About Melanie

Melanie Matthews, “The Coach’s Coach”, is an instructional coaching expert, speaker, and founder of The Get Engaged Coaching Group. She helps educators reduce resistance, strengthen professional learning, and create engagement-driven systems that lead to lasting results.

Session Information

Before You Ditch the Coaching Cycle, Coach with FLEXibility

Before you abandon the coaching cycle, learn how to use it with flexibility. This session introduces the FLEX framework, a responsive approach that helps coaches focus on the moment, leverage teacher strengths, adapt their stance, and expand instructional impact. Participants will apply the framework to real scenarios and leave with practical tools to make coaching more adaptive, strategic, and student-centered.

Crack the Code: Decoding Teacher Resistance

Frustrated by resistant coaching conversations? Learn a practical 5-type system that helps you decode teacher resistance and respond with clarity and confidence. Rooted in adult learning and real school scenarios, this interactive session equips instructional coaches with tools to identify root causes, select aligned strategies, and turn tension into progress. Ready, set, decode.