Welcome to Coaching for Learning

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Welcome to Coaching for Learning

• Barb Arnold Mena Kelly
• Ottawa Catholic School Board

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Agenda

• Welcome Introductions
• Goals for the Session
• Icebreaker
• Power of Coaching
• Cycle of Development
• Coaching Training Tools Activity
• Lessons Learned Our Next Steps
• Questions Answers

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Goals for Today

• To provide you with the information and resources
  to support the initiation of a similar project.
• To share our experiences of what we learned to
  enhance the success of similar projects.

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Icebreaker

• Coaching
• Setting the Stage

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Activity 4 Fold

• LIST RANK
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• COMPARE ILLUSTRATE
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COACHING
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Icebreaker

• LIST
• Brainstorm and list all the words associated
  with coaching.

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Icebreaker

• RANK
• Identify your top 3 words that best illustrate
  the essence of what coaching is and therefore
  the most important.

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Icebreaker

• COMPARE
• Coaching is like _____________
• because ____________________

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Icebreaker

• ILLUSTRATE
• Draw an illustration depicting your analogy on
  coaching.

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Coaching A Definition

• Successful coaching is a
• one-on-one conversation
• that follows a predictable process and leads to
  superior performance, commitment to sustained
  improvement and positive relationships.
• Kinlaw, 1989

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The Power of Coaching

• Traditional forms of professional development
  are not effective, usually getting no better than
  a 10 implementation rate.
• (Bush 1984, as cited in Instructional Coaching
• A Partnership Approach to Improved Instruction
• by Jim Knight, 2007)

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The Power of Coaching

• coaching achieved an 85 implementation rate
• (Knight 2007, p. 17)

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The Power of Coaching

• Question Have you used any of the new
  skills/knowledge you gained from the Coaching for
  Learning Pilot Project?
• 100 said yes

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The Power of Coaching

• The one thing I learned is I now print the
  monthly attendance cards and file them with my
  monthly reports. I have already found the new
  routine useful.
• Yes I am now using some new forms that I feel
  are better than what I was doing before.
• I have learned that de-personalizing
  conversations particularly as it affects my
  immediate work environment (e.g. a colleague) has
  improved my ability to solve problems.

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Coaching for Learning The Cycle of Development
Learning Continuum The Journey continues
Following the Leader Using the NTIP model as
our framework
Celebrating Success And
Soliciting Feedback
Tapping into our own expertise Open Invitation
Applying for the position
System Needs Challenges Assessments
Partnerships Demographics and learning needs
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Coaching for Learning Training Tools

• See Handout

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Coaching for Learning Training Tools

• 7 Principles of Coaching
• Modeling an Activity

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Coaching for Learning Training Tools

• Group 1 - Equality
• 2 - Choice
• 3 - Voice
• 4 - Reflection
• 5 - Dialogue
• 6 - Praxis
• 7 - Reciprocity

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Lessons LearnedOur Next Steps

• Enhance the promotion of the program throughout
  our system.
• Enhance the support of the program.
• Keep sessions full-day.

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Questions Answers
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Thank You

• Please contact us via e-mail if you have any
  further questions or if we may be of any
  assistance.