Many coaches struggle with teachers they perceive as resistant. Check out this infographic from Elena on resistance masking as strong emotions. […]
What are Resistant Teachers Hiding?
Category: Elena’s Blog
How To Take The First Steps To Change Your Life
If you’re ready to heed an inner calling to make changes in your life, but you’re not sure how to start, Elena shares five steps that will get you started. […]
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Cultivating Resilient Communities in a Time of Crisis
Elena Aguilar shares her top three suggestions on building resilience, especially when cultivating resilient communities in crisis. […]
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The Grand Canyon of What I Need to Learn
I’m in the agony of learning, a phase where it all feels achy, painful, and relentless. I’ve learned about myself – and hit brick wall after brick wall. […]
Coaching for Equity: A Sneak Peek
Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice will be in your hands in mid-September. Here are a few excerpts from the introduction which we hope will get you excited to read it! […]
Defining “Equity”: Every Child, Every Day
In December, the blogs on our site will focus on how we can build equitable schools. I’m deep into my first draft of Coaching for Equity, which will be in your hands in September 2020, and so this topic is on my mind now more than ever. Equity has become a word that’s far too […]
Rethinking Resistance: New Insights into an Ongoing Inquiry
by Elena Aguilar, Bright Morning President As a new coach, my number one question was, How can I coach a resistant teacher? I felt like most of the teachers I had to coach were resistant. It shouldn’t be a surprise then that this is the question I’m most often asked. In my workshops, within the […]
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Things I Love: Cats, Kleon, Chai and More
by Elena Aguilar, Bright Morning President We’re starting a seasonal blog post about things we love! While we at Bright Morning live, breathe, talk and read all things related to education, transformation and justice, we also have interests beyond these topics. And we wanted to break up the intensity of what we write and offer, […]
No One Can Learn from You if You Think that They Suck
by Elena Aguilar, Bright Morning President Many years ago, when I was a novice coach overwhelmed by seemingly resistant teachers, my coach, Leslie Plettner, said the wisest and most memorable words a coach has ever spoken: “No one can learn from you if you think that they suck.” I was thunderstruck by the intensity of […]
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How to Build Resilient Teams
by Elena Aguilar, Bright Morning President How do you bring a group of people together and, within a few days, get them to know and understand each other, recognize that their paths are intertwined, and care deeply for each other? The answer to this question is the answer to how we build resilient teams […]