S4E7: Brendan Lee and Zach Groshell on Coaching, Culture and Change

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This is the second conversation between Dr. Zach Groshell and Brendan Lee. In this episode, they take a deep dive into some of the key considerations that schools need to take when it comes to instructional coaching.

Zach’s four items were:

• Schools need an instructional focus for coaching to be successful.  
• Coaching is not only about teaching techniques, but also about fostering teacher judgement. 
• Relationships with teachers should not overshadow the goal of coaching
• Coaching cycles and drop ins don’t need to take all that long

Brendan’s four points were:

• Coaches need to shrink the change
• Coaching should feel like a development process, rather than a judgemental one
• Participants need to own the problem
• Get granular with goal setting

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

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