Making Time: The Case for School Leader Coaching
It’s no secret that school administrators have jam-packed schedules and daunting to-do lists. With so much to do, it’s easy to shy away from leadership development due to time constraints.
TLI’s Director of Leader Programs Nina Fitzerman-Blue urges leaders to make a different choice.
“This is how we make time. Leadership coaching is how we learn to efficiently and effectively use the very small amount of time you have.”
Nina, who coaches School Leader Cohort Fellows each week, points out that leader coaching shouldn’t feel like just another task to check off the to-do list. After all, with each coaching session, leaders work on doing their jobs more effectively.
Leader coaching happens in your school building, focusing on what you want and need most. Often, leaders collaborate with their coach to get those tough-to-finish tasks off their plate. Stuck on how to introduce the latest data to staff? Leaders work with their coach to analyze data and design a plan for a data dive with teachers. Spinning your wheels about how to coach new teachers? Walk through the process with your coach, getting face-to-face support and feedback.
Listen in as a few of the 2019 School Leader Cohort Fellows why they’re glad they invested leadership coaching.
“Take the time for leader development. It will pay off in the end.” -Nicole
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