May 25, 2017 | Coaching Conversations, In the Spotlight, May 2017
Worcester Child Development Head Start: The Journey to Coaching This month, Coaching Conversations features Worcester Child Development Head Start. ECA spoke with two coaches, Denise Nelson and Carmen Fernandez, and the Education Manager, Carlene Sherbourne, who...
Mar 28, 2017 | Coaching Conversations, In the Spotlight
In March, ECA sat down with the Springfield Public Schools Preschool Expansion Grant (PEG) coaching team in the newly renovated Early Childhood Education Center on Catharine Street. I learned about coaching “through being coached” myself. Laura Mendes, Director of...
Mar 27, 2017 | Coaching Advice, Coaching Conversations, March 2017
Query: I am working with a program where the Director is actively seeking assistance for her program. However, she has not kept most of our appointments. Once, I arrived to find that she wasn’t there and the next time, I called the day before to confirm and she...
Mar 27, 2017 | Coaching Advice, Coaching Conversations, March 2017
Query: I am coaching a program and the Director asked me to observe a teacher and provide feedback to her without the Director present. The Director shared that the employee doesn’t listen to her feedback. What should I do? Advice: There appear to be several needs...
Mar 27, 2017 | Coaching Conversations, March 2017, Promising Practices
Guiding Change in Systems, Sectors and Settings By Kimm Quinlan (Region 1) and Carla Seymour (Region 5), each from Massachusetts’ Educator Provider Support (EPS) programs. In March, we attended the Coaching 4 Change training hosted by Early Childhood...
Mar 23, 2017 | Coaching Conversations, March 2017, Meet the Expert
Coaching for Change: “It’s time in the Sun is Coming”- Pam J.L. Roux This month Coaching Conversations profiles Pam Roux, Workforce Development Specialist for the Department of Early Education and Care. Pam recalls her own experience when she was a teacher and then a...
