Educational Coaching Tools

COACHING SKILLS:

• Skilfully assuming an attitude in a challenging situation – by the application of coaching methods you will be able to come up with a satisfactory solution to any situation quickly and effectively forming questions inspiring to take action – coaching methods
• Strengthening communication skills
• Being able to work on your own habits

FEEDBACK SKILLS:

• Train the ability to see issues from the perspective of other people (II and III attitude of the perceptual)
• Ability to read the intentions of the interlocutor
• Feedback use for the development of students and yourself
• Ability to discipline students by coaching methods
• Giving feedback to individuals and groups
• Coherence in verbal and nonverbal communication

• DAY 1: Introduction to coaching tools

Introduction: Familiarization and presentation of the Tutor and the whole group

Topics related to coaching: Communication as an integral part of coaching, feedback as an integral part of coaching

Coaching in the workplace: What and who does coaching have influence on in the workplace? Types of coaching

Skills: What skills are necessary to enter the coaching in the workplace? Listening and questioning

Forum 1: Group coaching

• DAY 2: The principles of coaching

Ego: How can your ego limit the style of coaching, transcending the ego.

Coaching: Definition, coaching space, differences between mentoring, therapy and training

Contact: How to build a good contact with other person, what affect the contact?

Listening: How to listen to in order to hear what our interlocutor is saying. Same message and two different interpretations – What does a Teacher hear and what does a Student hear? Theory based on mind map.

Forum 2: Moderate discussions

• DAY 3: The practice of coaching

Effective communication: Methodology; intention vs. interpretation

Communication barriers and habits: Definition, discovery and research

Voice modulation: Tone of voice necessary for good communication

Non-verbal communication: Knowledge about body language

Clean language: Clean communication, diplomatic vocabulary

Forum 3: Presentation

• DAY 4: All for one

Feedback techniques: One comment – four transfers, what is the feedback for?

Enforcement results: Coaching techniques, communication, vocabulary

Difficult conversation: How to prepare for a discussion. Where do we have to give difficult feedback? Which coaching tools can we use?

Communication barriers and habits: How to give good feedback based on coaching tools?

Forum 4: Giving feedback on coaching tools

• DAY 5: Educational coaching

“Listening from zero”: Description, application, methodology

Goal in question: Developing skills to ask questions about a clearly defined purpose

“Life circle”: Full presentation of tool, usage, practice

Forum 5: Summary – work in groups using all the methods acquired

The course focuses mainly on practical training in the ratio 80% practice and 20% theory. Classes are filled with case studies, moderated discussions, brainstorming and course exercises or games designed according to the theme of the course.

Each participant gets a book designed by the coach to complement the presented workshop. During the workshop, the Tutor/Coach uses multimedia presentations and additional training materials.

The training is filled with icebreakers to provide a relaxed atmosphere for all participants. Idea of this course is also to give the opportunity to every participant to work one-by-one with Coach/Tutor. This program is dedicated to both School Principals and Teachers – many of the issues presented during the course can be easily adapted to the curriculums in order to engage students and manage lesson time more effectively.

• Being able to overcoming their own boundaries helps Teachers to create a more reliable image of themselves as those who can inspire students to take action and defeat their own limitations.
• Access to a new network of teachers across Europe inspires new ideas, teaching methods and problem solving.
• Asking questions of a clearly defined purpose Teachers will be able to motivate students to work and at the same time develop their sense of responsibility
• Working on own habits will make Teachers realize how they can help students enhance their strengths
• Being able to giving proper feedback helps develop students very quickly
• Coaching group can be used to integrate the group and create group goals
• The use of coaching tools by Teachers in their workplace not only develops Teachers but also allows them to provide each other supportive feedback.