Coaching the Whole Educator

By Becca Silver

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Episodes: 162

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Coaching the Whole Educator is a podcast for instructional coaches, teacher leaders, and school leaders who want to strengthen their educators’ effectiveness and resilience, especially the ones who need it most. Each week, you’ll hear quick tips, proven strategies, and coaching mindsets designed to keep you on top of your coaching game.


This show is rooted in a human-centered approach, where we get things done through people’s humanity, not around it. Whether you’re new to instructional coaching or a seasoned instructional coach or leader looking for fresh perspective, you’ll learn how to focus on the mindsets and motivations driving unproductive behaviors. By getting to the root of resistance, you’ll discover how to build stronger relationships, lead with clarity, and create lasting impact in your school.


Episode Date
#157: How Gen Z is Misunderstood in the Workplace
Oct 07, 2025
#156: Give Feedback So They Can Hear It
Sep 28, 2025
#155: This Teacher Leader Ditched the Fix-It Mindset and Escaped the Complaint Trap
Sep 21, 2025
#154: It's Not Fear of Change. It's Fear of Loss.
Sep 14, 2025
#153: Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak: Why Great Leaders Pause Before Acting
Sep 07, 2025
#152: The Science of Depletion: Why Small Changes Can Feel Impossible
Aug 31, 2025
#151: Radically Simple PD Systems: Cut the Clutter & Focus on What’s Essential
Aug 24, 2025
#150: A Trust-Based Observation Tool: Working from a Strengths-Based Lens
Aug 17, 2025
#149: How to Stress Wisely and Bounce Forward: Dr. Robyne’s 5 Pillars of Resilience
Aug 10, 2025
#148:“I Stopped Trying to Convince Teachers... That's When Everything Changed."
Aug 03, 2025
#147: He Had 17 Behavior Calls a Day—and What Finally Changed
Jul 27, 2025
#146: Stop Hoping, Start Coaching For It: Why Optimism Isn’t Optional
Jul 20, 2025
#145: When Your Inner Critic Runs the Meeting
Jul 13, 2025
#144: When You’re Coaching Someone Who Should Get It By Now
Jul 06, 2025
#143: It’s Not Transformation If You're Just Getting Compliance
Jun 29, 2025
#142: Understanding ≠ Agreement: The Listening Shift Every Coach Needs
Jun 22, 2025
#141: Time Management Without the Guilt
Jun 15, 2025
#140: Authenticity vs. Self-Indulgence: What’s Driving Your Leadership?
Jun 08, 2025
#139: High Agency Coaching: Helping Educators Take Action
Jun 01, 2025
#138: The Readiness Gap: What the Research Says About Why Good Ideas Still Fail
May 25, 2025
#137: Coaching Alternatively Certified Teachers: Why Different Paths Need Different Coaching
May 18, 2025
#136: Seed and Soil: When Culture Cancels Out Your Coaching
May 11, 2025
#135: Why Adult Dysregulation Looks Like Resistance (And What to Do About It)
May 04, 2025
#134: “I’m Doing It Because I Have To”—This Tool Helps You Shift That
Apr 27, 2025
#133: The Art of Interrupting—How to Jump In Without Shutting Others Down
Apr 20, 2025
#132: The Part of Coaching You Secretly Gave Up On: Where's Your Fixed Mindset Hiding?
Apr 13, 2025
#131: Leading on Empty? How to Stop Burnout Before It Stops You
Apr 06, 2025
#130: Why "Kill Them with Kindness" is Killing Your Culture of Belonging
Mar 30, 2025
#129: The Clarity Cycle: Why That Same Problem Keeps Coming Back
Mar 23, 2025
#128: Ownership Mindset vs. Compliance Culture – How to Build Agency in a System That Kills It
Mar 16, 2025
#127: Stop Curriculum Chaos: Getting Real Engagement
Mar 08, 2025
#126: Hope Isn't Fluff- It's a Leadership Strategy
Mar 02, 2025
#125: Exhausted From Fixing What’s Broken? Lead From Your Strengths
Feb 24, 2025
#124: Humanizing Imposter Syndrome
Feb 15, 2025
#123: Why “Just Ask Questions” is Bad Coaching Advice (and What to Do Instead)
Feb 09, 2025
#122: Why Growth Mindset Isn't Enough: The Five Mindsets You Need to Drive Change
Feb 02, 2025
#121: Compliance Doesn't Create Commitment
Jan 26, 2025
#120: Protocols: Helpful or Holding You Back?
Jan 19, 2025
#119: What Professional Development SHOULD Be
Jan 13, 2025
#118: Why Being 'Naturally Gifted' Can Backfire as a Coach
Jan 02, 2025
#117: Defining a Coach's Role: The Four "Hats" a Coach Wears
Dec 14, 2024
