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In the Spotlight: Worcester Child Development Head Start
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...
In the Spotlight: Springfield PEG and Coaching
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”...
Coaching Query #2: Willing but not able?
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...
Coaching Query #1: Feedback Folly
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...