Coaching Awareness

The coach and coach partner engage in reflection so that each may become increasingly aware of their individual outlook and it potential impact to themselves and others. Using their growing awareness and continuing to reflect, they increase their ability to self-regulate.

Competency indictors such as:

• Empowering both partners to slow down and take the time to be present

• Focusing on the needs of the partnership and the individual

• Maintaining a warm, relaxed, present stance

• Facilitating awareness of emotions and reactions

Articles, Videos, Research, and Related Topics

• Guidelines for Culturally Responsive Reflective Practice in Birth-Five Settings

• Reflective practice in uncertain times: How you are is as important as what you do

• Colorado's Competencies for Early Childhood Coaches Reflective Journal Tool Kit

Books:

• Iliffe-Wood, M. (2014). Coaching Presence: Building Consciousness and Awareness in Coaching Interventions. Kogan Page Publishers.

• Tschannen-Moran, M., & Tschannen-Moran, B. (2010). Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time. John Wiley & Sons.  

• Aguilar, E. (2013). The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Scollon R. Scollon S. B. K. & Jones R. H. (2012). Intercultural communication: a discourse approach (3rd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.

• Cyr, L.F. (2008). Facilitation competence: A catalyst for effective extension work. 46.