We are excited to share that Molly Dexter, Brandon Mawhorter, and Kathleen Beckham were featured on Principal Matters: The School Leader's Podcast in episode PMP397, Maximizing Feedback to Teachers.
Principal Matters focuses on the real work of school leadership, which made it a natural place for digiCOACH to join the conversation. In the episode, Will Parker talks with the team about how principals can maximize feedback with teachers by approaching coaching as a partnership, grounding conversations in evidence, and keeping walkthroughs separate from evaluation.
Why This Conversation Matters
Strong walkthrough systems are not just about collecting data. They are about helping leaders notice important patterns, support teachers with timely feedback, and create shared language around effective instruction. When the process is simple enough to use regularly, leaders can spend less time managing paperwork and more time engaging in coaching conversations that move practice forward.
The conversation also highlighted one of the beliefs behind digiCOACH from the beginning: technology should make the human side of coaching easier. Evidence, look-fors, reports, and feedback tools are most valuable when they help educators have clearer and more productive conversations about teaching and learning.
The episode also highlights several practical ideas from the conversation, including leading from your why, asking better coaching questions, moving beyond I think and I feel statements, and choosing one focused next step for improvement.
Feedback is most powerful when it is treated as a partnership, grounded in evidence, and connected to the next coaching conversation.
From Walkthroughs to Better Coaching
For principals, district leaders, and coaches, the challenge is rarely a lack of commitment to classrooms. The challenge is building a routine that keeps classroom visits manageable while still producing feedback and data that educators can actually use. digiCOACH was built to support that rhythm.
Being featured on Principal Matters gave Molly, Brandon, and Kathleen an opportunity to reflect on the work we see across partner schools and districts: leaders creating clearer expectations, teams calibrating around instructional priorities, and educators using walkthrough evidence to guide professional development and coaching support.
Continuing the Conversation
We are grateful for the opportunity to be part of a podcast dedicated to principal leadership and continuous improvement. The episode is a reminder that the best tools do more than organize information. They help leaders stay connected to classrooms, teachers, and the instructional priorities that matter most.