One-off workshops rarely create lasting change in classrooms. In this episode of the Time For Teachership podcast, Lindsay shares a practical Google Doc template designed to support teacher teams in ongoing, meaningful professional learning. She walks through a structured approach called Group Implementation Coaching Sessions, showing how coaching, feedback, and inquiry can help teachers refine their practice and better support student learning.

• Why continuous coaching is more effective than standalone workshops (Joyce & Showers, 2022).

• How to set the stage for teacher team coaching by identifying team strengths, individual values, and key priorities.

• Strategies for maintaining an asset-based, equity-focused, and student-centered approach in coaching sessions.

• Key coaching moves to help teachers shift mindsets, including:

  • Asking for examples to get to evidence.

  • Reframing challenges (e.g., valuing curiosity over background knowledge).

  • Moving from scarcity to prioritization.

  • Aligning pedagogy to core teaching values.

• A step-by-step walkthrough of a coaching session:

  1. Human Connection: Check-ins, celebrations, and group reflection.

  2. Implementation Check: Review previous action steps, data, and student feedback.

  3. Action Planning: Identify instructional strategies, micro-groups, or feedback systems to try before the next session.

  4. Next Steps: Decide who will try what and how data will be gathered.

• How to leverage peer coaching and group reflection to generate richer insights and practical solutions.

[00:00:00] – Welcome & Episode Overview

• Introduction to Episode 246

• The importance of continuous learning over one-off workshops

[00:00:22] – Google Doc Template Overview

• How to support teacher teams after workshops

• Group Implementation Coaching Sessions

[00:00:47] – Influences & Inspirations

• PLC at Work: Dr. Anthony Mohammed, Dr. Chad Dumas, Bob Sanju, Marin Powers, Shalene Miller

• Grow Model & Raman Behan

• Positive psychology, asset-based education, values alignment

• Books: Street Data, Pedagogies of Voice, Rebuilding Students' Learning Power

[00:04:00] – Meeting 1: Setting the Stage

• Identify team strengths and values

• Center equity and "critical hope"

• Name the students/groups on the margins

• Define success: what it looks, sounds, and feels like

• Co-design inquiry questions and evidence-gathering

[00:07:16] – Coaching Bank & Key Moves

• Asking for evidence: "Can you say more? Share an example?"

• Reframing challenges: curiosity > background knowledge

• Shifting from scarcity mindset to prioritization

• Aligning teaching to core values

[00:14:42] – Structuring Subsequent Meetings

• Start with human connection: check-ins, listening dyads, celebrations

• Implementation check: review prior actions and data

• Three containers: initial reactions, data reflection, gut checks

[00:19:35] – GLEE Model for Action Planning

• Goal: What do we want to foster before next session?

• Learn: Analyze student strengths, gaps, and feedback

• Explore: Identify instructional moves to grow skills & student agency

• Expectations: Decide who does what and gather data for next session

[00:24:34] – Final Thoughts & Evidence for Coaching

• Joyce & Showers (2022): coaching increases skill transfer from 5% → 75–90%

• Peer coaching and structured feedback as essential professional learning

[00:26:04] – Closing

• Think big, act brave, and be your best self

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What is instructional coaching—really? And how can coaches meet teachers where they are without forcing everyone into the same coaching mold?

In this episode of the Time For Teachership podcast, Lindsay is joined by Chrissy Beltran, instructional coaching expert, host of Instructional Coaching with Miss B, and author of an upcoming ASCD book on differentiated coaching. Together, they unpack what it means to differentiate instructional coaching, define the coaching role clearly, and build authentic relationships with teachers—especially those who may be resistant to coaching.

Chrissy shares practical strategies, mindset shifts, and real-life coaching stories that help instructional coaches move from uncertainty to clarity and impact.

• Why instructional coaching often feels "nebulous" and how to bring clarity to the role

• How to define your coaching vision

• What it means to differentiate coaching instead of using a one-size-fits-all approach

• Low, medium, and high-impact coaching strategies—and when to use each

• How to work with resistant teachers without damaging relationships

• Why peer observation can be a powerful gateway into coaching

• How coaching can reconnect teachers to joy, play, and purpose

• [00:00] Welcome & introduction to Chrissy Beltran

• [01:00] Why instructional coaching feels undefined and isolating

• [02:30] Freedom dreaming: Chrissy's vision for education and equity

• [05:30] Coaching as play, exploration, and joy

• [08:00] Key mindset shifts when moving from teacher to coach

• [13:00] Defining your coaching role and vision

• [16:40] Differentiated coaching & the coaching toolbox

• [18:45] Low, medium, and high-impact coaching strategies

• [21:30] Working with resistant teachers: a real coaching story

• [25:00] Why visiting colleagues is a high-impact coaching move

• [30:00] Lightning round: next steps, learning, and resources

• Coaching is not about "fixing" teachers—it's about partnering to grow

• Every interaction with a teacher is a potential coaching moment

• Differentiation matters just as much for adults as it does for students

• Relationship-building strategies are not "low value"—they're foundational

• Peer observation helps shift beliefs without putting the coach at the center

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