Portico | Kyle Laier | Activity https://dev.portico.inflexion.org/members/kyle-laier/activity/ Activity feed for Kyle Laier. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:14:08 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.20 en-US 30 hourly 2 f8edd020d0a5897c81059ad9a9b3012b Kyle Laier posted a new post. https://dev.portico.inflexion.org/?p=66723 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:56:23 -0700
Encourage Feedback and Build Consensus: Use the Fist to Five Protocol to Guide Decisions

Building consensus as a school leader is crucial for fostering collaboration, trust, and shared ownership of decisions and direction. By involving stakeholders in the decision-making process, leaders create…

]]> 598edcdd0f45fc7ece6867b87a1159b5 Kyle Laier replied to the discussion Chapter 3: Listen for Stories in the forum Evocative Coaching by Megan & Bob Tschannen-Moran https://dev.portico.inflexion.org/forums/discussion/chapter-3-listen-for-stories/#post-62634 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:04:08 -0700 Reply to Chapter 3: Listen for Stories

The chapter discusses the retelling of stories from different perspectives to create the level of reflection that allows educators to see multiple lesson points and different decisions that could be made as a way of reflecting upon their practice. I think the approach discussed to create this dialogue is important to quickly getting high…

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]]> 629d01b11793b547e8d15aad3133d278 Kyle Laier replied to the discussion Chapter 2: Coaching Presence in the forum Evocative Coaching by Megan & Bob Tschannen-Moran https://dev.portico.inflexion.org/forums/discussion/chapter-2-coaching-presence/#post-62633 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:59:13 -0700 Reply to Chapter 2: Coaching Presence

I resonated with the idea of seeing the whole person you are coaching. As an administrator, I would often hear colleagues talk about educators or support staff in a way that focused on the weaknesses of that person and failed to recognize the strengths and their whole lived experienced into consideration when supporting them. I believe it…

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]]> 47e82e44fd4737029df5ede144f6218c Kyle Laier replied to the discussion Chapter 1: Introduction to Evocative Coaching in the forum Evocative Coaching by Megan & Bob Tschannen-Moran https://dev.portico.inflexion.org/forums/discussion/introduction-chapter-1/#post-62627 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:55:38 -0700 Reply to Chapter 1: Introduction to Evocative Coaching

The best learning experiences I’ve had as an adult were those that may best be described as “learning by doing”. Whether enrolled in a graduate course, conference or working directly with a mentor/coach, the most significant learning I have experienced were those where I could apply what I was learning and my own perspectives on what might…

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