JayChesser

     The last IT is called Coach IT.  Coaching may be the hardest part.  Coaching requires everyone involved to be open and objective.  It is probably harder on the "old-timers" because those individuals are so into the routine of things that they can not sometimes see new possibilities.  The mindset of having someone else younger and possibly newer to the organization telling the "old-timers"  ways to improve, tends to build resentment instead of improvement. 

     New comers usually welcome the help offered by others.  This allows them to "fit in" better with the work crowd.  It makes the transition from one job to another job a lot easier. 

      Probably the hardest part of coaching in general would be keeping things on a positive note.  How you say something is everything!  If the person providing the coaching is negative or threatening in any way,  the advice will fall on deaf ears.  With all of the stress that teachers are under on a daily basis, being positive is sometimes the hardest thing in the world for me.  If I can't coach in a positive manner, I shouldn't be coaching someone else.