In this episode of The Wired Educator Podcast, I interview Amy Illingworth, the author of an awesome book from Dave Burgess Consulting, titled The Coach Adventure: Building Powerful Instructional Leadership Skills that Impact Learning. You’re going to need two brains to take in and absorb all of the awesomeness that Amy shares with us in this interview.

Amy Illingworth, EdD, is a lifelong educator, a learner, a coach, and a leader. Her leadership vision is to create equitable learning opportunities where student and adult learners thrive.

She has served as a teacher, literacy coach, an administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and has taught at the graduate school level. She currently serves as the assistant superintendent of educational services in the Encinitas Union School District in California.

Mentioned in this episode: 

Amy’s book: The Coach Adventure: Building Powerful Instructional Leadership Skills that Impact Learning

Amy’s website: blog reflectionsonleadershipandlearning.wordpress.com.

Follow Amy on Twitter at @AmyLIllingworth and with her #CoachADV hashtag.

Amy’s favorite reads: The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation by Elena Aguilar and The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Soultionaries by Zoe Weil

Amy’s favorite purchase under $20 is an essential oil diffuser. Find out why in this episode!

I’m reading The Path to Serendipity: Discover the Gifts Along Life’s Journey by Allyson Apsey.

Win a copy of Amy’s book The Coach ADVenture by Tweeting out that you listen to The Wired Educator Podcast and include the hashtags #Wired2Teach and #CoachADV tag me @wirededucator and @amyLillingworth

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