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Solution focused coaching for improving teaching practice in PCET Initial Teacher Education Programmes.
Chris Lawrence and Catherine Ashdown
PCET Approach to partnership
Working together in every
possible way!Key = effective communication and
mutual support
What is coaching?
One person being available to help another’s thinking in order to increase their understanding so that they can take confident action.
Pemberton: Coaching to Solutions
Coaching v mentoring
• Mentoring - transferring learning from a more experienced individual to a less experienced person. A long term relationship where the mentor gives a push in the right direction !
• Coaching - helping to unlock potential and facilitate self help and self development. A short term magnifying glass !
Why take a coaching approach?
• Assumes the other person has the ability to find a solution
• Are they coaching ready?
• Works with their motivations
• Thinking partnership of equals
• Has a forward focus
Coaching Cycle
Agreeing actionRehearsing actionReview
Getting together
Getting involvedGainingcommitment to a contract
Working together
Coach’s Role in Development of a New Narrative Pemberton 2013
Privileged Audience; Hearing
the story
Empathic Listener: Deepening the
story
Critical Listener:Challenging the
story
Plot developer:Opening up new
narrative
Sustainer: Supporting the new narrative
What Does a Coaching Conversation Involve?
Asks questions that they don’t ask themselves
Gives feedbackHelps the person look at situations from
other perspectivesSlows them down or speeds them up
Listens to understand how they see the situation
Is non-judgemental
Asks them to experiment with doing different things
Moves them from talking about to doingAsks them to be accountable
Ensures they do not take on more than they can achieve
Offersresources when needed
Helps them practiceReviews what they have learnt from their
experiments
Thought Action
Support
Challenge
Focus on questioning • Genuine interest
• Avoid the negative spiral – be solution focused
• Style of questioning
• See handout with 70 questions for Coaching Conversations
• Coaching Crib Sheet – What ?Where? How? and When? See next slide and handout
Find a partner and using the questions and the crib sheet…
Coach each other through this conference - work out a way forward for the rest of the
conference.
• “ The coaching went really well and I would advise any teacher to do this on a regular basis. The thing I realised about coaching is that coaching identifies the root of the challenge which we face at a particular time; it is necessary for teachers to do this so that the problems can be addressed practically and readily. It is like having a personal trainer only nicer!