Coaching for Multilingual Student Success with Karen Johannesen Brock

Dr. Karen Johannesen Brock has been an educator and educational consultant for more than three decades. She has assisted more than one hundred schools and districts with implementing instructional coaching and design as well as professional learning plans and school-improvement plans and has worked at the state, school, and district levels. Our conversation centers on her book Coaching for Multilingual Student Success: Intentional Practices to Accelerate Learning and Close Achievement Gaps.We discuss:Understanding multilingual students in our schoolsThe achievement gaps we’re working to close and the challenges in doing soHow to build teachers’ confidenceAn asset-based approachEngaging parents in the learning processLeveraging instructional coaching to strengthen collective teacher efficacyKaren’s approach to instructional coachingTeacher-coach relationships4 essential practices for teachers that accelerate learning for all studentsFind the book Coaching for Multilingual Student Success from Solution Tree or wherever you get your books. About the hostRoss Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossromano I also host Sideline Sessions, a podcast for coaches and parents of student-athletes. The show features conversations with coaches and performance experts in the NFL, NBA, NCAA, Olympics, and more. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Rp0QGt