My Coaches’ Couch
My Coaches’ Couch supports instructional coaches with practical strategies, reflective insights, and real-world stories that help them build trust and cultivate growth.
My Coaches’ Couch supports instructional coaches with practical strategies, reflective insights, and real-world stories that help them build trust and cultivate growth.
Episodes

4 days ago
23: Create Focus
4 days ago
4 days ago
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can anchor observation, center student learning, and fuel meaningful coaching conversations.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
22: Coaches & Teachers: The Intersection of Greatness
Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
This episode offers a framework for thinking about coaching as a powerful convergence that builds momentum with teachers to amplify your impact.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
21: Be Sure To
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can strengthen metacognition, increase clarity, and promote ownership.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
20: The Power of Being Prepared, Present, and Curious When Coaching.
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
This episode includes a conversation with middle school instructional coach Jean Hill, as she talks about
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
19: Say More About That
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
Tuesday Feb 10, 2026
This episode offers a simple coaching prompt that shapes how we listen and invites the teacher into deeper thinking.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
18: Echo Differently
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
Tuesday Feb 03, 2026
On today’s episode, you’ll learn some ways of paraphrasing without parroting, so that you and the teacher you are coaching both reach more clarity. Listen in.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
17: Ask & Listen
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
This episode offers a simple coaching question that can be practiced in all of our relationships to open meaningful conversation.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.

Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
16: Build on Success
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
This episode is an authentic coaching conversation with Aubrey, a novice middle-school teacher, as she thinks about an upcoming writing unit. Though questions that prompt her to reflect on past successes, Aubrey has some aha’s about how to move forward.
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Get 15% off my book, Differentiated Mentoring & Coaching in Education, on the Teachers College Press website by using code FDNF25 at checkout.
Get more coaching tips at MyCoachesCouch.blogspot.com. To request a digital poster with a reminder of some powerful coaching questions, submit this form and you’ll receive A Dozen Questions for Coaching.






