1. Building a coaching community to support joint
practice development
Jo Higginbottom
Mary Carter
Mike Boud
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Plan for today’s session
An introduction to Coaching :
Open - practise attending in pairs [15]
Barnhill Coaching Programme Review [20]
Q and A [ 5]
Wrap –up [ 5]
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Open
Practise attending in pairs
What do we mean by
Coaching, mentoring and counselling

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Paying Attention - Just one phrase -
In new pairs:
1.Client speaks for approximately 2 minutes about a live, personal
challenge.
2.Coach listens and keeps their eyes on their client no matter what
and conveys their respect, interest and fascination
3.Coach responds with a paraphrase. Looking to capture the core of
what was said by the client
4.Client gives feedback – is the coach “on or off” the mark
5.Client gives feedback – How did that feel ?
6. SWAP and REPEAT
Purpose: to improve the quality of our client’s thinking

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What’s the difference between
Coaching and Mentoring ?
 Showing
 Guiding
 Giving Feedback
 Learning from Experience
 Asking Key Questions
 Challenging Assumptions
 Instructing
CoachingCoaching
MentoringMentoring
Pull
Push
 Finding Options

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People should be encouraged +
able to bring their whole
self to work for the greater good
What do we mean by Coaching ?
The quality of everything we do
– depends upon the quality of
thinking we do first
Thinking EnvironmentIGROW
Process
Behaviour
Access to
inner self
Prompts Attention
Freeing
self belief
Limiting
Assumptions
Second self
Doing Being
Time to Think – Nancy Kline
2011
Effective Coaching – Myles
Downey
LEARN2LEARNPLD.CO.UK

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Coaching focuses on the opportunities in
the future . . .
. . . Counselling visits the past in order to improve the
future
FutureFuture
ProblemsProblems OpportunityOpportunity
PastPast
CoachingCoaching
CounsellingCounselling
NOWNOW
Feedback

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Barnhill Coaching Program 2012/13
 Coaching this year
 My Research – Purpose, Promotion,
Monitoring and Evaluation
 How teachers feel they have benefitted
 What impact teachers feel it has had on
learning
 Recommendations

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Coaching this Year
 Whole staff training [82 people]
 Opt in/out
 Trios set-up
 7 half hour sessions=3½ hours total
 Commitment
 73 people participated, 9 said no.
Coaching Programme
Coaching
workshop
Opt
Review Plan

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My Research – Purpose, Promotion,
Monitoring and Evaluation
Promotion
 Promotion through
weekly bulletin
 BLOG
 Promotional leaflet
Monitoring and
Evaluation
 Monitoring
 Questionnaires
 Focus Group Meetings
 Inducting new staff
The purpose of my bursary was to measure the benefits and
impacts of coaching on Teaching and Learning

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Promotional Leaflet

14. Collaboration
Being able to
speak with
colleagues
about issues.
It has been a good
platform to
discuss with other
practitioners
challenges faced
and possible
strategies to
overcome them.
Allowing some
time for
collaboration
Opportunity to share good
practice and get advice
from others.
It has been good to
meet other
members of staff.
I have also made
good relationships
with my coaching
trio.
It has provided me
with a time for
reflection, goal
setting and thinking
about processes.
Great bonds
built with
staff.

15. Support
Offloading
of
problems.
It provides me
with a support
system.
Able to
support
colleagues.
I have had the opportunity
to air professional issues I
have and been supported
in finding solutions to
them.

16. Less Positive
Comments
I feel the format of the
coaching structure is too
restrictive and should be
done when I feel there is a
problem and not when I
am forced to
It was too monitored and overly
structured and involved too much
recording of topics. The most
valuable part of it was the
opportunity to discuss practice,
issues and to 'download' on others,
the focus on the structure was
limiting.
I find it a waste of
time that could be
spent doing
something useful
that would aid my
own progression
and that of my
students - such as
marking or
planning.
The fact that we have to
write a report of each
session undermines what
it is supposed to be
about. It simply feels like
an exercise to monitor
staff and keep them in
line.
Coaching is
undervalued by
Leadership
group

17. Teaching and
Learning ideas
Sharing
of T&L
ideas.
Makes you set aside
the time to reflect
on teaching,
learning and how to
address obstacles.
Improved my
practice and given
me options for
improving practice
It has enabled
me to focus on
problems I have
with a particular
class.
Good impetus to
improve
teaching and
learning.
It has made
me focus on
a particular
aspect of my
lesson.

