About Melanie

Melanie Matthews-Calhoun is a highly accomplished educator with a career spanning 28 years. She is an author, leadership consultant, coach, and professional learning facilitator who is dedicated to enhancing coaching and leadership practices through impactful engagement with districts and organizations.

Session Information

Updated! Coaching Teachers Who Don’t Want to Be Coached!

Tired of coaching conversations that go nowhere? Discover the 5 types of teacher resistance and transform your most frustrating coaching moments into breakthroughs. This interactive session provides proven strategies for responding to avoidant, passive, defensive, compliant, and relationship-focused resistance patterns. Participants will practice new coaching language through hands-on scenarios and leave with a concrete action plan for their most challenging coaching relationship. This session is perfect for instructional coaches, administrators, and teacher leaders who want to move beyond frustration to strategic, relationship-building coaching approaches.