Sarah Hodgson

Should we stop using AI to edit our writing? A case for originality.

We love the word "empower" in education—but should we? As I explore what agency and autonomy really mean, I’ve started to question whether "empowering" learners unintentionally reinforces old power dynamics. What if the power was never ours to give?

Emotional awareness isn’t just a 'soft skill' – it’s a core coaching competency. In this post, I share a personal experience of being coached through intense emotions and explore why empathy and holding space matter more than having the right answers.

I’ve just finished this book. ‘Advanced Coaching Practice‘ by Christian van Nieuwerburgh and David Love. I highly recommend it for...

Today, I presented at the 21st Century Learning International Maker and STEAM Spaces Symposium. The focus of my presentation: Encouraging...

“The best way to activate your classroom is for your students to make something.” Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager (2019) Let me...

This week, as I slowly start to turn on my work brain, I completed exercises that helped me to identify my strengths and values....

Last summer (2021) I didn’t want to touch anything work-related. This summer, I couldn’t stop! Here are some of my notes, and also some...

I sent a text to a friend yesterday and asked ‘What the heck is wrong with me? I cannot stop. I’m currently enrolled in 4 courses!‘ I...

January 1st, 2021. Time for some goal setting. Kinda. I have a few friends who always choose one word to focus on for the year. So I...

Image by seth0s from Pixabay I am LOVING my new place of work. I am confident that I am in a place where I have people I can learn from,...

Image: congerdesign on Pixabay I recently relocated from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Bucharest, Romania. We’ve been in Bucharest for two...

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Way back when we were physically in the school building, it had always been the plan for me to...

I’ve heard a couple of times this week that emergency remote learning due to school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic is “like...

This academic year, as part of a ‘Personalised PD‘ initiative, four colleagues and I formed an inquiry group to explore the following...

My professional development focus for this year is ‘student agency’. I’ll be defining a focus question later with my supervisor, but for...

I’ve just completed my first coaching session! I used the graphic organizer template by Elena Aguilar to record my reflections:...

I created this as part of the online course, The Art of Building Trusting Coaching Relationships with Elena Aguilar (completed in May...

A visual I created as reference material after reading ‘Better Conversations’ by Jim Knight: This work is licensed under a Creative...

A visual I created as reference material after completing Elena Aguilar’s online course a couple of months ago: This work is licensed...