Refresh Your Coaching Practice Series (09):Mindset: Embracing Your Informal Leadership as an Instructional Coach

The topic for the ninth episode in this series is Embracing Your Informal Leadership as an Instructional Coach. This episode focuses on the essential mindset shift that educators need to make when moving into an instructional coaching role.

If you enjoy this episode, you'll love the previous episodes. Go back and listen so you can refresh your coaching practice following the three phases of the Thrive Model: Clarity, Consistency and Community.

This series is an opportunity for you to reflect on your current practice as well as look ahead and consider opportunities for growth. You'll notice, as you listen, that we're following the Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching: with episodes on clarity, consistency, and community, so you can refresh your practice on all three elements.

Download our free companion guide & workbook that aligns with this series at edurolearning.com/refresh

*If you're interested in learning more about Eduro Learning's Thrive Coaching Certificate program, click here. And to join the waitlist for our 2026-27 cohort, click here.

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Articles from Kim

• 3 Innovative Instructional Coaching Models (Edutopia)
• How Instructional Coaches Can Balance Confidentiality and Accountability (Edutopia)
• When We Invest in Coaches, We Invest in Teachers (The Learning Professional, Learning Forward)

Books & Chapters from Kim:

• Finding Your Path as a Woman in School Leadership (book)
• Fostering a Culture of Growth and Belonging: The Multi-Faceted Impact of Instructional Coaching in International Schools (chapter)
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