Sharon Sheehan is an Instructional Coach and mathematics teacher at GBS where she has been teaching for 31 years and has been coaching for 14 years. In addition, Sharon has been the Co-Coordinator for the Educational Coaching Network at NIU/Northwestern for eight years. She has conducted numerous Instructional Coaching workshops with teachers and administrators and is an adjunct professor at Northwestern where she teaches a course on instructional coaching.
The GBS Coaching Program has had many local, national, and international visitors to discuss the implementation and operation of their coaching program. Three members of the team became Certified Instructional Coaches through ICG in the Fall of 2019. In 2023, the team won the “Award of Excellence” in the Team Category from the Illinois State Board of Education.
