Key Skills and Areas of Coaching Focus for Level I:

Self-Awareness and Well-Being

As a member of the Principal Coach Collaborative, you will engage in deep, reflective practices that will elevate your understanding of your coaching style, strengths, and growth areas. This competency is crafted to help you enhance both your emotional intelligence and that of your clients, empowering you to lead with empathy, self-regulation, and interpersonal mastery. You will also gain refined strategies to support your clients' well-being, focusing on stress management, resilience practices, and the integration of movement and nutrition into their routines. By honing these vital skills, you will foster leaders who are not only effective but resilient and balanced, ensuring sustainable success both for themselves and the schools they lead.


Delegation and Capacity Building

At the heart of transformational leadership is the ability to delegate effectively and build capacity within teams. In this program, you will learn to coach school leaders in fostering a culture of shared leadership, where staff strengths are strategically identified and leveraged to drive school-wide success. Your clients will gain the tools to develop a high-performing, collaborative environment that accelerates achievement while promoting professional growth at all levels.


Problem-Solving and Decision-Making

Through The Principal Coach Collaborative, you will refine your ability to coach leaders in the art of problem-solving and data-informed decision-making. This program will empower you to support your clients in navigating complex challenges with confidence, ensuring they make decisions that not only solve immediate issues but also create long-term, sustainable success. You will work alongside leaders to enhance their critical thinking, allowing them to make visionary choices for their schools.


Asset-Based, Strengths-Focused Coaching

Experience a transformative approach to leadership development with an asset-based, strengths-focused coachingmethodology. You will learn how to help school leaders uncover the untapped potential within their teams, students, and communities. This approach ensures that your coaching empowers leaders to create inclusive, high-performing environments where the strengths of all stakeholders are fully recognized and cultivated. By focusing on existing assets, you will guide your clients to foster positive, sustainable change.


Build Relationships & Trust

Elite leadership is rooted in trust and authentic relationships. In this program, you will learn the advanced skills required to foster trust and build lasting, collaborative relationships with your clients. You will gain insight into how to guide school leaders in creating a culture of trust within their teams, enabling open dialogue and strengthening school-wide commitment to success. As a coach, you will refine your ability to cultivate respect and partnership, ensuring your clients lead with integrity and clarity.


Collaboration and Networking

The Principal Coach Collaborative provides access to an exclusive community of distinguished educators and leaders who are shaping the future of education. You will engage in coaching clinics, where you can perfect your craft in a feedback-rich environment. You’ll have the opportunity to participate in Signature onsite visits, providing hands-on, in-context coaching experiences that allow you to observe and influence leadership practices directly. Additionally, through Feedback on Feedback sessions, you will receive tailored, constructive feedback designed to refine your coaching techniques and elevate your impact. Above all, you will gain access to our national network of elite leaders and practitioners, a community of visionaries, innovators, and thought leaders who are setting the standard for excellence in education. This unparalleled network will provide you with exclusive resources, insights, and connections that will elevate your career and coaching practice.


Coaching with Impact

As a member of The Principal Coach Collaborative, you will develop a profound understanding of how your coaching influences the leadership practices of your clients and shapes the broader educational environment. Through a series of elite, thought-provoking sessions, you will be challenged to think critically, step outside your comfort zone, and refine your coaching to maximize impact. This program is designed to empower you to make a lasting, positive difference in the lives of school leaders and the communities they serve.


Culture & Climate

Through our collaborative planning sessions, impact visits, and coaching clinics, you will be challenged to help school leaders identify key trends in school culture and climate. Together, we will pinpoint a focused, bite-sized key lever—a specific action or initiative that will drive the most significant impact in the shortest amount of time, typically within two weeks. This approach allows leaders to make immediate, measurable improvements that foster a positive, thriving school environment, while building momentum for long-term success.


Instructional Leadership

Through our collaborative planning sessions, impact visits, and coaching clinics, you will guide school leaders in identifying both the strengths and gaps in their school’s instructional practices using real-time data. By leveraging school PLCs (Professional Learning Communities) and leadership teams, we will pinpoint the highest key levers for driving instructional improvement, with a particular focus on increasing student engagement in thinking, speaking, writing, and listening within the classroom. Our approach is data-driven, ensuring that every action we take is targeted and impactful. Together, we’ll implement strategies that empower teachers and leaders, enabling them to see tangible improvements in student engagement and learning outcomes in as little as two weeks.