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
#17: How Luis Torres Builds a Culture of Coaching (Part 2)
Luis Torres has been a Bronx principal for 18 years. He's seen it all. During the second half of our conversation, he shares how he has built a coaching culture that empowers teacher le…
#16: How Luis Torres Builds a Culture of Coaching
I chat with Luis Torres, principal of 18 years in the Bronx, about how he has built a coaching culture at his school. Find out how you can get your teachers invested in coaching and how…
#15: How Coaches Dramatically Improve Your School's Grade
In this episode, Becca asks Dr. Deana to share her experience of starting a new position as a principal and only having 3 years to turn around the school. Dr. Deana found the relationsh…
#14: What's Missing From Your Coaching Cycles
Becca welcomes back Chad Ransom to the podcast this week to discuss what’s missing from coaching your cycle. In this episode, they discuss what needs to happen before a coaching cycle b…
#13: The Most Impactful Type of Feedback
In education, we talk about the importance of teachers, coaches, principals, and students having a growth mindset. One aspect of operating under a growth mindset is regularly giving and…
#12: Launching a School Year Where Teachers Thrive, Not Just Survive
In this episode, I interview Brendalyn King, Executive Coach for school leaders and a previous school leader herself. We discuss how to look for signs of teacher burnout at the beginnin…
#11: How Perfectionism Diminishes Quality Teaching
A common trait between many professionals in education is perfectionism. But is it actually something that we should be striving for? In this week’s episode, I share why we should help …
#10: Back to the Future Protocol
In this episode, I am chatting with special guest Mia Pumo, co-owner of Constructive Learning Design, about how coaches and school administrators can start the school year intentionall…
#9: Building a Powerful Principal-Coach Relationship (Part 2)
This week is Part 2 of the discussion around how to intentionally build a powerful alliance between principal and instructional coach. You will learn about how instructional coaches can…
#8: Building a Powerful Principal-Coach Relationship (Part 1)
This episode I interviewed Chad Ransom, who specializes in coaching principals. He shares the importance of the relationship between the principal and the instructional coach, how princ…
#7: How Leaders Can Prevent Burnout
When there is widespread burnout in schools, it not only needs to be addressed by the educator, but it is also the responsibility of the leaders to create a culture that prevents future…
#6: The Summer Band-Aid Effect
In this episode, we discuss the temporary remedies that are ineffective at addressing our educators' burnout. In addition, as teachers go on summer break, they forget about the fatigue,…
#5: Which of Your Teachers Are Most Likely to Burnout?
In this episode I interview Jessica, a highly talented and passionate teacher that burned out this school year, on why she made the difficult decision to quit. We discuss what research …
#4: False Growth Mindset
In this episode, you'll learn about what growth mindset is and isn’t. You will find out about the false growth mindset, the need for adult mindset developments and how to create and sus…
#3: Teacher Engagement vs Compliance
In this episode you’ll learn about the distinction between teacher engagement and compliance. You'll find out why our schools have a compliance culture and how to overcome it. You will …
#1: My 4 Biggest Mistakes
In this episode, I share my journey from teacher to instructional coach. Along the way I made some mistakes that impacted my effectiveness. I share how I pivoted and the difference that…
#2: What's Been Missing
In this episode, you will learn the 3 skills research shows that instructional coaches need to be highly effective. You will also learn why you are strong in some skills and not as str…
Welcome to Coaching the Whole Educator!
Are you an instructional coach, teacher leader or school leader who is looking to increase your impact on all of your teachers, especially the ones who need it most? You're in the righ…