{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Assistant Principal Podcast","title":"Holding Up the Mirror with Frederick","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1436,"description":"I was a coach before I was a teacher. Literally, I volunteered as a football coach right after I graduated from high school. I played three years of high school and four years of college football, and I had position coaches, defensive coordinators, and head coaches all involved in my development as a player. Some of my coaches were good, some weren’t, but I was reliant on them in a way which is hard to explain. Today’s episode is about growing veteran teachers, but we are going to invest most of our time and attention into examining the coaching relationship rather than the technical aspects of coaching. Why? Why talk about the relationship instead of the actual nuts and bolts of working with veteran teachers? I think you already know the answer…  Celebrations: New beginnings upon new beginnings Let me begin by clarifying some terms and connecting some dots:·      Your two primary responsibilities:o   Keeping people safeo   Support and grow your teachers·      Support and growth·      The flywheel (e.g. coaching cycle)·      The conundrum: how do we choose the first PD? This is the essential question, especially for veteran teachers.·      Back to coaching:o   As an athlete, §  I was dependent on my coaches§  I assumed they knew more than I did§  I was highly motivated to get better§  The power differential was hugeo   As a teacher§  The dependency was different§  I was not convinced my principal knew more than I did·      Especially in PE·      Perception v. reality·      What I wanted my classroom to be like§  I was still highly motivated to get better, but…·      I was not as dependent on my principal as I was on my coach·      Asking my coach for extra reps was a plus, asking my admin for extra attention could be perceived as a negative§  The power differential was not as big – I could keep playing without his approval My own story:·      My progression as a teacher (PE, SPED, SS => NBCT)o   Unique challengeso   I was reflectiveo   I had blind spots·      The...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R9NMe_5dyHuYObgJIvbL7uDONkSHVV41r7Q-QyBj5Y8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1MDYzLzE2MzEx/ODcxMjItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}