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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes instructional coach Allison Peterson on the program to discuss her new book, Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles and how new coaches just starting out can be successful next year by getting started over the summer!
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Question of the Week
Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.
This week’s question is:
How Can a Coach Kickstart their Coaching Cycles?
Weekly Topic
- How to “Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles”
- What is the state of Instructional Coaching in 2024?
- What are Coaching Cycles?
- How to Kickstart your Coaching Cycles?
- How to write the book
- Understanding “The Organic Coaching Cycle”
- Suggestions for helping Coaches understand how to speak in “Data” to administrators
- What should Coaching Data look like?
- How to support frustrated Coaches at the end of the school year
About the Book: Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles
Are you a new Instructional Coach? Have you been dreaming about making a bigger impact on education through the work of coaching, but you feel like you aren’t making any progress as a new Instructional Coach? You might even be wondering if you made a mistake and should return to the classroom.You are not alone!
In Kickstart Your Coaching Cycles, Allison Petersen shares with you how she discovered the way to break through the roadblocks that stop coaches from making an impact. Allison is here to coach you through her practical, step-by-step approach to Instructional Coaching. She will teach you how to start coaching cycles using The Organic Coaching Cycle, which will help you to create momentum and energy in your coaching.
This practical, short guide for new Instructional Coaches will help you to:
- Build natural and authentic relationships with teachers
- Overcome the formality of coaching cycles
- Find the right teachers to start with
- Start coaching cycles even if you’ve never done one before
- Understand how to use coaching cycles to impact instructional practice
Get ready to leave behind the feeling lost and lonely as a new Instructional Coach and learn a new perspective that will help you become a Make-Change-Happen Coach!
About our Guest: Allison Peterson
Allison is the founder of the #NewtoCoaching Community where new Instructional Coaches can learn, connect, and be encouraged as they transition from the classroom to coaching. In addition to training and supporting new coaches, Allison consults with independent schools to help design and start their instructional coaching programs. She’s starting her 9th year out of the classroom as a coach. She is currently launching a new coaching program as a K-8 Instructional Coach at a school in North Georgia.
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