Hello, friends. Welcome to the Bride Morning Podcast. I'm your host, Elena Akeler. And in each podcast episode, you'll learn how you can lead conversation that builds connection and spark change.

If you've ever started the school year thinking, what if my admin doesn't understand

what I do, then this one's for you. Today we're talking about one of the biggest hidden

challenges that coaches face, especially at the beginning of the year.

It's the awkward, sometimes stressful, sometimes totally bewildering question.

What if my admin doesn't get coaching?

Or maybe it sounds more like this. Should I be reporting back on what

teachers say? Why don't they keep asking me to sub for classes or run assemblies? Do they even

know what I do here?

If any of that sounds familiar, then you're in the right place.

When your administrator doesn't understand your role,

your effectiveness as a coach is compromised from the start. You might find yourself constantly justifying your work

or getting pulled into tasks that dilute your impact. And the worst part is it's easy to

internalize the misunderstanding and to start believing that maybe you're not being helpful or that you're not doing enough.

But that is not the truth.

The truth is without clarity and alignment with your admin, no matter how strong your coaching

skills are, you're going to be swimming upstream.

Here's what often happens.

Coaches try to stay in their lane.

They wait to be invited into partnership.

They assume that their admin knows what coaching is,

or they're afraid that asking questions will make them seem demanding or inexperienced.

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