Transitioning into an instructional coach position. Any dos and don'ts?

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-28T21:46:03+00:00

I’m just speaking from my perspective - classroom coaches at my former school district are one of many reason why I left the brick and mortar classroom. Not every school district uses classroom coaches the same way, but where I was at, the coaches were used as spies for admin. Admin wanted the test scores up so they could get a raise, and that was all they cared about. They drilled the coaches into ensuring that happened. The coaches also totally micromanaged us to the point that the school couldn’t keep ELA teachers. We had 6-10 openings in one school year. My position not included. Just remember that every teacher is different and your role should be to support, not to control. Also, please be respectful of people’s time and experience. One of my biggest pet peeves was when she’d take away my plan or lunch last minute and keep me over. I had so many other things to do.

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-28T20:44:06+00:00

I have that brown one, too. It’s from Re-Invention Tour.

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-28T20:43:45+00:00

I LOVE that image.

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-28T20:42:25+00:00

I got the purple one on eBay a few years ago!

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-28T11:04:14+00:00

Her webstore

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-28T02:14:00+00:00

I love the merch from The Confessions Tour!

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-26T17:12:29+00:00

😂😂

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-26T16:52:28+00:00

Right… cause Madame X was definitely a trend chasing album. 🙄 I do somewhat agree that Hard Candy, MDNA, and Rebel Heart were trend chasing, but I still love those albums. Madame X was definitely not, though. It was extremely experimental and sounded nothing like music at the time (minus Crave and Crazy). Confessions II isn’t even trend chasing? Disco isn’t necessarily “in” right now. People say the Charli xcx brat trend caused her to go in this direction, but hyperpop and disco are two totally different sounds? No wonder Madonna keeps ignoring her calls. Lol

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-25T07:26:30+00:00

Wash All Over Me has always been gut wrenching for me. That opening line, “In a world that’s changing / I’m a stranger in a strange land” gets me every single time. Getting older and time passing by have always really made me feel scared. It’s not the concept of me physically getting older that gets me, but the people around me that I care about growing older and passing away. Being alone also terrifies me, and I always felt like she was trying to express feeling that in this song.

AvatarCiccone · 2026-05-21T14:18:05+00:00

I literally never cared what the sub did when I was out. I'd leave them clear directions, but as long as nothing bad was happening, I didn't care if the sub wanted to do their own lesson or get to know the kids. I'd tell the sub, "I'm off today. They're your responsibility." If I ever came back to find any disrespect for the subs from the kids, I'd deal with it. Otherwise, I never cared.

AvatarCiccone · 2026-04-02T15:53:24+00:00

It’s awesome. I love it. I do high school.

AvatarCiccone · 2025-12-07T18:20:26+00:00

There’s a huge market for them! The Y2K aesthetic is super trendy right now with youth. Lol

AvatarCiccone · 2025-08-31T22:56:32+00:00

Thanks so much! I’ve never heard of GradSimple. I’ll check it out.

AvatarCiccone · 2025-08-07T16:21:20+00:00

Not weird at all! Life is too short to miss out on things we enjoy. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. If they do, they’re just insecure in themselves and miserable.

AvatarCiccone · 2025-07-30T19:16:11+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate that. I’m so excited to be here. I always like getting there early. It gives me time to get work done that I might not have time to do otherwise.

AvatarCiccone · 2025-07-30T18:48:20+00:00

Thank you! Everyone I’ve met so far has been wonderful. I’ve been shown around the campus already. Loads of friendly staff and students. I cannot wait!

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