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Listen "Rebecca Frazier: The Joy of Coaching"
Episode Synopsis
Rebecca Frazier, Ph.D., has centered her professional career around learning and sharing how to
become an effective coach in a variety of situations. When teachers feel encouragement and love as well as
being supported by a technically skilled and competent coach, both the positive energy to persevere and the skills needed to meet difficult challenges are produced. This holistic way of delivering coaching, which includes a focus on personal development, benefits all involved in the process: students, teachers, coaches, and leaders. Rebecca’s doctoral research included a qualitative and quantitative study dedicated to answering the question, “What makes an effective instructional coach?” The answers she found became the foundation for her book, The Joy of Coaching: Characteristics of Effective Instructional Coaches.
Her years as a classroom teacher, an instructional coach, trainer of instructional coaches, district facilitator for coaching program development, and a K–8 principal have provided her with a multi-tiered perspective of the coaching process. Rebecca sees coaching as the “go to” professional development a strategy that, when delivered with warmth and power, can inspire joy and professional success.
Episode Notes:
-Rebecca was a substitute in K-12, became a K-12 instructional coach, was a 4th/5th-grade teacher, a K-8 principal, Teacher coaching teachers program, district coach, coach, and coordinator as well as a trainer of coaches.
-Jim Knight’s work, What makes an effective instructional coach? Doctoral study focus and ten years as an instructional coach.
-Joy of Coaching Book, Coach Happy business
-Characteristics identified through research that would be helpful for coaches to incorporate into their lives and coaching practices: caring, competent, collaborative, authentic, a quality communicator, flexible, trustworthy, planned, able to provide models and inspiration.
-Team of coaches who were ready to dissect what was and what was not working.
-Caring and competency were needed for effective coaching
-Needed intentional relationship building
-Add caring practices to our coaching due to the data was showing it was needed
-Processes for goal setting and progress in regards to data collection and softer skill protocols involving motivation, commitment, and connection.
-Dissertation: 69 coached teachers and 70 non coached teachers. Analyzed growth in teacher competency, job satisfaction, and student growth.
-Taking a risk to gather this data, but coaching teachers outperformed non coached teachers in 22 areas of instructional practice by 4 to 5 times
– More growth in reading than non coached
-Teachers are struggling in so many ways, we need to walk with them forward
-Bite-size chunks of video reflection and video coaching
-New coaches, you were hired for a reason. If you have been hired as a coach you are good, don’t doubt yourself! Think back to what worked within your own classroom.
-Note specific things within the classroom. Praise what you want to see more of, and bring chocolate!
-Practice self-compassion
-Chip’s Tips- Coach Happy Inspirational Pup
-Coach happy, where caring and confidence meets
Connect with Rebecca:
The Joy of Coaching: Characteristics of Effective Instructional Coaches Book - Corwin and Amazon
Twitter- @coachhappy
Website- coachhappy.com
[email protected] Email to be added to the mailing list
become an effective coach in a variety of situations. When teachers feel encouragement and love as well as
being supported by a technically skilled and competent coach, both the positive energy to persevere and the skills needed to meet difficult challenges are produced. This holistic way of delivering coaching, which includes a focus on personal development, benefits all involved in the process: students, teachers, coaches, and leaders. Rebecca’s doctoral research included a qualitative and quantitative study dedicated to answering the question, “What makes an effective instructional coach?” The answers she found became the foundation for her book, The Joy of Coaching: Characteristics of Effective Instructional Coaches.
Her years as a classroom teacher, an instructional coach, trainer of instructional coaches, district facilitator for coaching program development, and a K–8 principal have provided her with a multi-tiered perspective of the coaching process. Rebecca sees coaching as the “go to” professional development a strategy that, when delivered with warmth and power, can inspire joy and professional success.
Episode Notes:
-Rebecca was a substitute in K-12, became a K-12 instructional coach, was a 4th/5th-grade teacher, a K-8 principal, Teacher coaching teachers program, district coach, coach, and coordinator as well as a trainer of coaches.
-Jim Knight’s work, What makes an effective instructional coach? Doctoral study focus and ten years as an instructional coach.
-Joy of Coaching Book, Coach Happy business
-Characteristics identified through research that would be helpful for coaches to incorporate into their lives and coaching practices: caring, competent, collaborative, authentic, a quality communicator, flexible, trustworthy, planned, able to provide models and inspiration.
-Team of coaches who were ready to dissect what was and what was not working.
-Caring and competency were needed for effective coaching
-Needed intentional relationship building
-Add caring practices to our coaching due to the data was showing it was needed
-Processes for goal setting and progress in regards to data collection and softer skill protocols involving motivation, commitment, and connection.
-Dissertation: 69 coached teachers and 70 non coached teachers. Analyzed growth in teacher competency, job satisfaction, and student growth.
-Taking a risk to gather this data, but coaching teachers outperformed non coached teachers in 22 areas of instructional practice by 4 to 5 times
– More growth in reading than non coached
-Teachers are struggling in so many ways, we need to walk with them forward
-Bite-size chunks of video reflection and video coaching
-New coaches, you were hired for a reason. If you have been hired as a coach you are good, don’t doubt yourself! Think back to what worked within your own classroom.
-Note specific things within the classroom. Praise what you want to see more of, and bring chocolate!
-Practice self-compassion
-Chip’s Tips- Coach Happy Inspirational Pup
-Coach happy, where caring and confidence meets
Connect with Rebecca:
The Joy of Coaching: Characteristics of Effective Instructional Coaches Book - Corwin and Amazon
Twitter- @coachhappy
Website- coachhappy.com
[email protected] Email to be added to the mailing list
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