Coaching the Whole Educator

Becca Silver

Coaching the Whole Educator, hosted by education consultant and author Becca Silver, is a podcast on instructional coaching, teacher leadership, and school leadership for anyone who wants to strengthen their educators' effectiveness and resilience, especially the ones who need it most. Each week, you'll hear quick tips, proven coaching strategies, and coaching mindsets designed to keep you on top of your game.This show is rooted in a human-centered coaching approach, where we get things done through people's humanity, not around it. Whether you're new to instructional coaching or a seasoned coach or leader looking for fresh perspective, you'll learn...

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Coaching the Whole Educator

Episodes (203)

Sun Aug 2nd #197: Why Being Clear Can Feel Hard (with Jennifer Abrams): Do “Hard” Conversations Actually Have to Be Hard?
Jul 18th #196: The "We vs. Me" Test: Why the Same Staff Meeting Energizes Some Teachers and Drains Others (with Dr. Sheldon Eakins)
Jul 11th #195: The Resistance Tax: The Hidden Costs of Misunderstood Resistance

Coaching the Whole Educator

Aug 2, 2026
47¼ minutes
32 MB

Send us Fan Mail 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 Your Learning Edges, for a conversation on hard conversations, school culture, and adult development in education. Topics covered in this episode: The difference between resistance and a hard conversation, and where one line ends and the other beginsWhy "niceness culture" in schools gets confused with kindness, and how it undermines belongingThe cognitive load behind clear communication, and why so many educators avoid itThe neuroscience of being ri...

Coaching the Whole Educator

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

Becca Silver

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