Literacy coach office decor

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Staff book swap: take a book when you want, leave a book when you can! PHS media center 2013

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Bulletin board in workroom!

I don’t know about you guys, but I just love love {yes two loves, not a typo} peeking inside the work spaces of other coaches and teachers. Educators have some seriously creative super powers when it comes to organizing and decorating and there’s so many good ideas we can steal from each other! Since it’s […]

Hello! I hope everyone is surviving the final days before the holiday break! As many of you know I’m no longer a classroom teacher, I am a Literacy Coach. So I often get the question or look, “What do you do all day?” So today I am here to give you an answer of […]

My first year as an instructional coach was what I like to call building a platform. Before I could start building the community, I had to build relationships

Katherine Martindale's Classroom

Now that we’ve prepared ourselves with research and gathered materials, it’s time for that 1ST MEETING! But let’s be real, whether this is your first year, or your tenth year as a coach, getting the “teacher buy in” can be tricky. So, after trying to decide HOW I could get the trust of my teachers, and begin to build that relationship, I came up with this ~ Cupcakes with the Coach!

I love my new weekly schedule posted on my door. An easy way to share my big tasks and availability with staff. I have it laminated so I can use a whiteboard marker to update.

Instructional coaching office. A cozy place for collaboration, professional learning, and meetings.

Back to School Bash from The Elementary Entourage! - Sassy Savvy Simple Teaching

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Must Have Supplies for An Instructional Coach - Always A Lesson

Every Sunday afternoon, I figure out in advance everything that I need to do for the week ahead and create a time blocked plan to work from. Instead of trying to be generally productive or working off a random task list, I thoughtfully organize my work according to what must be done this week, divide […]