Coaching in Action: Stories, Skills & Opportunities for Educators

Newsletter Contents

• Evidence. Sharing stories about coaching in classrooms and schools
• Be coached. It's the best way to find out what we offer
• Become one of the TwC Coaches, if you are certified
• Quick Tips. Something practical you can start with tomorrow
• Competition. You can win!
• About TwC

Evidence

I write stories about coaching in practice in schools and classrooms

This story is about a young teacher called Nova.

Nova was tired of the continuous struggle of talking to students who were resisting her best efforts to teach them English Literature. She was beginning to think about leaving the profession, but maybe this coaching idea could be something?

She decided to test it out. She has heard that using a coaching approach - pulling instead of pushing - will make her lessons more engaging and her students more engaged. Let’s see.

LINK Read the full story here.

Be coached - by a professional supporter

We encourage all teachers to be coached, at least once

LINK to Page on Website

Why? Experience speaks louder than text, pictures or video

Be one of the professional supporters

We recruit more certified coaches every month

LINK to Page on Website

Requirements You must hold a recognised coaching certification and be interviewed.

Quick Tips

We share what we know works

These ideas have been shared with teachers and they have shared the benefits with us

Resources for brainstorming a topic and connecting ideas in a Primary Classroom

Here are twelve classroom activities you can use today. Each activity contains the flavour of coaching in its caring, collaborative and curiosity-based approach to the classroom communication.

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Active Listening

This skill is actually a whole set of tools. During the coming weeks, add one new skill each time and observe the effect it has on your learners.

• Paraphrasing, briefly repeating back what you heard using their words
• Open-ended questions, these cannot be answered with yes / no or some simple facts. They explore what the learners are thinking.
• Verbalizing emotions, say what you see and hear is going on at an emotional level for the learner
• Verbal affirmations, let your learners know you are listening by making sounds, but not speaking
• Clarifying, ask questions to gain clarity, their clarity, not yours
• Encouraging, giving support when the learners are struggling to find the words to say what they are thinking and feeling.

LINK There are more listening tools in the article here.

Competition

Workshops and Live Events

We invite you to partner with us to share best practices in the Education and Coaching World.

WORKSHOPS

You have something important to share with teachers and school leaders. We have a platform to share with you. No costs are involved, on either side.

We will supply the meeting technology and co-host the online workshop alongside you. We assist in the design of the workshop too, so it represents the coaching approach. We will promote your event on LinkedIn, in the TwC Support Group and in this Newsletter.

Requirements for Workshops

• Contents. The workshop must be self-contained and be about modern education theory in practice, i.e. teaching tools and strategies as well as how to develop a coaching mindset. The contents must be reliable, relevant and actionable
• Time. 45-55 minutes is shared, 60% leader(s) + 40% attendees
• Use. The meeting will be recorded and the materials freely shared

HOW to WIN

Workshops. SEND your outline to me.

LIVE EVENTS

We invite you to step forward and be seen as a school leader or a teacher who uses a coaching approach. You are a role model.

Requirements for Live Events

• Contents. These are created at the start of the event by all participants
• Time. 45-55 minutes is shared equitably.
• Use: The conversations are not shared, but we do collect participants' takeaways to use as promotion for the upcoming live events

HOW to WIN

Live Events. BOOK a meeting with me, for a conversation

Send messages via my profile on LinkedIn or email (message@martinrichards.se)

Book meetings here

About Teachers who Coach

TwC is a transnational, not-for-money, virtual organisation that is working to develop teachers' coaching mindset and skills.

We are located in countries all around the World. We are coaches AND teachers. We have qualifications and experience from both professions. We have seen the benefits for you and your learners.

• We reach out to coaches and invite them to volunteer their time, at no cost, to educators.
• We connect teachers and school leaders with the volunteer certified coaches.
• We gather and create useful resources for coaching in schools and classrooms,
• and we share them for free.

All coaching conversations are private and confidential, carried out by professional non-directive coaches. No notes are taken. No bills are sent.