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 or a seasoned instructional coach or leader looking for fresh perspective, you’ll learn how to focus on the mindsets and motivations driving unproductive behaviors. By getting to the root of resistance, you’ll discover how to build stronger relationships, lead with clarity, and create lasting impact in your school.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 158
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
#57: The Choice Map: A Guide to Shifting Mindsets
In this episode, Becca takes a deep dive into the fascinating world of mindset and truly transformative coaching with Dr. Marilee Adams. Dr. Adams is a seasoned author and professor in …
#56: Their Coaching Model Made Them National News
In this episode, Becca engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Kelli Crain and Jill Hoda, State Literacy Coordinators for the Mississippi State Department of Education. As Miss…
#55: New Teacher Success Strategies
In this podcast episode, Becca engages in a conversation with Dr. Melissa Bonds, a highly experienced education leader, Director of a doctoral program and consultant. Melissa discusses …
#54: How One District is Retaining Early Career Educators
In this episode Becca and Tami Shaw, Professional Development and Learning Specialist in Edmond Public Schools, explore the innovative strategies that Edmond is pioneering to support an…
#53: Sustaining Your Energy Throughout the School Year
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[FREE DOWNLOAD] Two Minute Stress Relievers
Curious about how you can maintain your energy level and well-being throughout the school year? Tune in to this new…
#52: Beginning of Year Series: Building a Growth Mindset Culture
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[FREE WORKBOOK] Growth Mindset Email Series
In this conversation with the very knowledgeable Dr. Afiya Fredericks, an expert in growth mindset (works with Carol …
#51: "Noticing" and "Wondering:" A Coaching Conversation Tool
Becca Silver is back with a special guest, Dr. Christi Roberts, and they're unpacking an invaluable coaching tool: "Noticing and Wondering." Dive into a conversation that revolves aroun…
#50: The Unexpected Skill Needed for a Growth Mindset
Join us as we dive into the world of coaching and leadership with our special guest, Mary Kingston Roche, a TED talker with a unique perspective on a vital (and unexpected) skill needed…
#49: Untold Secrets of Teacher Retention and School Culture: The Art of Listening For What's Not Being Said
In this captivating podcast episode, Becca dives into an intriguing conversation with Chanavia Patterson, affectionately known as Principal Patterson, on the powerful concept of "listen…
#48: Why she ditched her coaching sentence stems
“I came in wanting sentence starters, thinking that was gonna make me a better coach. And I wanted a grid of like, if you see this, do that, when you see this, do that. And that's not h…
#47: How to find time for impactful conversations
Join Becca as she chats with Kara Semtner, who embarked on an incredible journey through the depths of the pandemic as a coach. Kara shares her personal transformation from an unsure an…
#46: How Intentional Dialogue Changes Your Brain
Intentional dialogue helps create a safe container for discussing sensitive or challenging topics. We must retrain our brains and nervous systems to regulate negative reactions and thin…
#45: Being busy can reduce your effectiveness
Did you know your leadership effectiveness is directly related to your ability to sit with discomfort? Sometimes, staying busy keeps us from being present with uncomfortable situations …
#44: Addressing team false harmony and how to start the school year strong
You can't truly grow and improve as a coach or leader... unless you actively engage in regular and meaningful reflection.
Reflection is essential for coaches and leaders, especially at t…
#43: When you think you're coaching, but you're actually not
Did you know that sometimes you’re actually consulting instead of coaching? If we as coaches could really get the whole distinction between coaching and consulting, and approach it with…
#42: Where Unproductive Behaviors Come From: How to Address Limiting Beliefs
You can’t focus on changing behaviors without addressing beliefs because beliefs influence behavior. Beliefs, ways of being, and behaviors are interconnected and hard to separate. Belie…
#41: Don't treat people the way you want to be treated - EXPLAINED!
In this episode, Becca and Candice Saxon dive into a discussion about treating others the way they want to be treated. They emphasize the importance of this concept as a cornerstone of …
#40: Reducing Resistance with Transformative Learning
In this episode, Becca brings in Sierra Flores, an instructional coach and extraordinary professional development designer, to discuss her own experience using transformative learning t…
#39: Where Feelings Belong in Coaching
In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Dutchess Maye and Becca discuss feelings and where they belong in coaching. They talk about strategies to self-regulate emotions, how to …
#38: The Most Important Skill of a Coach
In this episode, Becca and Melanie Matthews-Calhoun (Literacy at Work) discuss different ways of listening and how they’re helpful. They discuss the differences between listening and he…