About me
At The Whole Educator, we empower ambitious school leaders and coaches to increase their impact.
Journey into my world and background with Episode 1 of my podcast:
Coaching the Whole Educator Podcast Ep 1
Meet Becca!
As the founder and CEO of The Whole Educator, I've dedicated 18 years to unlocking the potential of educators. My journey from the classroom to instructional coaching, coupled with my leadership coaching and life-coach training, revealed a powerful synergy between these roles.
By combining these skill sets, I've developed an approach to coaching and leadership that is human-centered, versus task-centered (we get things done through our humanity, and not around it).
With a Master’s in Organizational Leadership and Learning and a passion for global cultures, having lived in South America and Africa, I've developed a deep understanding of what drives individuals and effective teams. I believe that lasting change comes from connecting with people on a deeper level because education is fundamentally a human experience.
I'm on a quest to banish vague coaching strategies to the realm of forgotten educational trends. Let's dive deep, uncover the hidden motivations behind teacher behaviors, and build a coaching toolkit that’s more than just a collection of buzzwords. Ready to level up your coaching game? Let's do this.
I know what it's like.
Coaching teachers can feel frustrating and downright exhausting.
When I first transitioned into my school coaching position from being in the classroom, I did my best to "stay in my lane" and not mix my life coaching training with the instructional coaching I was hired to do. I also continuously tried to get my teachers to do what I did in the classroom .
I was wildly successful with my strategies, so why wouldn't they be?
Imagine a coach running around, modeling often with "this is how I did it" stories and mimicking the limited strategies I saw other coaches doing. It didn't take me long to realize I was ineffective (and exhausted).
I was used to being one of the best teachers in my school and now I was flailing. I needed help.
It wasn't until I really leaned into all of my coaching training and embraced who I really was that I finally started producing results. And once I found that balance between training effective instructional strategies and addressing the source of ineffectiveness everything feel into place.
And that's why I started The Whole Educator.
I saw other coaches struggling with the same thing.