#116: Is Growth Mindset Actually Good?
Dec 08, 2024
#115: Increase Your Level of Joy on the Job with Working Genius
Dec 03, 2024
#114: Why Feedback Can Feel Threatening (And What To Do About It)
Nov 24, 2024
#113: How Your Rewards System Can Sabotage Your Goals [Research Rundown]
Nov 18, 2024
#112: When Buy-In Isn’t Enough: The Teacher Engagement Continuum
Nov 11, 2024
#111: Strategies to Shift From a “Gotcha Culture” to a Growth Culture
Nov 02, 2024
#110: **BEST OF** SERIES: Untold Secrets of Teacher Retention and School Culture: The Art of Listening For What's Not Being Said
Oct 29, 2024
#109: The Brain Science Behind Supercharging Teacher Engagement
Oct 17, 2024
#108: Harnessing Brainwaves for Better Coaching Outcomes
Oct 13, 2024
#107: The Reset Mindset
Oct 06, 2024
#106: The ADKAR Model: Building Buy In and Sustaining Change [Research Rundown]
Sep 30, 2024
*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 4)
Sep 25, 2024
#105: Levels of Coaching Intensity: Supporting Your Teachers on a Continuum of Support
Sep 22, 2024
*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 3)
Sep 18, 2024
#104: What's your conflict handling style? [Research Rundown]
Sep 15, 2024
*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 2)
Sep 11, 2024
#103: From Chaos to Calm: Coaching Systems That Will Save Your Sanity
Sep 08, 2024
*B.O.Y. Favorite* Breaking Through Resistance (Part 1)
Sep 04, 2024
#102: The 16 Basic Human Motivations [Research Rundown]
Sep 02, 2024
#101: Beyond the Words: How Nonverbals Can Make or Break a Coaching Conversation
Aug 25, 2024
#100: From Resistance to Relationships: 100 Lessons Learned
Aug 19, 2024
#99: How to Manage Your Stress and Bounce Back Quickly
Aug 11, 2024
#98: Cracking the Code: The Mindsets Behind Growth [Research Rundown]
Aug 04, 2024
#97: How to Assess Your Coaching
Jul 27, 2024
#96: The Real Reason People Won't Change [Research Rundown]
Jul 23, 2024
*BONUS* My Favorite Professional Development Starters
Jul 20, 2024
#95: Is Work-Life Balance Unattainable Bullsh*t?
Jul 14, 2024
#94: The Type of Change We Need to Be Addressing with Our Teachers [Research Rundown]
Jul 07, 2024
#93: Humanizing Data: When Does It Become Too Much?
Jun 30, 2024
#92: Beyond "Just Say No": The Science Behind Willpower [Research Rundown]
Jun 23, 2024
#91: How the Change Adoption Curve Helps Build Buy-in
Jun 16, 2024
#90: Understanding Teacher Behavior with Choice Theory [Research Rundown]
Jun 09, 2024
#89: When "Being Nice" Can Be Harmful
Jun 02, 2024
#88: Research Rundown: What research says heals burnout
May 26, 2024
#87: Beyond Confusing Behavior: Understanding How Teachers Tick Using the Enneagram
May 19, 2024
#86: The Brain Science Behind Overcoming Learning Plateaus: Helping Educators Embrace Challenge
May 13, 2024
#85: The Teacher Appreciation Week Fallacy: What Educators Really Need
May 05, 2024
#84: Exhausted to Energized: Cultivating a School Culture that Retains Teachers
Apr 28, 2024
#83: How to Have Tough Conversations
Apr 14, 2024
#82: When You’re Having the Same Conversation Over and Over
Apr 14, 2024
#81: Why People Resist Feedback
Apr 01, 2024
#80: Stop Teacher Stagnation! 5 Disciplines to Ignite Adult Learning
Mar 31, 2024
#79: How Leadership is Full of Contradictions
Mar 24, 2024
#78: The Key to Student Achievement: Teacher Collective Efficacy
Mar 19, 2024
#77: Don't Just Tell Them, Show Them: The Visual Leader's Toolkit
Mar 06, 2024
#76: Outsmart Your Brain: The Surprising Science of Decision-Making
Mar 03, 2024
#75: Hacking the Hierarchy: Amplifying Teacher Voice
Feb 18, 2024
#74: Is Your Coaching Stuck on Repeat? Take Them From Clueless to Masterful
Feb 11, 2024
#73: Confessions of a Recovering Advice Monster: How Shutting Up Improved My Coaching
Feb 03, 2024
#72: Beyond the Perfect Score: Know When You're in the Performance Zone vs the Learning Zone
Jan 29, 2024
#71: Breaking the 21-Day Myth: The Realities of Habit Development
Jan 22, 2024
#70: Why Teaching Growth Mindsets Might Not Be Working
Jan 15, 2024
#69: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work (and How This Connects to Coaching)
Jan 04, 2024
#68: Leaving Them Feeling Appreciated
Dec 11, 2023
#67: Engaging Professional Development Tips
Dec 03, 2023
