p7. Coaching Improves Learning
Coaching is...
- confidential;
- non-judgemental;
- collaborative;
- self-evaluative;
- solution-orientated, and has an agreed focus.
Good coaching means...
- some specialist training;
- being coached by an expert coach;
- practising to get better - it's a challenge.
A coaching cycle
- PLAN together (coach and practitioner)
- DO observation/teaching together
- REVIEW outcomes together
Research says coaching...
- leads to sustained improvement;
- allows skills to build on training;
- builds self-confidence;
- can be sustained within schools;
- staff should coach each other after development;
- works better than other CPD models.
