Introduction to leadership coaching: Nicky Knight & Marilyn Gwilliam

The global framework for coaching in education

Coaching hint: 

• Ask 'What else" not "anything else"
• Scaling in +1 - key coaching skill - 1 - 10 - if you are 6 try to move to 7 - small steps

What is the difference between coaching & mentoring

Mentoring - more directive - tell

Coaching - less directive - ask

Direct - tell - advise - mentor - coach

Coaching is:

Essentially a conversation

About asking the right questions

About learning

Providing effective feedback

The three elements of coaching

Coaching skills

Growth framework

Coaching 'way of being'

What makes a great coach?

1. Developing trust

2. Being present

3. Listening actively

4. Clarifying

5. Empathizing

6. Being succinct

7. Asking the best questions

8. Giving feedback

9. Noticing

The growth framework
Goals
Reality
Options
Will
Tactics
Habits

I SMART goals
Inspiring
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-bound

SLOTH Goals
Somewhat vague
Lacks commitment
Open-ended
Timid
Hard to achieve

Growth coaching questions

8 key skills of coaching

Coaching: Way of Being

Feedback Response

HERO

What?

As part of our Educator Only Day this year, we learnt how to use HERO which is a powerful and secure online sharing platform - customisable to reflect the curriculum, vision and values of our school.

So What?

Initially we learnt how to log onto HERO. Then we learnt how to personalise our passwords. Next we added our profile photo. Thereafter we navigated around the menus within HERO. After that we learnt about the student profile icons and flags. Then we learnt how to find staff, learner, habitat and group using the search tool. Next we learnt how to find information about the student. Finally we learnt how to take the daily attendance register.

Now what?

I will use everything that I have learnt about HERO in my daily practice.