Overview
“Coaching is one of the most impactful processes in supporting leaders and teachers in growing their competence and confidence in the application and integration of new skills and strategies.”
When Mentoring Meets Coaching: shifting the stance in education (Sharpe and Nishimura, 2017) p 29.
The Foundational Coaching Skills Training is offered in three one-day sessions that can be booked individually or as a full program.
Since 2007, the Mentor-Coaching Institute has provided participants- administrators, supervisory officers, teachers, 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.
The training has been carefully designed to support the participants’ learning and growth over time, with space in between each session for practice back ‘in the field’.
A 60 minute follow-up Virtual Roundtable is included after Parts 1, 2 and 3 to support participants with the integration of their learning and the coaching skills within their specific role and context.
The training has been designed for a maximum of 35 participants.
Learning Objectives
Part 1: Laying the Foundation (one day) |
Part 1: Covid-19 accommodations effective October 1, 2020 To accommodate the current social distancing requirements, Part 1 is also available online as an ‘Online Intensive’ offered over Zoom. The format of this includes one three-hour session and two two-hour sessions over three consecutive weeks.
Follow-Up: Virtual Roundtable - Integrating and Sustaining
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Part 2: Mobilizing (one day) |
Follow-Up: Virtual Roundtable - Integrating and Sustaining
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Part 3: Integration and Sustainability (one day) |
Follow-Up: Virtual Roundtable - Integrating and Sustaining
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Session Facilitation
All Sessions and Virtual Roundtables are co-facilitated by the authors and program developers Kate Sharpe and Jeanie Nishimura or Kate Sharpe and an experienced MCI coach-facilitator.
Upcoming Public Sessions
Foundational Coaching Skills Part 3: Integration and Sustainability - April 20 |
In this 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. Learning Objectives
Follow-Up: Virtual Roundtable - Integrating and Sustaining
This course is a great referesher for graduates of the 4-day Mentor Coaching Institute. Facilitators: Kate Sharpe and Liana Lafranier Date: Thursday April 20, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) Location: 2700 -20 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 3R3 Accommodation: A hotel room block will be arranged at a nearby facility for those who require it. More information will be available soon. Meals: Lunch and refreshments will be provided during each session. Cost: $350 + HST All participants should bring
Registration Deadline: April 17, 2023. |
Course Materials
All participants will receive:
- The Book: When Mentoring Meets Coaching: shifting the stance in education (Sharpe and Nishimura, 2017),
- Access to digital support materials, including videos, and additional working tools and,
- Laminated mentor-coaching conversation guide.
Contact us to book a session in your board.