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!
In this first #coachbetter episode for Season 5, Clint and Kim talk about the focus for season 5 so you can see where we’re going with the podcast. They start out by defining instructional coaching a…
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim and Clint are chatting about our mission to bring consistent and sustainable coaching practices to international schools. We are super excited about this focus and d…
In this episode, Kim and Diana are doing a collaborative #coachbetter quick tips! They’ve been inspired by the conversations they’re having with our global cohort of The Coach Certificate and Mentors…
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Rola Said and Nabila Bashir, both from the Queen Rania Teacher Academy in Jordan! Rola is the Director of Programs and Nabila is the Director of Business…
In this #coachbetter episode we’re going to explore some of the ways that you can reflect on your work as a coach over the past academic year - and hopefully, encourage you to think about making inte…
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Tavia Clark, Learning Experience Designer at Clarity Innovations!
Tavia has extensive experience designing professional learning for educators, having wor…
In this #coachbetter episode: Diana is sharing her 5-Step Checklist for Returning Home as an International Educator!
If you’re moving back to your passport country this year, this episode from Diana …
In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel episode featuring four experienced international school educators who have recently returned to their passport country!
When we start teaching …
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim shares her secret (and also my simplest) coaching assessment that you can apply in any coaching conversation immediately. Kim works with coaches in schools around th…
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Shannon Beckley, Director of Teaching & Learning at Graded Sao Paulo in Brazil. Shannon has a huge range of coaching experience in several different schoo…
In this #coachbetter episode we have the second in a two-part series from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is shar…
In this episode, Kim talks with Eric Hudson, Chief Program Officer for Global Online Academy about what excellent remote professional learning for educators looks like, why it’s important for educat…
This episode is all about one of Kim's favorite tools to facilitate professional conversations - Protocols! If you listened to last week’s episode with Michele Mattoon you’re probably already curious…
In this #coachbetter episode, Clint and Kim chat with Michele Mattoon, Executive Director of the National School Reform Faculty.
Michele is a master facilitator and coach. As Executive Director of NS…
This is a guest episode from Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing some guiding questions to help you prepa…
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim chats with Kawai Lai about what it means to be a leader today, how we can create responsive teams, use visual facilitation to prompt courageous conversations, find c…
This #coachbetter episode highlights 5 ways that you can demonstrate (and build) your leadership capacity at any level of the school. Instead of getting stuck in the mindset that you’re “just a teach…
In this #coachbetter episode, we have a fantastic panel featuring graduates of our first cohort of Women Who Lead! Maki, Cary, and Terea were all part of our very first global cohort of Women Who Lea…
This is a #coachbetter guest episode with Diana Beabout, one of our amazing mentors inside The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program. In this episode, Diana is sharing two ways that instructional …
In this #coachbetter episode, Kim talks with Ange Molony, Secondary School Vice Principal at Discovery College in Hong Kong! Ange has been teaching internationally since 2003, starting in Bangkok, mo…