Nov. 17, 2025

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

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

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🔥 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/


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Email: kurtis.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca 

X: @hewsonk27

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


Connect with Lorna Hewson 

Email: lorna.hewson@jigsawlearning.ca 

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


#collaboration #norms #teamspirit  #leadership #systems

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