Instructional Coaching with Ms. B
210 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsWelcome to Instructional Coaching with Ms. B, where we believe that every teacher deserves a coach, and every coach does too!
I’m Chrissy Beltran, an elementary teacher who became a coach and I had to create my own coaching program that worked. Now I teach coaches how to design their coaching programs, build a school-wide action plan, and use differentiated strategies to support teachers. Plus, I’ve got a special spot in my heart for literacy coaches!
This podcast will cover instructional coaching strategies including modeling, co-teaching, and observations, coaching cycles, and more! We'll also talk about how to coach resistant teachers, how to establish yourself as a coach and define your role, set goals, manage your time, facilitate PLCs, and more! We chat with instructional coaches, principals, school leaders, and researchers!
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7. Planning Collaboratively: Before, During, and After PLC
February 29, 2020 09:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBThe first time I tried planning collaboratively with a grade level, I wanted to die. It was so confusing; we were all talking about the same things but we weren't communicating effectively at all, and everyone left without a sense of what to do or why to do it. Flash forward five years and we'd created a system for planning together! In this episode, I share what to do before, during, and after a collaborative planning PLC to ensure that your teachers are prepared to implement plans that i...
6. High Impact Coaching: Co-teaching with a Partner
February 22, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBCoteaching can be stressful, but the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks once you have a plan! It's one of the most impactful ways to support teacher growth, if you know how to make it work for you both. This episode breaks down co-teaching into easy steps and gives you tips that will help you create a great collaborative learning experience for you and your cooperating teacher. Learn about how to plan together effectively to ensure that everybody knows what to do. Set up basic behavior ex...
High Impact Coaching: Co-teaching with a Partner
February 22, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBCoteaching can be stressful, but the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks once you have a plan! It's one of the most impactful ways to support teacher growth, if you know how to make it work for you both. This episode breaks down co-teaching into easy steps and gives you tips that will help you create a great collaborative learning experience for you and your cooperating teacher. Learn about how to plan together effectively to ensure that everybody knows what to do. Set up basic behavior ex...
5. Five Tips for Your Modeling Career
February 15, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBDoes modeling in classrooms stress you out? It used to stress me out, big time. It's scary - you don't know the kids, you are walking in to model just one piece of the learning, and the classroom isn't set up to your own teaching style. We all have horror stories. Listen in to this episode to hear all about the horror that was my first modeling session...and learn from my mistakes! Modeling can be scary, but it's also is one of the best tools you can have as an instructional coach, espec...
Five Tips for Your Modeling Career
February 15, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBDoes modeling in classrooms stress you out? It used to stress me out, big time. It's scary - you don't know the kids, you are walking in to model just one piece of the learning, and the classroom isn't set up to your own teaching style. We all have horror stories. Listen in to this episode to hear all about the horror that was my first modeling session...and learn from my mistakes! Modeling can be scary, but it's also is one of the best tools you can have as an instructional coach, espec...
4. Nicole S. Turner: Providing effective feedback to teachers
February 08, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBDoes envisioning a debriefing conversation cause you to break out in hives? Providing feedback to teachers can be stressful, especially when you are worried about the direction the conversation might go! Nicole S. Miller of Simply Coaching + Teaching joins me on the podcast today to talk about some tips and methods for having a reflective and constructive conversation with teachers. She shares her experience as a coach, along with a video tip you are going to love! Listen in to learn how t...
3. The Coaching Cycle in Six Easy Steps
February 01, 2020 10:05 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBHey coaches! The coaching cycle is one of the most effective methods for supporting and growing teachers. This episode breaks down the process for you, one step at a time, so you can implement it right away! Join me in learning about why it's so important to plan together and assign roles, how you can set a goal that the teacher believes in, and what your debriefing conversation should look like! Get a free coaching cycle download in the show notes at the link below! -Chrissy Beltran...
2. My Top Five Ways Instructional Coaches Can Grow Teachers
February 01, 2020 10:02 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBCoaches have so much to do and so little time to do it. That means that, when we work with teachers in the classroom, we need to make sure our strategies are high-impact. These five impactful strategies will help you grow teaching on your campus in the most effective way possible. Just like we differentiate for students, we need to differentiate for teachers. Different ways work for different teachers because different teachers have different needs. Here are the top five ways to support ...
1. Meet the Coach: My Path to Instructional Coaching
February 01, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MBAre you ready to meet your coach? My path to instructional coaching looks a lot like other coaches' paths...and it also doesn't. Listen in to learn how I became a coach and why I cried all summer. -Chrissy Beltran Buzzing with Ms. B Instagram: https://bit.ly/36zq9Ml Buzzing with Ms. B TpT: https://bit.ly/2GwUNv9 The Coaching Podcast Show Notes: https://bit.ly/2vyKfJV Thank you for listening to Buzzing with Ms. B: the Coaching Podcast. If you love the show, share it with a coach who ...
Buzzing with Ms. B: The Coaching Podcast Trailer
January 29, 2020 10:00 - 1 minute - 5.68 MBInstructional coaches, does this sound familiar? How am I supposed to improve teaching I keep getting pulled to put out fires? How can I support resistant teachers when they’re not letting me in the door? I’m not even entirely sure what my role as a coach is supposed to be…and my principal doesn’t seem to get it, either. If you’re feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and isolated, you are not alone. Instructional coaches everywhere are feeling this same exact way. In this podcast, we hav...