How do you coach an overwhelmed teacher? Here are concrete tips and strategies.
Elena Aguilar
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Elena Aguilar
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💙Supporting coaches & leaders and serving educators & students with my workshops, books, and podcast. Pre-order Arise! #onwardthebook #thebrightmorningpodcast
- Our schools desperately need leaders who are anchored in purpose, reaching constantly for connection, who are insatiably curious, and who are powered with courage. Our kids need us to be courageous. #AOCC2019
- According to Darling-Hammond (2009), for a teacher to learn a new skill to the extent that it will positively impact student learning, they need approximately 50 hours of professional development (which includes coaching). How might we transform adult learning with this in mind?
- Repeat after me: My job as a coach is to hold space, not to fill space.
- Professional development is defined by its impact. When was the last time you attended/designed/facilitated a transformative PD? What made it so impactful?
- For teams to be effective, they need conflict. Not destructive conflict, healthy conflict—the kind that allows for disagreements, different viewpoints, & a path forward that deepens relationships on a team.
- 💙 if you're a transformational coach (or an aspiring transformational coach)!
- "For coaching to be successful, every teacher, administrator, and coach in a school, district, or organization needs to know what is meant by coaching—what it is, what it isn't, how coaching works, and what its goals are." bit.ly/30I8sIx
- Today is the day! If you're a coach, know that we appreciate you and all that you do for your school communities!
- I’m often asked why there’s a lotus flower on the cover of my first book & tattooed on my wrist. Here’s why: The lotus is a symbol of transformation, & it grows in mud. when I feel like I’m in the mud, I remember the possibility inherent in the mud. Recognize and welcome the mud.
- We don’t address the elephants in the room because we’re afraid. We’re scared that we don’t know how to talk about those sticky issues, or we’re afraid that we’ll say something terribly “wrong” & that our relationships with others might suffer.
- "If you talk too much in a coaching conversation, it’s likely you’re offering advice, sharing ideas, providing heaps of feedback, or sharing your opinion." bit.ly/2SqdXqn
- Each day ask, answer and act on this one question: What is the biggest small action I can take today to interrupt inequity?
