‘Great leaders I believe are not like industrialists; they’re like farmers. Farmers know that you cannot make a plant grow. The plant grows itself. What you do is create the conditions under which it will do that.’

-Ken Robinson

Coaching In Education

  • 1:1 Leadership Coaching

    I have breadth and depth of experience supporting senior leaders and leaders in schools. Whether it is preparing for a new to leadership or perhaps a sustained change to the school community and staff teams, I have experience and success in preparing leaders for transforming their own habits and attitudes to create positive environments for their teams to thrive. Themes which often feature in my clients’ goals include:

    *Core values

    *Managing team performance

    *Empowering teams to thrive

    *Leadership vision and style

    *Leadership career development

  • Coaching for Strategic Change

    Changing the culture of a school takes time and grit, but how do you know if you are making the right decisions and what comes next?

    Coaching can support the implementation of change and strategy for an organisation, to ensure change is considered and in the interests for all stakeholders. This coaching offer gives you the opportunity to personalise your goals around success change management including:

    *Aims and intent

    *Engaging and influencing stakeholders

    *Key Performance indicators and impact

    *The evaluation cycle (implementation, analysis, evaluation, adaption)

    *Building a 3-year plan for implementation

  • Coaching in Schools

    I have experience delivering and facilitating training in coaching for teachers.

    Focusing on introducing coaching skills to classroom teachers and educational leaders, I lead in-person training at schools with the aim being delegates leave the day with a wealth of practical coaching skills and understanding they can use to enhance their practice in the classroom and as leaders and mentors of teams.

    I also have specialised training for Early Career Teachers and Mentors.

    Training features:

    *interactivity - working in groups/ triads

    *balance of theory and practice, skills based in credible theory and research

    *Resources provided to take away

    *opportunity for online follow-up to check-in and develop skills

    Space for Q+A and troubleshooting

    *training can be personalised to needs of delegates and school