• Goals and Motivation
  • Instructional Coaching
  • Organization
  • Time Management

How to Create a Coaching Schedule {and handle your busy-ness}

You are pretty dang busy during any given day or week. Planning sessions, observations, debriefs, resource gathering, PD, … and…

  • Organization
  • Time Management

7 Ways to Have a Productive Spring Break {and a printable!}

Ahhhh, spring break. Don't you just love it? Warmer weather, a break from school, and some fun free time to…

  • Goals and Motivation
  • Instructional Coaching
  • Teaching Tips
  • Time Management

How Sharp is Your Saw?

What are you doing to support your own growth and professional learning? This was a question our principal recently asked…

  • Instructional Coaching

11 Things Coaches Should Look For in Classroom Observations

I received a handout at a workshop I recently attended on different factors coaches can look for in classroom observations.…

  • Instructional Coaching
  • Organization

10 Great Gifts for Educators

'Tis the season! We're in the midst of Secret Santa and while still hard at work coaching, my thoughts have…

  • Instructional Coaching
  • Teaching Tips

Close Reading Anchor Chart

For the past few months, I've been working with our third grade team on implementing one of the curriculum modules…

  • Instructional Coaching
  • Organization

My Coaching Office

I don't know about you guys, but I just love love {yes two loves, not a typo} peeking inside the…

  • Instructional Coaching
  • Teaching Tips

A Groovy Google Site

I've had a pretty fun project going on this past month that's taken a bit of time, but has totally…

  • Instructional Coaching
  • Organization
  • Teaching Tips

Meeting Tips and Tools

Phew! I feel like I blinked and it was suddenly September. It has been one busy start to the school…

  • Teaching Tips

Build Your Routine

This is a good question to do some reflecting on. Especially at the beginning of a new school year. To…