Being a No-Nonsense Nurturer Coach in a Virtual World
This blog series is aimed at helping educators in a time of challenge and opportunity. Alex Price has been a trained Real Time Teacher Coach at Ashley Park PreK-8 School in Charlotte, NC for the last four years. In this Q&A, Alex reflects on how her role has changed as she supports her teachers virtually, […]
Using Game Tape for Coaching
The Importance of Using a Game Tape I watched all of the March Madness games with my husband and was excited to see number two seed, Michigan State, beat number one seed, Duke. The Michigan State coach, Tom Izzo, attributed their win to two things: mental toughness and the team’s intense game tape analysis. As […]
Meet Jennifer Lee, Director of Academics, Social Studies Teacher, & Real Time Teacher Coach
CT3 Associate Heidi Towne recently sat down with Jennifer Lee from Detroit Collegiate Academy in Detroit, Michigan. In addition to being a Real Time Teacher Coach, she is also as the director of academics and a social studies teacher. Though challenging, Jennifer prioritizes coaching her fellow teachers. Read on to hear about how she balances […]
Supporting & Coaching Teachers in Effective Co-Teaching Models
Like many, I had challenges as a child. One of the biggest challenges I had to overcome came around the second grade when everyone discovered I really couldn’t read. I had gotten by on my boyish charm, knowing just a few words! The next few years of school would prove to be challenging, embarrassing and […]
The No-Nonsense Nurturer® Leader: Behaviors for Transformational School Leadership
A healthy culture is the essential foundation for any high-performing organization. While it is the collective responsibility of all adults in the school to develop, share, and protect it, the process of building this foundation is anchored heavily in the behaviors, habits, and mindsets of its leaders (Coyle, 2018). All leaders feed the culture of […]
4 Ways to Build Relationships with Teachers
Building relationships is an important first step during coaching, and the trust created leads to more successful and impactful coaching cycles. Here are my top four relationship-building strategies that I found helpful as a Real Time Teacher Coach to start your coaching relationship off right: 1) Prep your coaching artifacts to share with teachers. I just […]
Coaching Resolutions for the New Year
It’s a new year! I work with so many coaches across the country, and this year I wanted to think through some goals to help them re-commit to Real Time Teacher Coaching for the rest of the year, especially as many schools face challenging periods ahead such as testing and hiring. Here are my top […]
The Country’s Best Coaches: Ashley Gaymon in Brooklyn, NY
At CT3, we are fortunate to be able to meet and work closely with educators all over the country. We often find that the Real Time Teacher Coaches we train often hold different roles besides just “coach”. They’re not just No-Nonsense Nurturers, or skilled Real Time Teacher Coaches, but they’re also experts in a variety […]
The Country’s Best Coaches: Samantha Reichard in Charlotte, NC
At CT3, we are fortunate to be able to meet and work closely with educators all over the country. We often find that the Real Time Teacher Coaches we train often hold different roles besides just “coach”. They’re not just No-Nonsense Nurturers, or skilled Real Time Teacher Coaches, but they’re also experts in a variety […]
The Country’s Best Coaches: Marlise Burton in Syracuse, NY
At CT3, we are fortunate to be able to meet and work closely with educators all over the country. We often find that the Real Time Teacher Coaches we train often hold different roles besides just “coach”. They’re not just No-Nonsense Nurturers, or skilled Real Time Teacher Coaches, but they’re also experts in a variety […]
