Supporting Teachers First and How Coaching Creates Lasting Impact for Students

About this episode

Dr. Ellen Cullen discusses her doctoral capstone work on occupation-based coaching to support teachers and enhance student outcomes.

Supporting teachers can be one of the most powerful ways to create lasting change for students—but it requires a shift in how we view our role as school-based OTs. In this episode, Dr. Ellen Cullen shares her groundbreaking doctoral capstone work on occupation-based coaching, where she treated teachers as clients and used MOHO to support their self-efficacy and align their practices with their professional values. Ellen reveals how experienced teachers often don't lack competence—they lack al...

People in this episode

Host: Jayson Davies

Guest: Dr. Ellen Cullen

Topics covered

• teacher support
• occupation-based coaching
• self-efficacy
• school-based OT
• professional values

Keywords

• school-based OT
• coaching
• teachers
• self-efficacy
• MOHO
• professional development
• student impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MOHO

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