by Sharon Thomas | Mar 3, 2020 | Instructional Coaching, Partnership Principles, Self-Coaching |
I’m not much of a party person. I like to be home, and although I can engage with pretty much anyone, on a Saturday night, I’d rather not. I wasn’t always this way, but my years as a high school teacher made me wary of people in social situations. Once the question...
by Sharon Thomas | Feb 18, 2020 | New Teachers, Partnership Principles |
I trust the young. In a world that consistently criticizes the generations behind it, I believe that younger people have so much to offer in the hope that comes with new ideas and limitless possibility. The younger voices I value are not just those of students...
by Matthew Kelly, Jim Knight, Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris and Sharon Thomas | Dec 17, 2019 | Improving Instruction, Instructional Coaching, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized |
Checklists can feel tedious and reductive, especially in a field like education, where the autonomy of the teacher is so important to success. Some argue that the art of teaching cannot be reduced to a simplistic 15-item checklist, or that telling teachers to use a...
by Ann Hoffman, Michelle Harris and Sharon Thomas | Jun 27, 2019 | Instructional Coaching, Professional Learning, Uncategorized |
After any professional development workshop, the most common questions concern follow-up. Workshops are incredibly valuable to convey foundational knowledge for new professional learning. At ICG, we want to ensure that our workshops are clear, engaging, grounded in...
by Sharon Thomas | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized |
In time, it could have been so much more But time is precious I know In time, it could have been so much more But time has nothing to show. –”Time (Clock of the Heart),” by Culture Club The issue of “leadership” is tricky in a coaching model like ours that...
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