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Team Coaching: Here's the Situation.

By Learning Forward
June 2013
The benefits of team coaching include exponentially increasing the impact of coaching so that more teachers benefit from the coaching provided. In addition, team coaching supports group maturity, more rapid growth and development, innovation, teachers’ confidence, and teacher capacity. With team coaching, group members commit to their own growth and that of other members. Individual members know that they are supported by the group and that they are not alone in facing the challenges or striving for the goals they seek to reach. That sense of support often enhances their willingness to step out of their comfort zone. The nonevaluative nature of interactions within team coaching provides teachers with a safe place to take risks. Try this tool as a protocol for teams wanting to

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toolCoaching Matters, by Joellen Killion, Cindy Harrison, Chris Bryan, and Heather Clifton, reveals how coaching can make a difference. Each chapter describes an element of what research and the authors’ experiences show it takes to make coaching effective. This tool is one of many that supplement the content of the book. Buy the book at https://store.learningforward.org. The book is available for $45 for nonmembers, $36 for members. Learning Forward, 2012

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Purpose: To generate multiple ideas from a team to support an individual facing a
challenge in his or her professional practice while leaving the decision making to
the individual. (The coach will find it important to stress possibilities rather than
give advice.)

Materials: Chart paper, markers.

Time: Approximately 1 hour per situation, depending on team size.

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