The Power of Educators as Coaches Blog

The Janitor

At one college the janitor (whose job it is to clean the toilets, repair broken windows, clear graffiti etc) was proudly showing me around the

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Superman’s Underpants

I was a new teacher, at my first job at a Secondary School. I was enthusiastic about Mathematics, and wanted to pass on my enthusiasm

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Paper, Scissors and Glue

This had been a paper, scissors and glue lesson. Paper had been cut and glued. Hair had been cut and glued. And even a few

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Core Skills – Designing Actions

This skill is one that teachers have reported as being their most well-developed coaching skill. There are however ways for you to further develop this

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Core Skills – Creating Awareness

Definition Part of the ICF description of this skill reads “the ability to integrate and accurately evaluate multiple sources of information, and to make interpretations

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Core Skills – Direct Communication

Definition The ICF description of this skill includes “the ability to communicate effectively during the coaching sessions, and use language that has the greatest positive

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Core Skills – Powerful Questions

Definition The ICF describes the skill of Powerful Questioning as the ability to ask questions that reveal the information needed for maximum benefit to the

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Core Skills – Active Listening

Two questions 1 How do you know what the student is really talking about? What clues are there?(It’s in discrepancies between their words, tone of

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Core Skills – Presence

Definition ​The ICF defines “Coaching Presence” as the ability to be fully conscious and create a spontaneous relationship with the student using a coaching style

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Core Skills – The Agreement

The Coaching Agreement As adults we have many agreements with other adults. We have agreements that describe the service we are using and explain the

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