Coaching
"Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance"
- Atul Gawande, Personal Best
If you are interested in being coached you can fill out the Request Form here.
Coaching At Markham
One of the aspects of the CPD Options Programme at Markham College is coaching. For teachers who opt for coaching, they can expect to engage in professional conversations with their coach to help them solve problems and improve their teaching practice.
The coaching programme is built around two different types of coaching, that serve different purposes, and involve differing levels of time commitments. In either case, a teacher is partnered with a coach who will meet with them regularly to discuss the teacher's goals and the progress they are making towards them.
Instructional Coaching
Our instructional coaching model is based upon the work of Jim Knight and the Instructional Coaching Group. In particular the books The Impact Cycle (Knight, 2018) and Better Conversations (Knight, 2016) have formed a grounding for the programme.
You can find out more about the Instructional Coaching Programme at Markham College here.
GROWTH Coaching
The GROWTH Framework was introduced to Markham through training by Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Growth Coaching International, and the model we follow is inspired by their work (Campbell © Growth Coaching International, 2016).
You can find out more about the Growth Coaching Programme at Markham College here.
For more information about the differences between different types of coaching, this article is an excellent summary of the three main types.
If you are interested in being coached you can fill out the Request Form here.
References
Campbell, J. (2016). Framework for Practitioners 2: The GROWTH model. In: C. van Nieuwerburgh (Ed.), Coaching in Professional Contexts (pp. 235–239). London: Sage.
Knight, J. (2016). Better Conversations: Coaching Ourselves and Each Other to be More Credible, Caring, and Connected. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Knight, J. (2018). The Impact Cycle: What Instructional Coaches Should do to Foster Powerful Improvements in Teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin