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This article has great tips about how instructional coaches can improve their leadership skills.

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I went to a training for my district this week, and this concept reminded me of this class! My school is trying to use these skills to ensure we are a Learning Organization rather than a Bureaucracy. I see some small tweaks that could help us grow, for sure!

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This shows the aspects of emotional intelligence and how they relate to one another.

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Figure 1 from RETHINKING THE CLAIMS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ORGANIZATIONS - Semantic Scholar

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Figure 1: Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence Model - "RETHINKING THE CLAIMS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN ORGANIZATIONS"

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This infographic provides tips that relate to the four areas of Emotional Intelligence.

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This awesome graphic sums up effective coaching conversations. I found myself zooming in and looking at all the details for quite a while! I particularly like the tips for body language. These reminders will be really helpful as I work with other teachers or even students during on-on-one conversations! This originated from a coaching session taught by Susan Cleyle and Angela Sordi, and Liisa Sorsa drew a graphic representation of the topics as they spoke- pretty neat! Be sure to enlarge when you click on the picture!

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This flow chart can help a person determine which type of leader they are. I found myself connecting with several examples, and I am sure that most effective leaders have a combination of types. Click "open in new window" to see a readable version :)

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Kristin Houser, an instructional coach blogger, created this awesome infographic to explain how instructional coaches can best work with teachers. It is filled with 10 steps that leaders can use to determine a need and act upon it. This will be extremely helpful when conducting meetings with teachers and helping to differentiate among their needs!

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As part of my summer reading this year I read the recently published book, " The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation" by Elena Aguilar. Elena writes a great blog over at edweek that I enjoy reading so I knew her book would be a good one to spend some time with. She offers a ton of helpful information in her book, but the chapter that really caught my attention was on developing a coaching work plan. This can be a tricky process and one that really needs to be thought out and planned for carefully as it provides a road map for the work you'll do with teachers. Elena provides ten steps in developing a work plan and explains that they do not have to be sequential. But rather, the process should be flexible and circular. After reading through the steps, I jotted down some notes on how the process made the most sense to me in the context of coaching at my school. Because a good visual always helps me make better sense of information, I created one to represent my thinking and am hoping it will be helpful to other coaches as well.

Once the work plan is created, it's doesn't have to be set in stone. You may choose to revise or narrow it along the way given any number of reasons which may present themselves.

What are your thoughts? Does this process make sense to you or do you see it differently? To comment, just click on the comment box above.

Thanks for reading,

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Creating a Coaching Work Plan - Ms. Houser

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As part of my summer reading this year I read the recently published book, "The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation" by Elena Aguilar. Elena writes a great blog over at edweek that I enjoy reading so I knew her book would be a good one to spend some time with.

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Did you know that there is more than having a "growth vs fixed mindset"? This chart shows how a person can fall on a mindset continuum. As leaders, we need to reflect on our own mindset areas and be aware of where others may fall, too. By looking to the right on this chart, you can get an idea of how to improve your growth mindset.

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This TED talk is by one of the authors of the book Crucial Conversations. He highlights some key insights into how to communicate effectively during high-stakes conversations.

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Mastering The Art of Crucial Conversations | Joseph Grenny