1. Welcome to Coaching for Learning
Barb Arnold & Mena Kelly
Ottawa Catholic School Board

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Coaching Setting the Stage
Icebreaker
Coaching Setting the Stage

5. Activity: 4 Fold
LIST RANK
COMPARE ILLUSTRATE
COACHING

6. Icebreaker
LIST Brainstorm and list all the words associated with coaching.

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

8. Icebreaker
COMPARE Coaching is like _____________ because ____________________

9. Icebreaker
ILLUSTRATE Draw an illustration depicting your analogy on coaching.

10. 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

11. 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)

12. The Power of Coaching
“…coaching …achieved an 85% implementation rate…”
(Knight 2007, p. 17)

13. The Power of Coaching 100% said yes
Question: Have you used any of the new skills/knowledge you gained from the Coaching for Learning Pilot Project?
100% said yes

14. 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.”

15. 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

16. Coaching for Learning: Training & Tools
See Handout

17. Coaching for Learning: Training & Tools
7 Principles of Coaching: Modeling an Activity

18. Coaching for Learning: Training & Tools
Group #1 - Equality
#2 - Choice
#3 - Voice
#4 - Reflection
#5 - Dialogue
#6 - Praxis
#7 - Reciprocity

19. Lessons Learned: Our Next Steps
Enhance the promotion of the program throughout our system.
Enhance the support of the program.
Keep sessions full-day.

20. Questions & Answers

21. Thank You
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