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Observing to Monitor the Learning

In our last post on developing leaders as instructional coaches, we dove into the foundations of classroom observation, focusing on effective beginning-of-year practices. Once classroom foundations are set for the teachers we coach, it’s time to shift our observation eye to ensuring student learning is happening.  In today’s post, we’ll outline a

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Using Data in Beginning of Year Observations

We’re excited to dive into our second installment on developing school leaders as instructional coaches. Last month, we focused on establishing coaching foundations; today, we’ll center the conversation around observation and feedback practice – and specifically, what that can look like at the beginning of a school year. Read on

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Laying the Groundwork for Instructional Coaching

At FCI Educate, we are passionate about educator development. We believe that all members of a school community – students, teachers, and leaders – should feel they are on an intentional growth trajectory and have smart coaches and loud cheerleaders behind them every step of the way. Often, school leaders

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People forget facts. But they remember stories

So says Joseph Campbell, the writer and intellectual who believed that stories have incredible power: to reveal universal truths, unite us across generations and time periods, and influence behavior. And I’d argue the same holds true in our work guiding professional learning for our teachers: we can leverage the art

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Adult Learning blog

Adult Learning 201 – Trust & Rapport

As the saying goes, you never get a second chance to make a first impression – and this is certainly true in any school leader’s first moments with their staff following summer vacation. So, how can leaders maximize summer professional learning with their teams to not only build teacher skill

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