Coaching for Excellence December 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 SESSION 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 Skiing Elf

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 Word 1.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 MOVES 1. Paraphrasing 2. Clarifying Questions 3. Interpreting 4. Mediational Questions 5. Summarizing 6. 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