Coaching
I love coaching teachers one-on-one. I love coaching teams.
If you have specific goals or challenges you'd like to address related to storytelling, service learning, global citizenship or sustainability, I can help you.
I have coaching packages ready for you (details below), and I can also tailor a coaching program specific to your needs and timeline. I am here for you as an ideation partner, a planner, a content creator, a curriculum builder, and a cheerleader.
Education leaders have identified one-on-one coaching as the key to professional growth and development in our practice(s) as teachers. Dr. Douglas Reeves, author of 40 books and hundreds of articles about school leadership and student achievement, writes: "A review of the research on practices that lead to learning (Killian, 2019) noted that deliberate practice—practice that is motivated by a compelling desire to improve, requires extra effort, is sustained over a long period of time, and is accompanied by feedback—can result in significant gains in learning for adults and students. This kind of learning simply can't happen in a drive-by workshop or presentation."
He goes on to say that "Teachers and administrators need comprehensive and personalized assessment, training, and continual support. The best way I have seen this delivered is not through one-size-fits-all workshops, but one-to-one coaching support. Every day spent in a workshop that is not tailored to meet the needs of the individual professional is a day that could have been devoted to addressing immediate and specific learning requirements." (source)
Let's connect to explore how I can partner with you or your team to maximize your impact with students and grow your capacity to create a culture of service and sustainability in your classroom or school. There is a form at the bottom of the page to kickstart our conversations.
For Service Learning & Global Citizenship Educators

Focus: Growing your Service Learning Practice or Program
Are you a service learning/global citizenship educator, coach or coordinator looking to grow your program or create a culture of service and sustainability in your classroom or school? Do you have specific units you’d like to create or redesign? Do you have challenges (organizational, systemic or personal) you’d like to tackle so you can achieve your goals for your program/work? Would you like to create a sustainable, long-term partnership with a community organization but you’re not sure where to start? This coaching package can be tailored to help you grow your global citizenship practices and programs so they can be robust and impactful. If any of these questions resonate with you, this coaching package will equip you with the tools and strategies you need for success.
What’s included:
* Survey and initial communication (email and video call) to establish coaching priorities & plan
* 3 hours of one-on-one coaching
* Content creation: 3 resources tailored for your program/classroom
* Notes from all sessions
Cost: $1459 USD
Are you a service learning/global citizenship educator, coach or coordinator looking to grow your program or create a culture of service and sustainability in your classroom or school? Do you have specific units you’d like to create or redesign? Do you have challenges (organizational, systemic or personal) you’d like to tackle so you can achieve your goals for your program/work? Would you like to create a sustainable, long-term partnership with a community organization but you’re not sure where to start? This coaching package can be tailored to help you grow your global citizenship practices and programs so they can be robust and impactful. If any of these questions resonate with you, this coaching package will equip you with the tools and strategies you need for success.
What’s included:
* Survey and initial communication (email and video call) to establish coaching priorities & plan
* 3 hours of one-on-one coaching
* Content creation: 3 resources tailored for your program/classroom
* Notes from all sessions
Cost: $1459 USD
For Language Arts & Storytelling Educators

Focus: Using Storytelling to Engage with the World
Are you a language arts teacher who wants to tailor content to engage students with global issues, global competencies and/or service learning? Would you like help choosing texts to frame these conversations? Would you like support in creating opportunities to use storytelling to foster intercultural understanding and global competencies? This coaching package can be tailored to help you meet your goals, turning your classroom into a purposeful meeting place where students are equipped to be active global citizens.
What’s included:
* Survey and initial communication (email and video call) to establish coaching priorities & plan
* 3 hours of coaching
* Content creation: 3 resources tailored for your program/classroom
* Notes from all sessions
Cost: $1459 USD
Are you a language arts teacher who wants to tailor content to engage students with global issues, global competencies and/or service learning? Would you like help choosing texts to frame these conversations? Would you like support in creating opportunities to use storytelling to foster intercultural understanding and global competencies? This coaching package can be tailored to help you meet your goals, turning your classroom into a purposeful meeting place where students are equipped to be active global citizens.
What’s included:
* Survey and initial communication (email and video call) to establish coaching priorities & plan
* 3 hours of coaching
* Content creation: 3 resources tailored for your program/classroom
* Notes from all sessions
Cost: $1459 USD
For a Deep Dive

Focus: Building your Program or Practice for Maximum Impact
If you answered yes to the questions posed for package #1 or #2, and you’d like to partner for a 3-month period to engage with longer-term goals and experiences, this package offers extended one-on-one coaching and more detailed development of resources and plans.
What’s included:
* Survey and initial communication (email and video call) to establish coaching priorities & plan
* Creation of a long-term strategic plan for a class, program or experience
* 6 hours of one-on-one coaching
* Content creation: 6 resources tailored for your program/classroom and/or proposals/plans for your administrative team or community service partners (or any combination)
* Notes from each session
* Feature article or video podcast you can use for storytelling in your community to share what you're doing/learning
Cost: $2859 USD
If you answered yes to the questions posed for package #1 or #2, and you’d like to partner for a 3-month period to engage with longer-term goals and experiences, this package offers extended one-on-one coaching and more detailed development of resources and plans.
What’s included:
* Survey and initial communication (email and video call) to establish coaching priorities & plan
* Creation of a long-term strategic plan for a class, program or experience
* 6 hours of one-on-one coaching
* Content creation: 6 resources tailored for your program/classroom and/or proposals/plans for your administrative team or community service partners (or any combination)
* Notes from each session
* Feature article or video podcast you can use for storytelling in your community to share what you're doing/learning
Cost: $2859 USD
For Student Leaders

Focus: Training Students to Lead Global Citizenship Initiatives
Do you have a group of students in your school who would like to go to the next level in terms of leading their clubs and activities with global citizenship in mind? This could involve students who lead your student government or co-curricular groups like a Global Issues Network club or an Environment Club. Coaching sessions focus on equipping students to plan their activities with global citizenship in mind so they can inspire peers to engage in active global citizenship. Students also explore key leadership skills such as running meetings, communicating with the community and organizing tasks with efficiency and clarity.
What’s included:
Two electronic pre-assessments per student (self and community)
Initial group call (orientation and goal-setting)
Orientation toolkit and mini course about global citizenship
4 hours of group coaching
Action plans for each student
Cost: $249 per student (minimum of 10 students per group coaching cohort)
Do you have a group of students in your school who would like to go to the next level in terms of leading their clubs and activities with global citizenship in mind? This could involve students who lead your student government or co-curricular groups like a Global Issues Network club or an Environment Club. Coaching sessions focus on equipping students to plan their activities with global citizenship in mind so they can inspire peers to engage in active global citizenship. Students also explore key leadership skills such as running meetings, communicating with the community and organizing tasks with efficiency and clarity.
What’s included:
Two electronic pre-assessments per student (self and community)
Initial group call (orientation and goal-setting)
Orientation toolkit and mini course about global citizenship
4 hours of group coaching
Action plans for each student
Cost: $249 per student (minimum of 10 students per group coaching cohort)
What people are saying...
Mark Garcia, 5th grade educator,
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Donna Guerin, Global Studies educator,
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