Coaching the Whole Educator
This podcast helps instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and school leaders improve their educators’ effectiveness and resilience, especially the ones who need it most by focusing on the mindsets and motivations that are at the source of unproductive behaviors. Each week, we’ll cover quick tips, strategies and coaching mindsets so that you can be on top of your coaching game.
Podcasting since 2022 • 135 episodes
Coaching the Whole Educator
Latest Episodes
#130: Why "Kill Them with Kindness" is Killing Your Culture of Belonging
If your school avoids hard conversations, you don’t have belonging. You have politeness.We confuse being nice with building belonging. But “nice” often means silence, avoidance, and surface-level smiles. Comfort isn’t t...
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#129: The Clarity Cycle: Why That Same Problem Keeps Coming Back
Casey Watts has spent over 20 years in education, and she’s got a sharp diagnosis: too many schools are stuck in quiet chaos—lots of strategies, zero clarity, and a fast track to burnout.Enter the Clarity Cycle, a six-s...
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Season 3
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#128: Ownership Mindset vs. Compliance Culture – How to Build Agency in a System That Kills It
Ready to diagnose the biggest mindset gap on your team? Take the free Catalyst Mindsets Quiz **HERE**! Most schools say th...
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Episode 128
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#127: Stop Curriculum Chaos: Getting Real Engagement
Rolling out a new curriculum? Brace yourself—resistance, frustration, and missteps are inevitable… unless you do it right. Join Sean Lindsey and me as we break down what it really takes to get teachers, students, and families on...
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Episode 127
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#126: Hope Isn't Fluff- It's a Leadership Strategy
We aren't here for wishful thinking—we stand for hope as action. Hope-centered leadership isn’t about toxic positivity; it’s about setting bold goals, creating real pathways, and owning the work. Inspired by Dr. Shane Lopez’s research,...
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Episode 126
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