Coaches talk for a living. After all, they begin as teachers - figuring out exact language to use to reach students. Communicating with adults requires a different skill-set, and Knight (2009) asserts that a coach must be a “master of effective communication” (p. 511). To strive for this level, coaches have to spend time with teachers throughout each and every school day. This practice will help them become comfortable talking with teachers (Gibson, 2006). As coaches reach a relaxed level of conversation, it is then time to work on what is perhaps the most critical piece of effective communication: listening. Teachers want to know that they are being listened to and that their ideas are respected. This listening involves eye contact, open body posture, and sometimes calls for a nodding of the head, an inserted “mm-hmm,” and brief paraphrasing.