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4 days ago
3 min

Integrating Writing into CTE Classes

Integrating writing into all classrooms can enhance the learning of students. It affords students an opportunity to organize their thoug...

Sherry St. Clair

4 days ago
4 min

Why a Listening Tour is Step 1 of Coaching

Leadership is the heart, coaching is the work, and listening is the key One of the great joys of my work as an instructional coach—first ...

Sherry St. Clair

Jul 7
5 min

How Coaches Make the Most of Summer

Hint: it includes unplugging and taking a much needed break. I am a believer in taking breaks—we burn out if we don’t restore. This is es...

Sherry St. Clair

Jun 17
7 min

How Coaching with Humility Strengthens Human Connections

Humble leaders leverage relationships to empower individual and collective efficacy How Coaching with Humility Strengthens Human Connecti...

Sherry St. Clair

May 26
5 min

Leading with Positivity: How Coaches can Improve Moods to Enhance Learning

Just recently, I came across a striking statistic. According to research from Arianna Huffington and Michelle Gielan—author and positive ...

Sherry St. Clair

Apr 27
7 min

How to Hire an Instructional Coach

To Hire Excellent Teachers Without Leadership Skills is a Mistake. Here’s How to Avoid It. School closures are upending how teachers teac...

Sherry St. Clair

Apr 15
5 min

Coaching in Crisis: In This Time, Lead With Compassion

In recent weeks, as we’ve watched schools shut down in an effort to slow the spread of Coronavirus, I’m witnessing one of the most resili...

Sherry St. Clair

Mar 30
5 min

Coaching SEL Through Literacy: Ideas and Things to Look For

It’s hard to go a week without someone reminding us of the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL)—and with good reason. SEL is vit...

Sherry St. Clair

Oct 30, 2019
3 min

Leadership Skill Development: My Favorite Resources

In my last blog post , I asked instructional coaches to consider themselves something far greater than the title “coach” suggests. I aske...

Sherry St. Clair

Aug 22, 2019
3 min

Dear Instructional Coach: Do You View Yourself as the Leader You Are?

Anytime we sit down to coach a teacher, we are asking her to trust us. We are asking her to join us on a vulnerable process of growth, wh...

Sherry St. Clair

Jun 8, 2019
3 min

Leading Versus Managing Instructional Growth

For a school to move towards becoming a true learning organization, school instructional leaders must focus on leading, and not simply ma...

Sherry St. Clair

Jun 2, 2019
3 min

Creating Meaningful Project-Based Learning Team Contracts

Team contracts are a staple in any good project-based learning experience. When written correctly and implemented effectively, team contr...

Sherry St. Clair

May 21, 2019
3 min

6 Signs of an Effective Instructional Coach

While conducting classroom visits in an elementary school in Saipan, a young boy started quizzing me about who I was, where I was from, a...

Sherry St. Clair

May 3, 2019
2 min

Integrating the Next Generation Science Standards: Guiding Questions for Instructional Leaders

Many schools are now trying to integrate the Next-Generation Science Standards into their classroom practices. A part of the standards a...

Sherry St. Clair

Apr 9, 2019
2 min

Tips for Creating Relevant Learning Experiences

In my coaching of instruction, I will frequently help schools design more relevant learning experiences for their students. Relevant lea...

Sherry St. Clair

Sep 26, 2018
2 min

Creating Effective Groups

Group work can help students develop valuable skills such as communication, teamwork, management skills and responsibility for their own ...

Sherry St. Clair

May 29, 2018
2 min

Teaching with the Next-Generation Science Standards

In our Teaching with the Next-Generation Science Standards series, we focus not only on teaching science content but also teaching studen...

Sherry St. Clair

May 29, 2018
2 min

Integrating Technology into Writing Instruction

Integrating technology into the classroom is part of Reflective Learning, LLC Common Core State Standards Implementation Workshops. Writ...

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