Coaching the Whole Educator

#202: The Eye Roll You Can't Stop Thinking About [Resistance Solution Session]

The strategy everyone nodded along to in August? It's thriving in one classroom and missing in action next door. And that eye roll from the back of the room is still

#201: Your Staff's Hidden Superpowers: Building a Neuroinclusive Workplace Without Lowering Expectations

 What if the colleague you've been describing as "quirky" is the most underused talent in your building?  In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Becca Silv

#200: Will Drivers: The Motivations Behind Every Conversation

Ever notice how the same piece of feedback lands beautifully with one person on your team and completely bombs with another? Robyn Jackson is back, and this time we'

#199: Stop Waiting for PD: How Self Mentorship Builds Ruckus Maker Principals

 **Join the Resistance Solution Facebook Community** https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19TRR5VfpX/ Danny Bauer of Better Leaders Better Schools joins Becca Silver to unpa

#198: What Great Lesson Planning Teaches Us About Great Coaching (with Lori Cohen)

In this episode, Becca sits down with instructional coaching and lesson planning expert Lori Cohen (co-author of The PD Book) to talk about her new book, The Science of L

#197: Why Being Clear Can Feel Hard (with Jennifer Abrams): Do “Hard” Conversations Actually Have to Be Hard?

In this episode, Becca sits down with Jennifer Abrams, author of five books on adult-to-adult communication in schools including Having Hard Conversations and Stretching

#196: The "We vs. Me" Test: Why the Same Staff Meeting Energizes Some Teachers and Drains Others (with Dr. Sheldon Eakins)

What if the pushback you're getting from teachers isn't about the initiative at all, but about a hidden cultural mismatch in how your school defines belonging?

#195: The Resistance Tax: The Hidden Costs of Misunderstood Resistance

 In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Becca Silver explores the hidden costs schools and districts pay when resistance is misunderstood. She calls it the resi

#194: Stop Assuming Great Teachers Make Great Mentors

What if one of the biggest missing pieces in teacher retention is how we support mentor teachers? In this episode, Becca talks with John Pascarella, professor of clinica

#193: When High Expectations Meet Resistance: What Should Leaders Actually Do?

In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Becca Silver talks with Principal Kafele about what happens when high expectations meet resistance in schools and how lead

#192: The Resistance Solution in Action: An Instructional Leader's Perspective

 What does The Resistance Solution actually look like in a real school? In this episode, Chrystin Sheffield shares how the book transformed the way she leads. She talks

#191: How to Collect Data on Teacher Well Being

In this episode, Becca sits down with Jessica Werner, founder of North Shore Learning, to unpack a hard truth in schools: many leaders believe they understand staff well-

#190.5: "The Resistance Solution": A CELEBRATION!

Okay y’all… this episode is basically what happens when two people who are deeply obsessed with leadership, resistance, ownership, and human behavior finally hit “record.

#190: The 5 Powerful Coaching Practices (and a surprising secret to success)

[FREE] Find Your Resistance Type Quiz: Find out the type of resistance you are navigating In this episode of Coaching the Whole Educator, Becca sits down with Jason Adai

#189: Inside the Lived Experiences of Black Women Instructional Coaches

Discover a conversation unlike any you’ve heard before as Dr. Courtney Tate joins Becca Silver to shine a spotlight on the real challenges and triumphs experienced by Bla

#188: The Coaching Mistake We Make When Teachers Are Exhausted

In this episode of Resistance Chronicles, Becca Silver unpacks a coaching mistake many instructional coaches and school leaders make at the end of the school year: trying

#187: Why Change Feels Scary: Naming the Real Fears

Change isn’t something school leaders do on the side. It is the work. In this episode, former principal and author Richard Gerver joins Becca to dig into why adults in sc

#186: [Resistance Chronicles] Ownership Mindset

Resistance Chronicles, Part 5: Ownership Mindset™ [FREE] Find Your Resistance Type Quiz: Find out the type of resistance you are navigating (previously called The Resist

#185: Decision Making Magic: Using Intuition to Make Clearer, Faster Leadership Decisions

[FREE RESOURCE] Resistance Diagnostic Assessment: Identify the root cause(s) of the resistance you are navigating (previously called The Resistance Audit) Are you an ins

#184: [Resistance Chronicles] Growth Mindset

Resistance Chronicles, Part 4: Growth Mindset [FREE] Catalyst Mindset Overview Graphic [Printable] In this episode, Becca Silver explores how resistance shows up when t