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Even More Quotes That Resonate
When I read I annotate my books by underlining key words and phrases and making notes in the margins. Sometimes I underline a quote that I just can’t stop thinking about. Here is another post in my series of quotes … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguilar, Amy Illingworth, books, coaching, education, failure, leadership, learning, professional, quotes, reading
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Mentoring
I have written many posts on coaching. I was a literacy coach in a previous position. Most recently I left a position as a director who oversaw the instructional coaches at each of our district school sites. I am passionate … Continue reading
Posted in Learning
Tagged coach, coaching, educoach, leadership, mentoring, support, teachers
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Thinking in Numbers
I began this blog back in 2012. Since then I have written 230 posts. For Question Week, I wrote one blog post in questions. I have had two focus words: mindfulness and rejuvenate. My blog is filled with 26 posts about … Continue reading
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Tagged abecedary, coaching, mindfulness, numbers, questions, rejuvenate, twitter, Voxer
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Reflections on the value of a PLN
My first year of teaching I was blessed to work in a middle school where we worked on true interdisciplinary teams. I was the Spanish and Civics teacher on the team and my colleagues taught Math, Science, and English; we … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, coaching, educoach, PLC, PLN, teaching, twitter, Voxer
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More Quotes That Resonate
As I read, I love to highlight lines that stand out to me. I shared a collection of quotes that resonated with me here. The quotes below have jumped off their pages and into my mind, bouncing off the … Continue reading
My Favorite Posts of 2015
I wrote 57 posts in 2015. Here are some of my personal favorites from the past year. A Year of Mindfulness – It was nice to end the year with a reminder of how I focused on mindfulness throughout the year, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged appreciation, blogging, coaching, doctoral journey, education, habit, introvert, Journey, lesson, marginalia, memories, mindfulness, reading, reflection, strength, teaching, Writing
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Most Used Phrases
A year ago I wrote a post about the most used emoticons on my phone. As I continue to reflect on how my words and actions demonstrate my beliefs, I’m thinking about the phrases we use most often. Read any … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged beliefs, coaching, education, emoticons, leadership, learning, most used, reflection, word cloud
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Strength-Based Coaching
The strength-based movement has been around for quite a while. It was at least ten years ago when I read the first Strength Finder book (after my principal at the time gave it to me as a gift). Since then, … Continue reading
Coaching Cycles
In my role, I support the instructional coaches that our district provides to each school site. This year we are focusing on in-depth coaching cycles in our professional learning to enhance the impact this role has on improving teaching and … Continue reading
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