19. Teaching and
Learning
Increased awareness
of strategies used by
other staff members
or in other CAs.
Able to use questions
in my assessments of
learning; Able to guide
rather than tell
students what to do
through questioning.
It really has helped me
to focus on strategies
to help me with a
particular group.
Able to use good
listening skills
with students.
If nothing else it has
made me more
conscious and
aware of teaching
methods, styles, etc.
When I assess
their work, I now
ask more
reflective
questions and
create a dialogue.
I am able to
listen to my
students and
avoid
interrupting
their flow of
ideas.

20. Focus
It really has helped
me to focus on
strategies to help
me with a
particular group.
It has made me focus on
one particular group and
think of strategies to
help them.
Helped with
thinking problems
through to search
for alternative
solutions.

21. Professional
Development
The way the coaching
programme is structured, has
allowed me to delve deep
into teaching practise
resource bank and
encouraged me to research
new questioning strategies
to implement in my lessons,
thus improving my class
room practice.
I have become
more
confident in
my teaching.
Lots of self-development
has occurred following and
during coaching sessions.
Helped me cope with
challenging
situations.
It makes you ‘face
up’ to things rather
than ignore them.
Has resolved some
classroom issues
that I thought would
not be easy to deal
with.

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 Has coaching benefited you ?
 Yes - How ?
 No - Why not ?
 Has coaching had an impact upon your teaching ?
 Yes - How ?
 No - Why not ?
 Coaching sessions - How + Effects ?
[3 people/session][1 person/session][1 person /1+ sessions]
 How did that work ?
 Coaching sessions ?
 Regularity , Duration
 Further Training on Coaching ?
 What , When, Timing
Questionnaire included:

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Coaching is Not a quick fix
 May not be reflected in grades
 Teachers need time to develop
 Time to revisit issues
However, we cannot prove a direct correlation between
coaching, teaching and learning

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Did Teaching Practice improve during the
time of the coaching programme ?
?
However, we cannot prove a direct correlation between
coaching, teaching and learning

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Impact of coaching in a similar school
2011 2012
Percentage
of lessons
good /
outstanding
38% 67%
Coaching
Cohorts
Percentage
of lessons
good /
outstanding
45% 63% Whole School
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Issues/questions that are relevant to each stage
of the impact evaluation model
Things we do / put in place
What the participants (will / have) experienced
What difference did / will it make to
a)knowledge, b) attitudes and / or c) behaviours
In the workplace
Bottom Line Impacts ?
Inputs
Outputs
Intermediate
outcomes
Final
outcome
Stage
Evaluation Model
Evidence needs
e.g. number of things
run?
Range of things
covered?
e.
e.g. Who participated?
Participant
satisfaction?
Engagement of
participants in
activities? Level of
tailored support?
Range of problems
addressed?
Number of referrals?
e.

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Our Recommendations to Leadership
Group
 We should continue with coaching
 Experienced coaches (6 people)
 Time - Protected
 Paperwork ?

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Do you think coaching sessions are regular
enough?
48% of participants felt that
coaching sessions were regular
enough.

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Proposed Barnhill action plan – 01/07/13
Structure
 Fast start
 Setting up Trios
 Scheduling –
Regularity/Length
Development
 Coaching Development
Group
 Training – targeted,
Workshops
 Evaluation strategy

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Wrap –up
How has coaching worked for you ?
When has coaching not gone so well ?
How have you measured the impact of
coaching ?
What went well today ?
What could have been better ?

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Challenge Partners
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