The Foundational Coaching Skills Training Part 1 and 2 is being offered as 4 half-day online intensive sessions that can be booked individually or together. Completion of Part 1 is required to participate in Part 2.

Since 2007, the Mentor-Coaching Institute has provided participants- administrators, supervisory officers, teachers and district employees – with an enhanced skill set that supports capacity building in a variety of educational contexts. This course grew out of continuous requests from educators for in depth training in the specific skills needed to be coach-like as a leader/teacher.

In each session, participants will be provided with many opportunities to practice and integrate the skills, attitudes, behaviours and conversational pathways that a coach-like leader or teacher-leader needs to inhabit when working with teachers, students, other administrators, colleagues or parents/ caregivers.

The training has been designed for a maximum of 35 participants.

Registration Deadline:  October 4, 2024

Please ensure you register through the correct link

Learning Objectives

Part 1:

• Introducing the coaching model, basic coaching skills, principles, and tools.
• Developing concrete coaching skills for communicating and facilitating conversations with increased attention and intention.
• Developing coaching skills for supporting mentee learning and growth through the use of impactful questions, deep listening and meaningful feedback.
• Engaging in coaching practice: demonstration coaching, peer coaching with guided observation and reflection.
• Setting intentions for key areas of learning and the integration of coaching skills within leadership.

Part 1 Follow-Up: Virtual Roundtable – Integrating and Sustaining

• 60- minute online follow-up meeting over Zoom.
• Scheduled after the completion of Part 1.
• Designed to support the integration of learning and further coaching practice.
• Additional online follow-up sessions are available at an additional cost.

Part 2:

• Acquiring additional skills and strategies as coach through demonstration coaching, peer coaching and scenarios explicitly tied to leaders’ current context and needs.
• Exploring the coaching mindset: builds capacity and accelerates learning.
• Introducing the role and impact of strengths in maximizing performance.
• Introducing, observing and practicing integration of the model for navigating the coaching conversation.
• Continuing to practice coaching and receive feedback for further individual development.

Part 2 Follow-Up: Virtual Roundtable – Integrating and Sustaining

• 60- minute online follow-up meeting over Zoom
• scheduled after the completion of Part Two
• designed to support the integration of learning and further coaching practice
• additional online follow-up sessions are available at an additional cost.

Facilitators: Kate Sharpe and Liana Lafranier.

Schedule:

Part 1A: Friday, October 18, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT

Part 1B: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT

Part 1 Virtual Roundtable: Wednesday November 6, 2024 – 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. EST

Part 2A: Wednesday November 20, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST

Part 2B: Wednesday November 27, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 12: 00 p.m. EST

Part 2 Virtual Roundtable: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 – 8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. EST

Location: Online via Zoom

Cost: $340 + HST (Part 1), $680 + HST (Part 1 & 2)

Course Materials: Mentor-Coaching Institute Course Kit

All participants will receive:

• A copy of When Mentoring Meets Coaching: Shifting the Stance in Education (Sharpe and Nishimura, 2017).
• Access to digital support materials, including videos, and additional working tools.
• Laminated mentor-coaching conversation guide.

Registration Deadline:  October 4, 2024

Please ensure you register through the correct link

Originally posted as the Foundational Coaching Skills Training – October 18, 23 & November 20, 27 announcement on the Ontario Principals’ Council website.