ICT Leader Teachers Workshop - Coaching

At the heart of coaching is really listening for what is not being said or what the real message is being said. As a coach you need to ask the questions that may require help rather than fix it strategies.

This workshop is fantastic for my coaching inquiry focus.

When approaching someone with something have evidence base, before approaching the problem.

Discussed how I had used 1:1 strategies by planting a seed and then getting them to share it with another person. Getting them to be empowered to share with someone else.

Key Points in the Reading
How to talk so Teachers Listen

• Relationships making it safe to deal with people providing Differated Support
  
• Coaching/Collaborating/ Consulting

We may use one stance or can move between the three depending on the person and situation. The skill is to know when to use in what situation.

You can't coach someone who doesn't have the skill, coaching is the way you question and find out what is already there. Person you are coaching is doing most of the work

Collaborating working together to get to a joint understanding.

Consulting you are doing the work as a leader.

So where to from here?

To work through the three phrases and decide what situaton is right for each person. With a goal to be in the coaching mode.