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.
Coaching the Whole Educator
#128: Ownership Mindset vs. Compliance Culture – How to Build Agency in a System That Kills It
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Becca Silver
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Season 1
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Episode 128
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Most schools say they want teachers who take initiative. But here’s the kicker—they’re still running a compliance culture that trains teachers to wait for permission. If you’ve ever wondered why schools feel stuck in resistance and disengagement, this is why.
In this episode, we break down:
- Why compliance-driven leadership kills initiative (and what to do instead)
- The 3 essential elements of Ownership Mindset: Agency, Optimism, and Accountability
- The difference between constructive and destructive accountability—and why getting this wrong keeps schools spinning their wheels
- How accountability—when done right—builds self-regulation, not compliance
If your accountability isn’t building ownership, it’s just compliance in disguise.
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