Overcoming Teacher Resistance: Strategies for School Leaders with Becca Silver

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Building a Culture of Collaboration

Jigsaw Learning

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Are you an educational leader or administrator searching for actionable strategies to build effective teams? In the Building a Culture of Collaboration podcast, Jigsaw Learning co-founders Kurtis and Lorna Hewson provide simple, purposeful tips to help you tackle meeting frustration, disengagement, and unproductive teamwork. This is your essential resource for advancing school improvement and collective efficacy. You will find practical ideas for mastering effective meetings, where you learn the structures, roles, and agendas required to ensure your team meetings (PLCs, staff, student support) are focused and drive action. You'll discover how to shift your organization's mindset from isolated practice to powerful, shared responsibility for ALL students—this is key to teamwork and collaboration. Finally, you'll gain the leadership strategies needed to intentionally build a robust and sustainable culture that maximizes collective capacity and student success. We also talk with thought leaders outside of education, to grow our understanding of effective collaboration and teamwork. Subscribe today to master the art of intentional collaboration and take your leadership to the next level!

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Overcoming Teacher Resistance: Strategies for School Leaders with Becca Silver - Ep 53

Building a Culture of Collaboration

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1 week ago

Overcoming Teacher Resistance: Strategies for School Leaders with Becca Silver - Ep 53

Access a workshop guide to help your team unpack their norms and help them have a greater impact on your collaborative efforts - https://bit.ly/jlnorms

🔥 Struggling with teacher resistance in your school? Discover how Becca Silver, creator of the Catalyst Mindsets™ and founder of The Whole Educator, helps leaders and coaches move beyond compliance to build real teacher agency, engagement, and collaboration.

In this episode, we explore:
✅ How to understand the unmet needs behind teacher resistance
✅ The 5 Catalyst Mindsets™: Value, Ownership, Belonging, Success, and Growth
✅ Strategies for coaching the whole educator, not just the role they play
✅ Building a human-centered, collaborative school culture

Whether you’re a principal, instructional coach, or teacher leader, this conversation offers practical insights to transform resistance into commitment and collaboration.

🎧 Listen now and start creating a culture where teachers—and students—thrive!

Learn more about Becca Silver at www.thewholeeducator.com

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Connect with Becca Silver

Email: becca@thewholeeducator.com

X: @BeccaSilver_Edu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becca-silver/

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/TheWholeEducator

Podcast: https://coachingthewholeeducator.buzzsprout.com/

Connect with Kurtis Hewson

Email: kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca

X: @hewsonk27

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hewsonk27

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/kurtishewson

Connect with Lorna Hewson

Email: lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca

X: @LornaHewson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorna-hewson-713a59104

#collaboration #norms #teamspirit #leadership #systems

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Music: “Culture of Collaboration” has been composed, recorded, and produced by Trent Ferguson for Building a Culture of Collaboration.

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