coaching for excellence december 12, 2007 learners = leaders
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Coaching for ExcellenceDecember 12, 2007
LEARNERS
=
LEADERS
Nothing happens without personal transformation.
W. Edward Deming
PURPOSE
To provide experiences, tools, strategies, and resources that will enhance participants’ effectiveness as facilitators of adult learning
FEEDBACK FROM FEEDBACK FROM SESSION 5SESSION 5
34 Responses
VALUE Average: 4.8 Range: 6X4, 2x4.5, 26X5
FOUND USEFUL Understanding types of decision processes
Variety of activities, protocols, & handouts
Working in groups – experiencing the process
IMPROVEMENTS Tables and room arrangement More time
APPLICATIONS Use protocols & activities at meetings Reflect on decisions – lots more planning! Create school decision-making policy chart
COMMENT This is empowering, validating, & challenging!
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of the coaching role
Working knowledge of the basic moves used by effective coaches
Insights gained from guided practice and collegial feedback
Confidence and enthusiasm!
Today’s Agenda
Why are we here?
What a Coach Is . . . and Isn’t Knowledge, Skills, & Basic Moves Just Do It! Reflection and Evaluation
THANK YOU!
WINTER WONDERBUDDIES
Snowman
SkiingElf
NORMS FOR OUR LEARNING
• Share experiences to enrich others.
• Listen through the filter of a question.
• Pay attention to your feathers.• Learn by doing – apply to your
own work.• Postpone distractions.
A COACH IS …Actions?
Beliefs?
Impact?
enhance perceptions expand perspective don’t want to hear
possibilities inspire attention step back patterns of
illusion
Word Splash
The Final Word1. Read a common text.
2. Highlight 2-3 items (words, phrases, or sentences.
3. In turn, share one of your items without comment.
4. Group members comment.
5. Person #1 gets the final word.
6. Repeat.
WHAT COACHING IS …
and
WHAT COACHING ISN’T
A LEARNING-FOCUSED RELATIONSHIP:
SUPPORTS
CHALLENGES
FACILITATES VISION
What are some of your goals as a Growth Agent?
For yourself?
For your colleague(s)?
For the relationship?
What are some things to which you will pay attention, in order to determine success?
What do effective coaches…
Know?
Full participation is a must – Be here NOW.
Do? Eliminate distractions.
What do effective coaches…
Know?
Full participation is a must – Be here NOW.
Do? Eliminate distractions.
Commit time.
Take a breath.
Monitor self.
What do effective coaches…
Know?
People must feel ownership for solutions to their problems.
Do? Question and paraphrase.
Cause coachee to clarify the problem, not just the symptoms.
Check assumptions.
What do effective coaches…
Know?
Change is a process, not an event.
Do? Allow time.
Ensure consistency and follow-up.
Celebrate progress.
Provide data and time for reflection.
What do effective coaches…
Know?
Trust is developed and earned, not given.
Do? Hold confidentiality.
Model risk-taking.
Communicate openly and honestly.
Listen, listen, listen!
What do effective coaches…
Know?
There is a time to coach and a time to consult or collaborate.
Do?
Listen to understand.
Give the choice to the coachee.
Remember ~ “It’s NOT about me!”
Conversation is the natural way we humans think together. Margaret Wheatley
Promoting Reflective Thinking
COACHING BASIC MOVES1. Paraphrasing2. Clarifying Questions3. Interpreting4. Mediational Questions5. Summarizing6. Effective Feedback
Coaching Observation
Listen carefully and record examples of Basic Moves that
are used.Compare your notes with a
colleague.What feedback do you have for the
coach?
Just Do It!
Review the Coaching Practice protocol.
Identify persons A, B, and C. Listen for time cues. Complete the process. Give observation forms
to each coach.
What lies behind us and what lies ahead
of us are insignificant
compared to what lies within us.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The true measure of a leader is not how many followers you begat, but how many leaders you begat.
Ralph Nader
You cannot discover new oceans unless you risk losing sight of the shore.
Anonymous