Peer Coaching

This week Sue discussed the value and effectiveness of peer coaching.

Successful coaching happens when there is an environment of trust is needed. Coaching is collaborative and sustained and is foucessed on improving teacher’s pracitce. Peer coaching combines three important factors 1) communication and relationships, 2) Education and 3) Change. Following the notion that the coach is not the expert but merely a helper to enabling the teacher to access their own solutions. Peer coaching can cover a wide range of issues.

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The issue that is being mentored needs to be owned by all involved in the coaching. Goals need to  achievable and usable by all.

The GROW Model is one model which can used in peer coaching, there are other models available.