🔥 What does a coaching mindset look like in professional observations? 🔥 How important is mentorship when it comes to the growth of school leaders? 🔥 How can we better support the learning of our youngest readers and writers? Join me for this conversation with author and Director of Literacy LAUREN KAUFMAN as she shares her insights on these and other critical questions. About This Guest Lauren is passionate about empowering teachers to lead and develop lifelong literacy practices in all learners. She serves as a Director of Literacy K-12 in Long Island and is the author of The Leader Inside: Stories of Mentorship to Inspire the Leader Within. You’ll find Lauren’s work on her blog, podcasts, The Teach Better Team, Future Ready Schools, and in various publications including Edutopia, Education Week, George Couros's Because of a Teacher, and Lainie Rowell’s Evolving With Gratitude. Connect with Lauren on Linkedin, on X @LaurenMKaufman, on Instagram @LaurenMKaufman, and at her website, www.LaurenMKaufman.com. Tune in for my regular Teachers on Fire interviews, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:00am Pacific and 11:00am Eastern! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast. In This Conversation 0:23 - Who is Lauren Kaufman? 1:47 - Overcoming the disappointment of unmet expectations 5:56 - How can mentorship impact the growth of school leaders? 12:58 - Can formal mentorship structures make a difference? 18:00 - What does the ideal mentorship arrangement look like? 23:11 - What does a coaching mindset look like during teacher observations? 30:07 - What does 30-second feedback look like? 33:40 - The power of job-embedded learning as a model for Pro D 36:23 - A personal productivity hack: slow reading and note-taking 38:22 - Lauren's edtech tool picks: Canva and Notebook LM 39:16 - A book recommendation: Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara 40:13 - Inspiring educators to follow: Darrin Peppard, Sean Gaillard, Meghan Lawson, Adam Welcome 41:14 - Where to connect with Lauren Kaufman Connect with Teachers on Fire and Host Tim Cavey: On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire) On Facebook @TeachersOnFire (https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/) On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire) On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/ Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/. Song Track Credit Tropic Fuse by French Fuse GO! by Neffex *All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachersonfire/support