1. How Coaching Supports School Improvement: Viv Grant: Director-Integrity Coaching

2. Integrity Coaching Viv Grant Mother of three children
Director of Integrity Coaching
Executive Coach for School Leaders
Author
Former Head teacher

3. Staff Performance: Key Challenges‘
A Question ….
When it comes to raising and maintaining high levels of staff performance, what are the key challenges that you/your school faces?

4. Organisations
‘ Organisations are more complex because they are made up of people who come with a range of attitudes and motivations, personal goals and ways of interacting with each other.’

5. The Challenges of Managing People!
Negative Mind –Sets
Dysfunctional ways of thinking
Self-limiting ways of acting
Discrepancies between thinking/saying and doing
Failure to understand and deal with the impact of their own behaviours

6. The Personal Iceberg Behaviour Language Physical environment Beliefs
Appearance
Limiting or empowering
Seen
Language
Physical environment
Unseen
Beliefs
Limiting or empowering
Values
Experiences
Thoughts
Circumstance
Emotions
Habit

7. The Challenge for Schools is …
‘ How to veer away from an emphasis on systems and procedures and to concentrate on human process issues in an attempt to get people to behave differently towards each other and to value each other as human beings ’

8. What difference can coaching make?
A Coaching culture within an organisation is a culture where not only formal coaching occurs – but also where most people use coaching behaviours as a means to:

9. Coaching becomes a means for...
Supporting one another
Challenging constructively
Achieving clarity
Finding solutions
Celebrating successes
Deepening levels of communication and understanding
Building relationships
Helping others to take ownership

10. In Practice …
Individuals are listened to with both the head and the heart
Questions help another to take ownership of their ‘concern’ and find their way forward
Conversations are solution focused
All relationships are built on trust and mutual respect
Change fosters a collective hope and resilience

11. Organisation/Relationship Norms and their Impact on the creation of Coaching Cultures
When individuals are empowered to take ownership of their goals, it can cause a shift in the culture of a school. As individuals learn how to work in alignment with the school’s vision and values, a new set of relationship norms are created which are less to do with individuals seeking success for their own class, team or dept., but are now more to do with generating and seeking whole school success

12. Do you want to find out more about how to…?
Instill a culture of continuous improvement?
Create an environment in which all staff feel supported, able to take risks and are self motivated?
Enable staff to align their own vision and goals with that of your school?

13. Our Coaching Courses 1 day introduction to coaching
4 day coaching programme to maximise staff performance
6 day ILM accredited coach training programme

14. FREE HALF DAY COACHING DISCOVERY SESSION
Date: Thurs 29th Sept Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm Venue: TBC
Benefits
Gain an understanding of how coaching impacts on performance
Practice coaching skills
Identify how coaching could support improvement initiatives in your own school

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