Learn how to COACH HAPPY by reading the Joy of Coaching: Characteristics of Effective Instructional Coaches by Rebecca Frazier.
Our Core Belief:
Teachers who are respected, cared for, and supported well will have the tools they need to create happy classrooms where students can thrive both emotionally and academically. Coach Happy supports coaches, teachers, and education leaders by:
- Sharing research that identifies characteristics coaches and leaders can incorporate into their lives resulting in inspiring coaching sessions that produce positive results
- Providing Coach Happy trainings, and the book, The Joy of Coaching: Characteristics of Effective Instructional Coaches, that both include self-assessments, professional development ideas, activities, stories, and resources for renewal that coaches and education leaders can use to internalize helpful characteristics to increase coaching competency including the ability to better connect with and care for teachers. This type of coaching produces energy and joy by honoring our shared humanness and acknowledging the power we have to change how we react and manage difficult circumstances. Many of these ideas can also be shared with teachers.
- Sharing vetted, research-based coaching processes that combine elements of caring and competency—a balanced, holistic, approach with proven results in teacher instructional growth, job satisfaction, and student achievement. Some of these processes include ways to help teachers connect with their core purpose and motivation for teaching along with built in coach planning pieces that include a self-care menu, personality profiles, and thoughtful questions helping the coach get to know and value the person they are coaching.