#66: It doesn't matter what you say. It matters what they hear.
Nov 26, 2023
#65: The One Where Becca Gets Interviewed
Nov 19, 2023
#64: The Mental Skills Needed to Function
Nov 13, 2023
#63: Implicit vs. Explicit Agreements: Their Impact on Trust
Nov 05, 2023
#62: When They Go Back to Their Old Ways
Oct 30, 2023
#61: A Coaching Tool That Supports Your School Improvement Plan
Oct 23, 2023
#60: The Predictive Index: Improve Leadership Self Awareness, Team Cohesion and Job Satisfaction
Oct 16, 2023
#59: Overcoming Our Addiction to Being Right
Oct 08, 2023
#57: The Choice Map: A Guide to Shifting Mindsets
Sep 24, 2023
#56: Their Coaching Model Made Them National News
Sep 18, 2023
#55: New Teacher Success Strategies
Sep 12, 2023
#54: How One District is Retaining Early Career Educators
Sep 05, 2023
#53: Sustaining Your Energy Throughout the School Year
Aug 27, 2023
#52: Beginning of Year Series: Building a Growth Mindset Culture
Aug 20, 2023
#51: "Noticing" and "Wondering:" A Coaching Conversation Tool
Aug 13, 2023
#50: The Unexpected Skill Needed for a Growth Mindset
Aug 06, 2023
#49: Untold Secrets of Teacher Retention and School Culture: The Art of Listening For What's Not Being Said
Jul 30, 2023
#48: Why she ditched her coaching sentence stems
Jul 23, 2023
#47: How to find time for impactful conversations
Jul 18, 2023
#46: How Intentional Dialogue Changes Your Brain
Jul 11, 2023
#45: Being busy can reduce your effectiveness
Jul 02, 2023
#44: Addressing team false harmony and how to start the school year strong
Jun 25, 2023
#43: When you think you're coaching, but you're actually not
Jun 19, 2023
#42: Where Unproductive Behaviors Come From: How to Address Limiting Beliefs
Jun 11, 2023
#41: Don't treat people the way you want to be treated - EXPLAINED!
Jun 04, 2023
#40: Reducing Resistance with Transformative Learning
May 28, 2023
#39: Where Feelings Belong in Coaching
May 22, 2023
#38: The Most Important Skill of a Coach
May 14, 2023
#37: Understanding Human Motivation
May 07, 2023
#36: Toxic Positivity Damages Your School Culture and Relationships
May 01, 2023
#35: Do You Experience Imposter Syndrome?
Apr 22, 2023
#34: Why You're Not Completing Your Coaching Cycles
Apr 16, 2023
#33: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Building Authentic Relationships
Apr 09, 2023
#32: The 6 Coaching Focus Areas to Address Different Barriers to Growth
Apr 02, 2023
#31: Being helpful can be harmful
Mar 28, 2023
#30: How to advocate for your time and money
Mar 20, 2023
#29: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 4
Mar 13, 2023
#28: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 3
Mar 05, 2023
#27: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 2
Feb 26, 2023
#26: Breaking Through Resistance Series - Part 1
Feb 18, 2023
#25: Stop Being Passive About Your PD
Feb 14, 2023
#24: The 4 Types of Classroom Observations
Feb 07, 2023
#23: Are you a Humanistic Leader?
Jan 24, 2023
#22: Taking care of your body so your mind is more productive
Jan 15, 2023
#21: How Can We Normalize Coaching?
Jan 10, 2023
#20: How to Manage Your Never Ending To Do List
Jan 01, 2023
#19: Happiness isn't what you think it is
Dec 17, 2022
#18: Unique Ways to Build Teacher Relationships
Nov 23, 2022
#17: How Luis Torres Builds a Culture of Coaching (Part 2)
Nov 14, 2022
#16: How Luis Torres Builds a Culture of Coaching
Oct 24, 2022
#15: How Coaches Dramatically Improve Your School's Grade
Sep 22, 2022
#14: What's Missing From Your Coaching Cycles
Sep 13, 2022
#13: The Most Impactful Type of Feedback
Sep 07, 2022
#12: Launching a School Year Where Teachers Thrive, Not Just Survive
Aug 30, 2022
#11: How Perfectionism Diminishes Quality Teaching
Aug 23, 2022
#10: Back to the Future Protocol
Aug 16, 2022
#9: Building a Powerful Principal-Coach Relationship (Part 2)
Aug 02, 2022
#8: Building a Powerful Principal-Coach Relationship (Part 1)
Jul 27, 2022
#7: How Leaders Can Prevent Burnout
Jul 19, 2022
#6: The Summer Band-Aid Effect
Jul 11, 2022
#5: Which of Your Teachers Are Most Likely to Burnout?
Jul 03, 2022
#4: False Growth Mindset
May 24, 2022
#3: Teacher Engagement vs Compliance
May 17, 2022
#1: My 4 Biggest Mistakes
May 07, 2022
#2: What's Been Missing
May 07, 2022
Welcome to Coaching the Whole Educator!
Feb 17, 2022