why Being “Naturally Gifted” Can Backfire as a Coach
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#165: Perfectionism's Impact on Resilience & Well-being
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#163: Coaching Through Student Learning Production Behaviors
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#162: Why Building Trust Might Not Be Working
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#161: Beyond Policies & Promises: How Real Leaders Create Conditions for Equity
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#160: How a One-Hour Intervention Shifted Outcomes for Years
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#159: Why Teachers Don’t Want to Use Data and What to Do About It
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#158: Why Ownership Requires Agency (And How to Build It)
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#164: Why Your Teacher Support Needs a Tiered System
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#157: How Gen Z is Misunderstood in the Workplace
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#156: Give Feedback So They Can Hear It
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#155: This Teacher Leader Ditched the Fix-It Mindset and Escaped the Complaint T...
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#154: It's Not Fear of Change. It's Fear of Loss.
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#153: Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak: Why Great Leaders Pause Before Acting
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#152: The Science of Depletion: Why Small Changes Can Feel Impossible
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#151: Radically Simple PD Systems: Cut the Clutter & Focus on What’s Essential
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