Brilliant insight from our Research Lead, Sarah Cottinghatt 👏 🎯 Refining the goal transforms coaching — moving from reflection to a deeper understanding of what drives effective teaching. Check out this Coaching Cut to see how refining the goal reveals when actions support or overload learning.

🎦 Today's Coaching Cut substack is out! Our logic is... How can we know what to improve if we don’t know our coachee’s intentions? Great coaching starts by asking our coachees their goal and helping them refine it! 🔗Watch it here! bit.ly/4n1H4hU

Here's what gets me buzzing about our Bangkok formative action workshop: you'll have that lightbulb moment where everything clicks, but then we actually help you implement it back at school. Content + change strategy + support. That's the combo that works. www.tickettailor.com/events/foein...

“Hold hypotheses lightly” Love this page from @scottinghatt.bsky.social @ @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social in Coaching Walkthrus. (And you both look like absolute rockstars in the @olicav.bsky.social graphics)

open.substack.com/pub/cognitiv... This is among their best Coaching Cuts! Thank you, Sarah, Adam and Liam. If you are a teacher or train a teacher, do subscribe.

How do you agree a goal when your coachee doesn’t see a problem? You share concrete evidence. But what when one piece doesn't do it? You *stack the evidence*. 🎥 Watch today’s Coaching Cut for how 👇 open.substack.com/pub/cognitiv...

Cracking episode today- if you are interested in how to use evidence effectively in your next coaching conversation, this is well worth a listen. Thanks @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social @chrispassey.bsky.social and @scottinghatt.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

🔥Coaching Cuts are back! *Coaches* if you make just one change to your coaching, let it be this: 👉Share specific evidence from the lesson. It builds credibility. It engineers insight. It shows respect. Here's how with brilliant coach @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social! 🔗 bit.ly/3JNZVzb

NEW POST! 🔥Starting at a new school? Or inducting new colleagues? The induction process can be HELL Find out how we can use 'framing' to turn it into a 'hell of an induction' instead and help colleagues hit the ground running... bit.ly/4lG5xIN

*Non examples*: not just useful in teaching but coaching too! Understanding what *not* to do can be a powerful way to understand great practice Check out the final Coaching Cut of the academic year to learn how to harness non-examples in your coaching! ➡️http://bit.ly/4eYvPV9

I've been practising... Join us today 4pm for ConnectED Live! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e303a1... Brought to you by TTC Trust and BeckfootTrust!

Unless you know better, you can’t do better. High-quality models of great teaching practice are one of the most important coaching mechanisms. But full models can overwhelm. Check out this week's coaching cut for how, why & when to *model in chunks*! ➡️ bit.ly/4ltVLua

Great first day at #EducationFest! @shaneleaning.com @mattteachcoach.bsky.social @olicav.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social @johntomsett.bsky.social

Most coaching focuses on what happened in the coachee's lesson... But much of what they did to improve happened *after*... Todays's coaching cut shows you how to reinforce what the coachee does to implement the step! ➡️Watch it here (on hay bales!) bit.ly/3GkA4gR

Coaching doesn’t end when the conversation does. Next step *implementation*! Don't just hope for success - use a premortem! A premortem flips things: you imagine failure before it happens. Plan for it. Prevent it. Check out this week's coaching cut! ➡️http://bit.ly/3Te0jIL

Coaching tip: don't assume they'll just do it Good intentions fade... After rehearsal, help coachees make an *execution plan*: a highly specific plan to implement the step! Behaviour change is devilishly difficult - make a plan to make it happen! ➡️https://bit.ly/4enfdGp

Skip scripting, and you skip success. If teachers rehearse without scripting, they’re likely to lay down the wrong tracks. Scripting makes rehearsal purposeful and lowers cognitive load. Watch how coach Adam helps Olly script for rehearsal👇 bit.ly/3HtUpQZ

Please take a look at my latest blog "Coaches are Prediction Machine Engineers" open.substack.com/pub/predicta... @scottinghatt.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social @mrarobbins.bsky.social @adamboxereducation.bsky.social @steplab.bsky.social @utafrith.bsky.social @mrzachg.bsky.social

Messy models lose teachers. This happens a lot when coaches model how to *plan* Avoid messy models by using two coaching techniques: 🧠 Think aloud 💡 Spotlight success criteria 📽️Watch how coach Cat does it in this week's Coaching Cut! bit.ly/4jpmndT

Just dropped a new episode with therapist @Alicia Drummond that properly challenged my thinking. We got into why so many leaders focus on fixing everything around them but rarely look inward. But there's research showing your internal state directly impacts your school's culture. pod.fo/e/2da5ea

Don’t assume your coachee sees what you see. Before modelling a teaching practice: 👁️Share specific success criteria 🖇️Ask them to link those criteria to learning Take less than 5 mins to learn about both coaching techniques: ➡️https://bit.ly/43x8MeH

Rehearsal is so important and this post gives some great pointers!

