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Coaching

Who is Coaching For?

Coaching is transformative and powerful for educational professionals at every level. The Powerful Teaching and Learning Group offers targeted coaching to meet the specific needs that each role brings to the table:

  • Instructional Coaching helps teachers identify goals, set clear targets, and develop plans for hitting them.
  • Leadership Coaching hones the skills of Content Coaches, TOSAs, and other teacher leaders to make them more effective at doing what they do best: helping their peers improve and grow.
  • Executive Coaching focuses the valuable time of administrators and principals, enabling them to become better, more efficient, and more highly respected leaders.

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How PTL Coaching Will Improve Teaching and Learning in Your School or District

Here are just a few of the benefits of coaching in the educational setting:

  • Higher return on professional development dollars through job-embedded skills integration
  • Increased effectiveness
  • Greater professional focus
  • Improved job satisfaction
  • Increased organizational strength
  • Improved working relationships
  • Renewed feeling of optimism, focus, empowerment, and energy
  • Greater retention of newly aquired knowledge

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What Do Our Coaches Do?

Powerful Teacing and Learning Coaches assist their clients in navigating the change process for the purpose of self-improvement and goal-attainment.

Through confidential inquiry, discovery, and collaboration, a coach works to move the client forward according to the client’s self-defined goals by finding out what works best for them and then helping to define specific action plans.

A coach provides focus, accountability, support, direction, and guided reflection. Coaching is ultimately results-driven; success is measured by the completion of established goals and targets.

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How Coaching is Different

    Coaching differs from mentorship, consulting, and evaluation. The coaching process is uniquely collaborative - a coach specifically focuses on assisting the client to identify their own goals and targets, according to their own needs and vision.

  • Coaching is not evaluative.
  • A coach does not impose their own agenda or come to the relationship with a specific skill to impart - the focus is on drawing out what the individual client needs and them getting them there.
  • Coaching is not a punishment or corrective action for perceived underachievers - coaching is a privilege and a powerful process utilized by many Fortune 100 CEOs. Coaching helps you take it to the next level, regardless of where you're starting from.

How It Works

Coaching is a personal, one-on-one relationship. Coaching sessions can occur in person or over the phone, depending on geographic proximity and/or the coachee's schedule.

Daily rates are available in cases where schools or districts may be inclined to bring a coach in to meet with several educational professionals over the course of one day. Hourly rates apply to phone coaching sessions. Rates vary based on the skill and experience level of the coach. Read on to meet our coaching team (below).

Custom coaching programs are available - please contact us if you would like to discuss how to get started with a coaching implementation in your school or district.

Meet Our Coaches

Alison Olzendam, Ph.D.
Dr. Alison Olzendam is the President and Founder of the Powerful Teaching and Learning Group. She has been a trainer for the Washington School Research Center, presenting Seminars at OSPI conferences, and numerous other conferences and is certified as an Extraordinary Leader Trainer in the Zenger-Folkman leadership series.  ›› Full bio
Specializes in: Executive Coaching and Leadership Coaching
Day Rate: $1200
Hourly Rate: $150

Heather Knight, M. Ed., Certified Coach
Heather Knight serves as the Vice President of the Powerful Teaching and Learning Group and holds an MA in Professional Development. She has been a classroom teacher and principal and is a certified coach. Heather has extensive experience coaching teachers, administrators, coaches and professional learning communities. In addition, Heather is certified as an Extraordinary Leader Trainer in the Zenger-Folkman leadership series.  ›› Full bio
Specializes in: Executive Coaching and Leadership Coaching
Day Rate: $1200
Hourly Rate: $150

Carla Jones, Certified Coach
Carla is an Associate Clinical Professor at Washington State University and has been teaching classes in the department as well as serving as the Clinical Coordinator. Carla holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association and school credentials as a special educator and speech-language pathologist. She has been at WSU for 15 years and continues to provide direct service to children with disabilities in the WSU Clinic and Head Start.  ›› Full bio
Specializes in: Executive Coaching
Day Rate: $900
Hourly Rate: $110

Freddie Barrett
Freddie Barrett, courageous pioneer, innovative educator and life-long learner, began her career as the first woman Management Trainee at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She has been a mentor in a “Coming of Age” program for 12-14 year olds, as well as teaching leadership classes in the “Gear Up” summer program at the University of Washington. As a Coach and Educator with the Powerful Teaching and learning Group, Freddie is passionate about making a difference in the lives of educators and our future leaders.  ›› Full bio
Specializes in: Executive Coaching
Day Rate: $900
Hourly Rate: $110

Janet Steele, M.A.
Janet Steele joined the Powerful Teaching and Learning Group in 2006. She has served as an educator and professional development leader for 27 years. Throughout her career, Janet has presented nationally and internationally on educational issues. Her honors include the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award, the Christa McAuliffe Washington State Excellence in Education Award, and Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honorary. ›› Full bio
Specializes in:Instructional Coaching
Day Rate: $850
Hourly Rate: $110

Heather Fox
Heather Fox brings to the Powerful Teaching Group fifteen years of instructional excellence centered on the progressive implementation of student activities that support a powerful learning environment. Heather has trained as a coach with the Northwest Educational Coaching Network (NWECN) in using the STAR Protocol as developed by the BERC Group. She has been a mentor teacher and participated in Washington State University's Cooperating Teacher Program.  ›› Full bio
Specializes in:Instructional Coaching
Day Rate: $850
Hourly Rate: $110

Arthur Dolan, M.Ed.
Arthur brings more than 30 years of classroom experience to our organization. He has taught middle school and high school science for 27 years in the Spokane Public Schools where he was recognized as a "Distinguished Teacher". The Washington State Science Teachers Association named him "Eastern Washington Middle School Science Teacher of the Year" in 1989. His classroom achievements, as well as his curriculum development for the NASSP study skills program, bring rich experience and depth to the Powerful Teaching and Learning staff.  ›› Full bio
Specializes in:Instructional Coaching
Day Rate: $850
Hourly Rate: $110

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