eMINTs Tip Cards Year 4

Coaching Around Problems
Encourage others to draw on past experiences & focus on things
within their control. Help others envision past successes to identify
potential strategies & approaches they might implement.
A participant might say:
I don’t know why I put
forth so much effort.
The students don’t
seem to care & I don’t
get helpful feedback
from my administrator.
A coach could start with:
You feel defeated; it is
challenging to not see the reward
from the work you put in.
And then offer:
In the past, how did you move
forward when others didn’t
respond in a supportive way?
emints.org