Intro
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as a practicing principle we can often
Mentor-Coaching Institute
be pulled in many directions the Urgent
and the important seem to take over and
sometimes that makes us feel good it
makes us feel like we're working very
hard but not always efficiently and so I
found that with the mentor coach
training one of the things that worked
uh most powerfully for me was being able
to be present in the moment with the
person that I was speaking to so often
people ask us about the actual structure
of the course it's offered um over three
sessions which is actually four days two
days plus one day plus one day with time
in between the sessions uh to give
people an opportunity to go out to try
on the skill in their particular context
come back debrief and extend the
learning what we also knew from the
beginning was it had to be a course that
extended over a period of time so people
could come in practice in a safe place
get some skills literally practice them
in the room get some feedback and then
go out into the field as a teacher my
first Beginnings with Mentor coach
Peppi Kondilis-Minos
involved listening uh to and making sure
that I was fully present for the client
and participant the mentor coaching
Institute the mentor coach approach um
to building capacity is really about
working from the inside out and this is
a phrase that we've coined and have
explored in all kinds of ways both in
how we structure the learning
opportunities to how the skills and the
structure of the conversation are
facilitated if professional learning is
structured in experiential practical way
over time with strong support in in the
classroom and in
between um through resources and so
forth and each other people can really
learn and grow and change their practice
Develop an understanding of the mentor.coaching model
I feel that at every stage of my roles
and uh career the mentor coach has
benefited me and uh aided me in
different situations by bringing these
two pieces together and offering it as a
Learn basic coaching skills, principles, tools...
mentor coaching approach not only
leverages the wisdom and the
experiences of practitioners that have
been in the field for an extended period
of time and really bringing that
knowledge back into play but also then
having the skills the coaching skills uh
to be able to help move those those
Learn how to navigate a structured coaching conversation
experiences from the seasoned veteran
from the mentor and to use it in a way
that is really supportive and helps to
build the capacity in the mentee The
Clarity that this the skills of
Practise peer coaching feedback, reflection
mentoring and coaching cultivated are
applicable everywhere so there's real
real excitement in the participants I
think about how the skills that they're
learning are relevant in their
classrooms with students they're
relevant among colleagues I feel that
the mentor coach work also um is one
where um stakeholders can then come
together support parents and students so
that they feel that they're contributing
members to uh the larger Community I
feel like I have arrived at a point now
where I can blend that experience of
being a school administrator with the
coaching training that I have had um
often what people mention is that it has
Set personal learning and leadership intentions...
really made them more self-aware in
terms of their own Tendencies to fix and
solve um to do the work for the other
when you know as
a as an educator when you're supporting
the learning process helping
to grow Independence and help build
Build capacity as individuals and as an organization
capacity means that we need to step back
so this course really has provided
people with the tools and the strategies
and fundamental Mentor coaching
principles to be able to do that in a
Mentoring and coaching powerful allies
very real
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