Coaching Articles
Online CPD for Teachers with a twist – building powerful coaching conversations
Online CPD for teachers with a twist Read on to find out about our offer of a free coaching session with each course you buy Creating the right online CPD for for leaders, teachers and support staff has been a mission here at Learning Cultures for some time now....
Coaching and improving behaviour, concentration and learning
Coaching and improving behaviour, concentration and learning The pathway to realising the school vision for continuous improvement and deep learning, it would appear, is hampered by a continued problem with behaviour, absenteeism and a general lack of concentration...
Coaching and the Pastoral Role 28th June in Manchester
Coaching and the pastoral role Coaching as part of the pastoral role is a solutions focused model where empathy and trust lie at the heart of managing a process linked to creating feelings of security, belonging and responsibility. Coaching for pastoral leaders and...
Instructional Coaching – new and innovative CPD
Instructional Coaching - new and innovative CPD This is my fourth article focusing on instructional coaching and its place in the language of continuing professional development in the UK. I have looked at the philosophy and see how the concept, which has its...
The Impact Cycle – Defining the instructional coaching process
The Impact Cycle - Defining the instructional coaching process This is the third article that I am writing about the concept of instructional coaching. Here I want to focus on the impact cycle, a simple cycle that provides the coach and the teacher with a powerful...
Instructional Coaching – exploring the 7 principles of partnership
Instructional Coaching - exploring the 7 principles of partnership Following on from my article of last week Instructional Coaching - a pedagogy for learning I want to explore the principles of partnership that underpin the theoretical framework that explains why...
Instructional Coaching a Pedagogy for Learning
Instructional Coaching - a Pedagogy for Learning "Instructional coaches partner with teachers to analyse current reality, set goals, identify and explain teaching strategies to meet goals and provide support until the goals are met." Jim Knight The Impact Cycle...
Behaviour, well-being and difficult conversations – a coaching solution
Behaviour, well-being and difficult conversations - a coaching solution Coaching is about moulding attitudes of mind so that the individual who is being coached, the coachee can focus on their own goals, priorities and actions and realise how a change in behaviour,...
Coaching CPD Delivers a Learning Culture
Why coaching CPD is such a powerful way to plan and implement the school vision Coaching is a mechanism for change that is cost-effective, sustainable and that cascades learning widely through professional learning communities within a learning organisation. The...
What is a Learning Culture in your School? 10 strategies that shape excellence and continuous improvement
What is a Learning Culture in your school? Learning Cultures is the name of our company because we believe that where learning is the priority, the absolute goal and the passion that fosters excellence, positive change happens. Everything we do is driven by our own...
Approaches to Instructional Coaching: personalising CPD for teachers
Approaches to Instructional Coaching: personalising CPD for teachers Curriculum cohesion requires very carefully thought through decisions about what to teach, when to teach it and how to create the pedagogy that counts. This involves subject leaders, phase...
OFSTED: Creating new futures for the teaching profession
Our deepest condolences and sadness at the death of Ruth Perry I was so sad to hear about the death of Ruth Perry, headteacher for Caversham Primary School. I have followed with increasing despair the responses from OFSTED, the late reporting by the BBC and the...
Developing a Learning Culture
Developing a Learning Culture - collaboration, communication and cohesion A school must have learning at the heart of its mission, vision or rationale, that goes without saying. Creating the culture where every pupil has a positive learning experience, where every...
Approaches to Instructional Coaching: Defining a CPD Strategy for Teaching and Learning
Approaches to Instructional Coaching: positive CPD for change and challenge in the classroom Instructional Coaching is a solutions focused way to use coaching to foster whole school improvement. It can make a significant difference as part of a positive and...
CPD for Teachers
CPD for teachers Be ahead of the curve by choosing cost-effective and sustainable CPD from Learning Cultures. Curriculum and Teaching and LearningCoachingLeadership and QualityWell-being Why CPD for teachers is so important in these challenging times CPD for...
How Teaching Assistants can have a Positive Impact on Learning
How Teaching Assistants can have a Positive Impact on Learning Teaching Assistants (TA) have a vital role to play in the classroom and their impact on learning cannot be underestimated as long as there is a well-defined strategy in place for how they are deployed...
A CPD plan for schools this new year
A CPD plan for schools this new year Make 2023 the year of CPD for teachers A new year is always a good time to renew and refresh. For all of us working in the teaching profession if we put learning at the heart of what we want to achieve for those we educate but...
What makes a school outstanding?
What makes a school outstanding? OFSTED and their evidence that many schools have lost their outstanding status A recent report from OFSTED. Hundreds of Formally Outstanding Schools Reinspected tells us that a staggering 80% of schools that were deemed to be...
Coaching and Raising Attainment
Coaching and Raising Attainment in the classroom Coaching builds strong leaders, steadfast teams, reflective teachers who want to continually learn and develop and pupils who are resilient and strong in the face of many challenges, false starts and adversity. If we...
CPD for educators: a driver for quality
CPD is the driver for educational quality CPD should never be seen as an option for all those who have a role to play in educating the next generation wherever along the spectrum they work. In every other profession CPD is a pre-requisite of retaining a...
Coaching – A Catalyst for School Improvement
Coaching - A Catalyst for School Improvement Coaching and goal setting Create visible goals so that you can lead and achieve success. The first principle of coaching is the setting of clearly defined and achievable goals that become the essential component of the...
Innovation in CPD for Teachers and Leaders in Education
Innovation in CPD for Teachers and Leaders in Education How does continuing professional development (CPD) make a measurable impact on improvements in teaching and learning in your school or college? In this significant week for educators who have GCSE results in...
Professional Development for Teachers and Leaders in Education
Creating a culture of learning What is the ambition for continuing professional development for your teachers? Defining professional development for teachers and leaders in education is an essential ingredient in the shaping of the vision for excellence and...
CPD and curriculum cohesion
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and curriculum cohesion - weaving consensus, continuity and cohesion Why is CPD high on the agenda now? No one could deny that the last two and a half years have been extraordinary. The learning curve has been phenomenal,...