Learning Opportunities

For more than two decades, Jim Knight and his colleagues at The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning and the Instructional Coaching Group have been studying instructional coaching, communication, and other forms of professional development.

This workshop is designed for Administrators, Instructional Coaching Teachers and District Leaders.  The session explores how a coaching orientation, together with a strong coaching process and key coaching skills, can make a significant and immediate difference in the conversations in which school leaders engage every day. It provides leaders with the tools they need to take a coaching approach to all conversations with their teams.

This workshop covers three topics:

• The GROWTH Coaching System

» Goals, Reality, Options, Way Forward, Tactics, Habits

•  Coaching Way of Being

» How to present yourself to others

• Key Coaching Skills

» Asking questions and actively listening without interrupting

Participants will:

» Distinguish coaching from other “learning through talking” interactions

» Explore the difference between “coaching” and “a coaching approach” and

when to use them

» Become familiar with the elements of the GROWTH Coaching System

» Establish a practical method of setting and achieving professional goals

» Experience the impact of coaching conversations applied to real-world

education topics

» Consolidate confidence, knowledge, and skills through practice of the

GROWTH coaching framework followed by reflection and feedback

Please note that registration includes a copy of Leader's Guide to Coaching in Schools  John Campbell, Christian van Nieuwerburgh for those that register prior to October 30.