How to Develop as a Leadership Coach

Programme

10.00 Session 1 Becoming a Coach

Experiencing coaching - a practical start.
Coaching clarified and discussed
Benefits of coaching highlighted

10.30 Session 2 A framework for coaching

How to use a simple coaching model
The importance of goal setting, exploring options and taking action
Techniques to help you focus on needs

11.30 Session 3 Developing the skills and behaviours of the coach

Listening skills and their application
Questioning skills and the range of techniques available
Building rapport, gaining trust, managing self control and developing empathy

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Session 4 Coaching in Context

Practicing the skills and behaviours of coaching
Feedback on strengths
Do's and don'ts highlighted

Course Dates:
14 January 2011. London
Price: £245

Course Leader

The course will be led by Chris Haines who is a full time trainer and coach. He has a background in school improvement and leading on learning. He works closely with many schools on improving teaching and learning in the classroom and the leadership of learning across the school. He has worked extensively in developing the coaching skills team leaders and spend much of his time coaching senior and middle leaders or training them to be coaches. He has trained over 4000 people to be coaches and has over 500 hours experience of leadership coaches. He now has level 7 Diploma in Executive Coaching from the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Target Audience

This Masterclass has been designed to give colleagues confidence and solutions to develop their skills as a coach and improve their teacher leadership.

The Course

This course has been designed to give colleagues confidence and solutions to develop their skills as a coach and improve their leadership. The emphasis of the course is on listening, questioning, building rapport, goal setting and motivation. It will show how everyone has the skills to be an effective coach by using a tried and tested model that works. A mixture of input, activity and practical sessions will be used. It will provide an opportunity to use coaching techniques in the work place immediately. It will focus on coaching others towards improved performance whatever the context.

Insight Focus:

What is coaching and your role as a coach
Practising and improving your skills as a coach
Coaching others towards improved performance
Exploring goals, motivation, questioning, listening and finding solutions
Understanding the coaching relationship
How to coach effectively to improve leadership development
Coaching models in schools which support learning

An extensive high quality course booklet will contain a wide range of support material activities and resources for use with colleagues as well as a summary of the key points from the day.