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Fiona Robertson
Apr 16, 20214 min read
Striking Team-Coaching Gold
This week I’ve had the chance to work with teams a little more than usual - it’s one of my favourite contexts to coach in. There is...
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Fiona Robertson
Oct 8, 20206 min read
All-in: school-wide planning + assessing for conceptual understanding (a coach's view)
Our school has set down a path to becoming a more intentional, and more accountable, concept-driven school. This is how it started.
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Fiona Robertson
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Working with Ego
Is ego really that dirty? Coaching in the weeks following a return to school after COVID restrictions eased has me asking this very question
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Fiona Robertson
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Wrapping-up a Messy Year
Coaching may have looked 'messy' this year. How might we wrap it up in a way that honors the journeys? Here's what I tried.
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Fiona Robertson
May 15, 20204 min read
Coming back: 100 days (or so) later
After a long wait, we are finally moving back into classrooms and welcoming students. What might this mean for coaching?
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 7, 20206 min read
Coaching in the time of COVID-19
One international school coach's journey through virtual learning, school closures, and social distancing in Vietnam.
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Fiona Robertson
Jan 17, 20203 min read
Coaching Chameleon: being a credible coach
In his blog Finding Common Ground in EdWeek this week, Peter DeWitt wrote about 6 obstacles facing instructional coaches. In reading it...
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Fiona Robertson
Jan 6, 20204 min read
Coaching cycles in the Studio
Throughout October and November, Danielle (a Studio 4 teacher) and I began a coaching cycle together. There was lots of 'new' about it,...
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Fiona Robertson
Dec 17, 20191 min read
My Coaching Compass Revisited
Why return to our coaching beliefs? Because, although some beliefs are universal, many are continually adjusted by culture and environment.
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Fiona Robertson
Oct 27, 20192 min read
Developing a Coaching Compass
A few weeks ago, I sat down with my principal and our tech integration coach @kylesumrow (also new to the school) to name our values as...
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Fiona Robertson
Oct 19, 20193 min read
Coaching-Shock
It has been a long time since my last post and I promise it is justified! We have moved continents, shifting home and kids and landing in...
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 4, 20194 min read
The Role of Assessment in Coaching
I recently completed the third module of the Student-Centred Coaching Certificate which explored how assessment data might enhance the...
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Fiona Robertson
Feb 21, 20193 min read
Know thy teachers
Having been spoiled this last week with a plethora of PD (a day with James Nottingham, and a weekend with Jane Pollock, Tim Stuart,...
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Fiona Robertson
Aug 11, 20182 min read
New Years’ [Coaching] Resolutions
And just like that – the holidays are over and we are primed for a new academic year. Apart from the obvious freedom of an extended break...
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Fiona Robertson
Jun 5, 20182 min read
How did it go this year? Getting feedback on coaching
It’s that time of year for me. We are a week away from our summer break, and seeing a coach is a luxury that a teachers’ hectic calendar...
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Fiona Robertson
May 15, 20182 min read
Discovering [coaching] superpowers
During the week I was sent this photo (above) from our Comms team as a little bit of nostalgia. In it, I am in my first year of coaching,...
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Fiona Robertson
Apr 12, 20184 min read
I'm a great listener...aren't I?
Deciding what to write as my first post was hard – I have so many thoughts and ideas about things I know I need to write out and reflect...
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