Communication, Collaboration, and a Collective Vision: How to Transition from an Administrator to an Instructional Coach Successfully

Ask The Tech Coach

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach Jennifer Kaufman on to the podcast to discuss how she is using her former career as a district administrator in her current role as a Lead Coach for one of the largest school districts in the country. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast. We would love to have you join the show.

Weekly Topic

• Transitioning from an Administrator role to a Coaching position
• Transitioning between the classroom, administration, and coaching
• Communicating with teachers and other coaches
• Coaching Newsletters for large groups of teachers
• Using different types of coaching models
• Organizing your coaching notes and materials

About our Guest: Jennifer Kaufman

Jennifer is in her 20th year in education and is currently the Lead Coach at Corkery Elementary School in Chicago Public Schools. She began her career as a permanent substitute and has served as an instructional assistant, third grade teacher, principal, assistant principal, Title I Non-Public teacher, homeschool teacher, and instructional coach. She has served both suburban and urban communities and worked in public, non-public, parochial, and charter schools. Jennifer has been in coaching throughout the greater Chicago area since August 2020. She was selected as a 2018-19 Teach Plus Indiana Teaching Policy Fellow and co-authored the policy brief THE RATE OF RETENTION:A PROPOSAL FOR AN INDIANA REPORTOF TEACHER SUPPLY AND DEMAND. During her tenure with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Jennifer completed the Indiana Catholic Principals Institute and served as a board member of the Eastside Catholic Schools Partnership and a Deanery representative for the Archdiocesan Principals’ Association. Jennifer was named the 2011 Fishers Elementary School Teacher of the Year. She graduated from the University of Evansville with a BS in Elementary Education, received her MS in Educational Leadership through the Urban Principal Program at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, and obtained a Learning Behavior Specialist I Endorsement from Olivet Nazarene University. Jennifer lives in Chicago with her husband, Josh, and her two dogs, David Rose and Stevie Budd. When she grows up, Jennifer still wants to be a teacher. Links of Interest

• Ms. K's Instructional Coaching Corner

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