It's what you do *and* the way that you do it that matters!* In coaching, get the most from the powerful mechanism of rehearsal by using two key techniques: 👉 Scaffold rehearsal 👉Just-in-time feedback Check out this week's Coaching Cut for more! bit.ly/43md7RE

Genuinely thrilled to have co-written an article for Issue 24 of Impact from @collegeofteaching.bsky.social alongside @scottinghatt.bsky.social and @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social COACHING THAT DEVELOPS MENTAL MODELS FOR ADAPTIVE PRACTICE

Talking about *mental models*? Make sure you know what you mean. It’s a popular term often used loosely. They aren’t just bits of knowledge. They’re situation-sensitive tools for thinking. This post took 2yrs to write! ☕️Grab a coffee and have a read bit.ly/3EXhJWs

Join us at WaddED June 2nd 2025, to change pupils lives for the better & collaborate on pressing education challenges #WaddED2025 #Education #Collaboration #DignityNotDeficit #ChangeLivesForTheBetter @scottinghatt.bsky.social Thanks for the inspiration @tomrees.bsky.social @bennewmark.bsky.social

One of my all-time favourite Substacks that gets to the nitty gritty of instructional coaching.

Modelling* is an important mechanism of effective professional development In our pursuit of *techniques* coaches can use to coach better... This week's Coaching Cut is about making your modelling *clean but close*! Here's your 2 min clip - ▶️https://bit.ly/3RO8tH6

Our weekly coaching cuts are back ✂️

*Coaching techniques* coaches can use flexibly to drive teacher learning... We share these in our upcoming book "Coaching for Adaptive Expertise" @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social @hugheshaili.bsky.social In this week's Coaching Cut: 3 coaching techniques to kick-start the conversation: bit.ly/3Yf6BdZ

Do check out the latest Coaching Cut and subscribe to the Cognitive Coaching substack. It is fantastic! cognitivecoaching.substack.com/p/coaching-c... @scottinghatt.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social

🥂Celebrating 1000 subscribers on the Cognitive Coaching Substack🥳 THANK YOU to subscribers for your support and feedback. It's incredible to hear it's being used in schools to develop teachers! ➡️ Latest post has just (2s ago) landed: bit.ly/4cx4yrr

Latest Coaching Unpacked episode is now out! Looking forward to 'Episode 7: Accountable Thinking' @edupulseco.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social @chrispassey.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1276...

This is so awesome. Talking with a Shane about coaching is real monthly highlight for me and to hear that it’s helping his thinking is brilliant. Right back at you Shane - a HUGE thank you!

Current reading pile... Meaningful Learning by @scottinghatt.bsky.social The Silk Roads by @peterfrankopan.bsky.social o Narnia Code by Michael Ward No way out by @shippersunbound.bsky.social

*Rehearsal* is a mechanism that can support teachers to improve their teaching. But - We must *prepare* for rehearsal for it to work well. What does this mean? 👉Check out Coaching Cut #10 to find out! open.substack.com/pub/cognitiv... @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social brilliant coaching strikes again!

The Coaching Unpacked team have arrived at #TDaPEManchester! @scottinghatt.bsky.social @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social @chrispassey.bsky.social

I had to come and see @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social and @scottinghatt.bsky.social because I love Coaching Unpacked and they are such deep thinkers when it comes to coaching! #TDaPEManchester

Looking forward to this later @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social and @scottinghatt.bsky.social

🔀 Adapting teaching... Even the most 'routine' teaching practices need adapting (Hu, 2024) Think of a countdown to get Ss attention. Great teachers slow down, speed up etc. How can teachers learn this? Take a look in this week's #coachingcut! 📹https://bit.ly/4bRGqQb

Absolutely delighted by this impartial review of my book published in the journal, School Science Review (open access): www.ase.org.uk/system/files... #EduSky #UKEd #SciTeachUK #iTeachBio

Can’t wait for this - what an awesome day in store for everyone

👀Observing teachers' lessons... How do you know you've spotted an issue impacting student learning? Take 2mins to watch Coach @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social testing his 'hunch' against evidence and being the ultimate role model to Coachee Olly Cakebread! 🎦https://bit.ly/41yTC7O PLUS!

Very excited and lucky to be included in this brilliant event!

Not to be missed @carlhendrick.substack.com is one of the best voices out there on expertise!

🙂Some personal news... I'm very fortunate to have started as Research Lead @steplab.bsky.social I'm learning from a *fantastic team* of values-driven, motivated and brilliant people. Here’s the work…

This weeks coaching cut is a really special one for me. I’m super proud of the journey my incredible colleague has been on over the last few years to be at the point to confidently take the reins and drive her own improvement. She’s a star, all of her own making ⭐️

Launching today: Education Leaders Community! Join our algorithm-free space for school leaders worldwide. First 50 members enter to win free coaching (worth £720) to celebrate my 100th podcast episode! Your Voice. Your People. Your Impact. Join for free: buff.ly/4x5nok1

I’ve reserved my spot - make sure you do too!

🔥 How do you balance teacher and coach expertise? Check out this week's 2 min #CoachingCut to find out! @mradamkohlbeck.bsky.social shows us how to let the coachee take the reins whilst hold their thinking accountable! 👉https://bit.ly/3DvOut1