Coaching

In their much quoted, extensive review into the impact of
in-service training, Joyce and Showers produced the following
conclusions -
The assumption that teachers will automatically transfer their
learning from training event to the classroom is not supported
by research evidence.

  A coaching session
“Coaching has lots of benefits. It’s empowering, it embeds
learning and it builds good relations.”

Even when curricular changes are well-implemented, the effects
tend to disappear fairly rapidly.
If an institution or a practitioner wishes to make sustainable,
long-term change, then development needs to take place in
the practitioner’s own learning environment working with a coach
who is respected and trusted.

Who is it for?

Teachers, lecturers, work-based learning providers, and formal
leaders and managers of CPD, will benefit from this course.
The Coaching course has has proved particularly useful to schools
and colleges focussing on: professional development, capacity
building, and inter-disciplinary networking,

Aims of the course

- to introduce and develop the understanding and skills of
  successful coaching.
- to provide information and resources that support the application
  of the coaching method in schools and colleges.

Course content

Participants actively explore:
- the nature and value of coaching as a highly effective
   form of continuing professional development.
- the strategies that focus on the development of the skills and
  dispositions essential to the effective use of the coaching
   method in schools and colleges.
- the climate and culture conducive to coaching.
- the development of personal practice.

Structure

The course extends over 12 – 15 hours.
In addition, participants spend time between development sessions
practicing coaching in coaching pairs/threes and reflecting on the
experience.

“Very helpful and enjoyable. I’ve really enjoyed learning how to
coach and how to be coached.”

We recommend the course is organised as two full days with time
in between for coaching practice.

Cost

Please contact us for details:

tel. 01670 783482
ian@thinkwell.org.uk

University accreditation

For a small amount of additional work, you can upgrade this work
to gain the Critical Reflection on Professional Study certificate
worth 20 credits on the Masters course.

Individual coaching to leaders, managers and teachers

If you require individual or small group coaching, please contact
thinking for learning directly for rates as these vary according
to the extent of the coach’s work.