How can you use the principles of coaching to support the professional development of your teachers? And how can coaching be used to increase learner engagement? This inspirational CPD course for school leaders provides practical advice and ideas to make coaching work in your school.

You will discover the key qualities and techniques of the effective coach, whilst also understanding the behaviours that successful coaches avoid. The training also explores how coaching can be utilised effectively to retain your staff and grow them as teachers and leaders.

The objectives of this course include:

• To consider how to establish coaching practices and protocol in your school and the role of coaching in developing school leadership
• To look at how to focus coaching on improving the quality of teaching and learning
• To see how to use a coaching model to increase learner success and engagement
• To explore a variety of ways to use coaching approaches to challenge underperformance 
• To understand how to make effective use of questioning and a variety of question types.
• To explore the difference between coaching and mentoring
• To consider how to use coaching to retain your staff and grow them as teachers and leaders

You will return to your school brimming with ideas for coaching strategies to put into practice in your school straight away.

Audience

This course is appropriate for primary and secondary schools.

• Headteachers
• Senior Leaders
• Subject Leaders
• Phase Leaders

“A fantastic day of coaching training with a variety of strategies, mixed with theory, to help me understand and implement the process.”
Katie Williams, Key Stage Leader, Holmer Academy, Hereford.

"This was a very personal, reflective and non-threatening course. I found it extremely useful and thought provoking."
Lucy Griffiths, Headteacher, South Hetton Primary School

“An incredible opportunity to share experiences and discuss how coaching will work in my school”
Chris Hall, Year 4 Leader, Audley Primary School, Stechford

This course is easy-to-access in any of the below formats...

• Face-to-face at COVID-secure venues across England on the dates below. Please click here to see our COVID-19 update.
• Via livestream on the dates below - accessible from home, from your school, or anywhere with an interconnected device.
• On-demand recording, with 30 days access to watch at a time and location to suit you!
• School-wide license, for every member of staff in your school to watch for a period of 30 days. Please contact us to purchase your school-wide license for this course.
• An INSET or after-school twilight at your school, tailored to your requirements. Contact us for your personalised quote.

Effective Performance Management for School Leaders

Coaching and Mentoring in Secondary Schools and FE