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What are the benefits of coaching?

Coaching

Benefits to individuals

International research shows that collaborative continuing professional development (CPD) – such as coaching – offers significant benefits for both practitioners and pupils.

Pupils benefit from learning outcomes including, enhanced motivation, improved organisation abilities and questioning skills and an increased choice of learning strategies - including collaboration.

Practitioners develop self-confidence, an increased willingness and capacity to learn and change, enhanced knowledge and understanding, a wider repertoire of teaching and learning strategies and increased confidence in the power of teaching to make a difference.

Developing coaching abilities also provides useful life skills, which can be used in non-professional and domestic situations.

Benefits to schools

The benefits of an effective coaching development strategy can also be felt at an organisational level with the collective rewards of indivduals' development being manifested as enhanced organisational effectiveness.

Better staff retention and loyalty, as well as reduced variation in attainment across departments, are two examples of the immediate institutional benefits a mature coaching programme can instil within a school.

Your views

We asked school leaders about the purposes they might use coaching for. Their responses show the wide range of purposes that might be addressed:

  • addressing pupil behaviour
  • improving pupil performance
  • building teams
  • creating a success culture
  • growing the organisation
  • developing Assessment for Learning
  • improving the performance of teachers
  • conducting performance management of support staff
  • developing lesson planning
  • managing workforce reform
  • dealing with the negative influences of an individual
  • spreading good practice
  • supporting a new headteacher
  • creating an inclusive school
  • developing ASTs
  • supporting ITT, GTP and NQT status
  • responding to serious weaknesses

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