The wonders of coaching sessions

Hi,

I finally have started my coaching sessions that are required as a phase two teacher, and I must say I am quite pleased. I met to discuss two things: my work as a leader of our PLC and classroom management in one of my hours. It was wonderful to be able to talk through how I could be a stronger leader with someone who had no opinions about the PLC itself. I was looking for a way to achieve more cohesion in the PLC, and I ended up coming up with ideas myself. I think that was the best part of the coaching. She just repeated back what I had said to her, encouraged me, or asked questions. This made the thinking easier and clearer because it was really like having a conversation with myself.

As far as the classroom management, it was nice to hear that my plans were not off track. It was nice to hear that I should be doing what I had planned on initiating in the classroom.

Needless to say , I am looking forward to my next coaching session. It is a level of support that was helpful and decreased my stress. I'd love to hear how other people's coaching sessions have gone. Have they been helpful?