Episodes
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
20. Goal Setting for the New Year
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Happy New Year to everyone! Join Diane and Brandon as they discuss a very popular topic this time of year, goal setting! While the "new year" for educators is late summer to early fall, ringing in the actual new year on January 1 can be a great time to reflect, recalibrate, and set goals moving forward. We hope you enjoy the discussion! As mentioned in the episode, you can find Diane's latest blogpost on this topic by clicking here.
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
19. Azra Bosnjak
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
In this episode, Diane and Brandon are joined by Azra Bosnjak from Boise Schools. As a middle school learning coach, Azra discusses one of the Core Practices of Student-Centered Coaching, co-teaching. In just year 2 as a coach, it's pretty evident that she has a bright career ahead of her!
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Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
18. Rachel Court - ”Moves for Launching...” pt. 2
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
In Episode 16, Diane and Brandon discussed the idea of planning then (May) for "Launching the New Year." Now two months deep into the current school year, they are joined by Rachel Court, an Elementary Instructional Coach from Sioux Falls, SD to discuss the approaches she took to launch her year of coaching!
At the 23:20 mark of the episode, Diane references a list of questions from Moves for Launching a New Year of Student-Centered Coaching (Sweeney, Harris, and Steele, p. 24). They are included for you here.
Monday Aug 14, 2023
17. Rachel Hill & Brandon Lewis
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
It's that time of the year again! As we enter the season of kicking off a new school year, many coaches find themselves navigating newly formed partnerships with a different administrator. Brandon jumps to the other side for this episode, alongside Rachel Hill from Tuscaloosa, AL, as they discuss their relationships with their building's newly hired principals. Diane offers many questions to consider and reflect upon, as well as her own nuggets of advice. Whether you have a new admin or not, the conversation is worth the listen. Hope you enjoy!
Wednesday May 10, 2023
16. Moves for Launching Next Year
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
The school year is quickly coming to a close. What better time to start conversations for the start of next year than right now? Diane and Brandon discuss what these conversations can sound like, as well as potential ideas for coaching that will start in classrooms on the first day of school next year.
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
15. Q/A with Diane & Brandon
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Listen in as Diane and Brandon open up the mailbag! Questions were gathered from listeners and conversations around coaching ensued. Thanks to all that sent in questions...hope you enjoy!
Monday Jan 09, 2023
14. Brett Twiss
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Diane and Brandon were joined by Brett Twiss, Learning Coach at Capital High School in Boise, ID. Fresh off the heels of a massive investment in student-centered coaches (50 new hires in the district for this past fall), Brett shares about his early successes, his desire to amplify the great things that are taking place, and his desire to coach from the role of a learner. After hearing the conversation, it's not shocking that he has had a very successful first semester as a coach.
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
13. Amanda Brueggeman
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Thursday Sep 22, 2022
Amanda Brueggeman joined us for a very insightful conversation on the partnership between the coach, the mentor, and the mentee. Her new book, Student-Centered Mentor, focuses on how to shape that partnership to make it student-centered. Amanda is also a member of Diane's consulting team, where she gets to partner with coaches around the country. Hope you enjoy it!
Friday Jul 15, 2022
12. Leanna Harris and Julie Steele
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Diane's new book (or maybe we should call it a "resource" - you need to listen to better understand that reference), Moves for Launching a New Year of Student-Centered Coaching, is now available for preorder! They will arrive on August 1...just in time for the start of school. While you're waiting for it to arrive, we hope you enjoy our conversation with the other two co-authors, Leanna Harris (@leannaharris22) and Julie Steele (@JulieTier1). They discuss the structure, new thinking that is included, and ways that coaches can utilize this to make their start to the year the best one yet! Hope you enjoy, and click here to grab your own copy!
Thursday May 05, 2022
11. Robin Blair
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
Robin Blair is the Director of AMSTI (Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative). She joins Diane and Brandon this episode to discuss leading teams of coaches and the impact this work is having in the state of Alabama.