We would like to introduce you to one of our graduates of The Coach Certificate and Mentorship Program! With over a hundred graduates since 2019, educators taking The Coach come into the program with different backgrounds, experiences and goals. Because the program is designed to be flexible and practical in nature, each graduate is able to customize their learning experience for exactly their needs – with the support of a mentor and the global community the whole way!
The Coach follows the Thrive Model for Sustainable Instructional Coaching, a proven framework for success in developing your coaching practice – for you as an individual coach and for your coaching program in your school. These educators have graciously given us permission to post some of their learning and reflections from the private coursework they are undertaking during this program.
Meet Sarah
Sarah came to The Coach with many years experience coaching. She has had extensive training and worked with many coaches herself. Currently a curriculum coordinator, she sees educators often going away for PD, or brining consultants into the school and wondered “where does that impact the child?” Her experiences with coaching have led her to believe that “it is really the bridge between the experience of professional learning and growth and actual impact on the children in the classroom.“
She joined The Coach because of the sustained learning over time. She says…
This idea of having a year long course where I could be talking to you every two weeks, I could be in this global cohort of people who were giving me feedback and it just deepened my practice. And that was what I was really after, it really deepened my learning.
Even with all of her experience coaching, Sarah gained so much from the course. One of her highlights was…
Coaching is a lot more complicated than just sitting down and having a conversation. Knowing what the different types of conversations look like. The space in between when a teacher might feel like they’re not making an impact. Each of those parts of the coaching cycle might need different types of questions and structures. It’s like a life cycle of learning. If you can have a good system, good at taking notes, good at knowing, next steps. It took ages for me to trust in the metacognitive. All those little bits, try and get your systems.
Reflecting on her experience, she says…
I loved the course, I really loved the way it’s paced, the reflective nature of it, how much I learnt, I’m so grateful for the experience.
Watch Sarah’s Final Project
At the end of The Coach, all participants complete a Learning Journey Video Reflection…
The Learning Journey Video Reflection is a chance for you to reflect on everything you’ve learned and/or discovered throughout this Certificate Program. You will create an 8-10 min video sharing on the goal that you set, documenting the process of working towards your goal, reflecting on your achievement and sharing the process/outcome with our learning community. The most important part of your personal project is that it’s relevant to you, and you can demonstrate, through documentation and video, the impact your work has had on your school.
Watch Sarah’s Learning Journey Video Reflection here.
Learn more about Sarah’s Learning Experience
Sarah was recently featured on the #coachbetter podcast in a Case Study episode. These case study episodes are designed to share the story of a coach, and the development of their coaching program and practice in their unique setting. At the time of recording, Sarah had just graduated from The Coach and she was actively applying her learning within her role as a Curriculum Coordinator. She says…
After completing The Coach, I’m lot more mindful about the type of conversations I’m having. Last week I counted how many conversations I have in a day. There are a LOT. Now, as I’m approaching one of those many conversations: I’m saying to myself: is this a coaching mindset conversation, a collaborative conversation, a FOG conversation, a coaching cycle conversation? And all of those require a cognitive shift for me, and I think that that intentionality that I didn’t have before.
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I help educators, instructional coaches, informal or positional leaders work together to create thriving coaching cultures that improve student learning and build belonging.
Coaching programs based on the Thrive Model, with clarity, consistency and community, can create time and space for educators to feel seen, heard, respected and valued for the experts that they are – creating a sustainable system of educator professional growth that ultimately improves student learning.
For this kind of coaching to thrive we need to focus on both the micro view of your coaching practice and the macro view of your coaching program, so while you’re developing your individual coaching practice you’re also intentionally developing a sustainable coaching culture.
If you’re ready to build this kind of coaching culture in your school community, join us for the Thrive Coaching Certificate program!
Wherever you are in your coaching journey, we can support you!
When you’re ready, there are three key ways we can work together:
- in the Thrive Coaching Certificate,
- in a private mentoring package, or
- through work directly with your school.
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