Maymouna Sakho
Maymouna Sakho
Coaching Bio
Maymouna has facilitated and led over thirty sessions across various topics related to inclusion, belonging, neurodiversity, and the importance of collaboration. Through these sessions, individuals have been drawn to her, seeking small group or one-on-one sessions to support and develop skill sets and strategies to build inclusion programs and systems, and engaging with diverse parents and communities. Maymouna has successfully coached individuals with a success rate of 100% to secure employment opportunities aligned with their specific skill sets and goals through self-reflection, self-awareness, and curious inquiry.
Coaching Experience
Maymouna’s coaching journey began unconventionally when she first entered the teaching profession and sought mentors and coaches to support her work with special education students. Having found a gap in the availability of coaches and mentors with an understanding and knowledge of inclusion and inclusive practices to support educators, Maymouna became the coach she had wished she had as a young teacher. Through leading and facilitating over 30 workshops for various organizations, small groups, and administration/leadership, Maymouna’s niche is in coaching individuals and organization.
Career Experience
Maymouna Sakho has been an educator for 15 years. She serves as the Chair for SENIA International Africa Board, mentor for the AIELOC Aspiring Leaders of Color Program, and is a co-founder and co-trainer for AIELOC’s Learning Support Affinity Group For the Margins, From the Margins with Dr. MaryAnn DeRosa. Additionally, Maymouna serves as a co-chair for MSA Accreditation Evaluation Team Visits and as a member of CIS Accreditation Evaluation Team Visits. Maymouna has served as the Head of Elementary Student Support at ISD, Senegal where she was instrumental in developing an inclusion program from 300 elementary students.
Coaching Accreditations
DISC
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Certification in Diversity Equity and Inclusion – Cornell University
I have appreciated the safe space to be able to share and learn as well as to goal set about specific actions that I could take to move forward into a leadership role
Serenity Smith, SENCO Coordinator
I learned so much about being prepared, program design and looking specifically at how systems can be created using best practices, varying the resources and tools to and making it specific to my context. I really enjoyed the session as it was engaging and fun. All of my questions were answered and I walked away with strategies to try.
I appreciate how Maymouna has supported my growth as an educator who has been adverse to math. Her support and coach me through by goal setting and demonstration lesson implementation and intentionally planning UDL practices helped make a difference in decreasing some of my anxiety with teaching math.
Tamlah Williams, Homeroom Teacher