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Coaching Successes and Challenges Should I Follow my Dream of Becoming a Coach? When I started looking into becoming an instructional coach, I remember doing general research in order to gain a deeper understanding of the role of a coach (which I believe still needs to be defined and honored), and found a statement that kept revolving in my mind; if you don’t like to work with adults, then coaching is not for you. I thought to myself, I do like working with adults who share my passion and understand me, but could not help but think, what if the teachers I work with do not like me as their coach, do not want me to be their coach, or do not respect what I bring to the table? Is coaching for me? What if I am not as effective with adults as I am with my students? Will I effectively support all teachers? The only way to answer these questions was to actually serve in the position. For me, it took a long time to get this position, even with a masters degree in Teacher Effectiveness and Professional Development (a major in curriculum design), an Instructional Coaching Graduate Certificate and 24 years in the classroom as a Math teacher with many leadership roles. So if this sounds similar to your story, do not give up hope! Send your dreams out to the Universe and have faith that it will happen. In my role as a coach, I have had the opportunity to answer all of my initial questions. I have had great experiences as well as challenges and unkind behaviors, but I know that I love my job and nothing will stop me from loving my role as a coach, which I plan to stay in for the rest of my educational career. If you are thinking about becoming an instructional coach, I would say do it! In preparing for this role, continue to work hard to build a strong coaching skill set, and if time allows, build a website to showcase the strategies that you have incorporated in your classroom as well as your leadership roles and more. As you immerse yourself in this role, you will develop personalized techniques that will help you excel! |
Cherry-Anne GildharryOn this page, you will find blogs on educational connections and my life's experiences. Ideas, thoughts and views are my own and are not representative of my employers. References/sources used are public articles found on the internet to support my blogs. Archives
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