Authors
Kate Sharpe, M.Ed., Certified Professional Coach, A.C.P.C.
Kate Sharpe is a committed educator, programming consultant and certified professional coach. The centrality of coaching, as a set of pedagogical and leadership tools to support behavioural change, uniquely positions the reach and impact of her programming and facilitating with students, teachers, administrators and system leaders.
Kate, together with Jeanie Nishimura, designed, created and is co-leading a large national program, The Mentor-Coaching Institute, in partnership with Education Leadership Canada (ELC) and Pearson Canada, supporting teachers and school and system leaders in the areas of leadership, coaching and mentoring.
Jeanie Nishimura, M Ed, PCC, CPCC
Jeanie is an experienced educator and certified professional leadership coach who draws on her background in the arts, curriculum design, adult education and coaching to foster learning and growth in individuals and groups. Since 2007, Jeanie has collaborated with Kate Sharpe in offering programming that invites educators in all sectors to embrace the skills of mentor-coaching as an impactful framework for building capacity.
Jeanie’s commitment grows out of many years of experience as a drama teacher/ consultant, a designer/ instructor for the Dramatic Arts Specialist at OISE/ UT and as a founding member of the coaching faculty at Adler Canada.
