Taunton Teaching Alliance
Coaching - Establishing a self-sustaining school CPD process which works
DAY ONE 9.30 - 3.30 Thursday 26 November 2015 Crispin school
DAY TWO 9.30 - 3.30 Thursday 25 February 2016 venue Crispin School
July Twilight meeting date and venue TBC
Aims:
 To explore the impact coaching can have at your school
 To prepare for implementation of a school coaching process for 2015-16
The Taunton Teaching Alliance invites teachers in your school to train as coaches and set up a coaching
model within your school. This two day course explores what works and is practicable, and aims to address
the following key questions: Does coaching make a difference? How do you know? How can your school
sustain/develop a coaching programme? Participating teachers will have the chance to draw on the
experiences of coaching at Heathfield, and develop links with other colleagues as they set up coaching systems
in their schools.
What training is involved?
 Day one 9.30-3.30 26th Nov: setting the context; what coaching is + what it isn’t; establishing trust,
questioning/gathering evidence/impact; preparing for the gap task.
 Gap task: teachers complete coaching cycle with each other at their home school, taking turns as ‘coach’
in a five session process.
 Day two (8 weeks later) 9.30 – 3.30 25th Feb: share and reflect. Coaching in action: supporting the teacher
to find solutions; explore how to adapt/develop within the home school; consider Heathfield’s coaching
model; next steps including potential obstacles and how to overcome them. Plan for coaching one
member of staff before end of year.
 After-school 1 ½ hour meeting June or July 2016: reflect on impact + action plan for the following year.
Who should attend … who might make a good coach?
Coaches should be skilled and empathetic communicators, good practitioners and willing to listen without
imposing their own ideas. Coaches at Heathfield include a part-time teacher of SEN, the head of Dance, head
of Drama, Second in MFL, and an experienced Science teacher – a diverse range!
Who leads the training?
Chris Moyse, Educational Consultant, trained Heathfield’s first coaches 8 years ago whilst LA Adviser. He is an
education consultant and deputy head at The Bridgwater Academy.
Coaching at Heathfield
Coaching has become one of the central forces behind CPD at Heathfield School. In 2015-16, 20 teachers
worked with eight coaches for up to five sessions each. All teaching staff have now worked with a coach,
many more than once. Focuses chosen by staff are very different, ranging from leading a project within the
Science department, to motivating challenging boys, to developing literacy in the Maths classroom. The coach
is not the expert, but does become an integral part of the teacher’s journey. Coaching is solution-based,
teacher-driven and confidential - all reasons why many Heathfield staff placed coaching as their most effective
CPD last year.
What is the cost?
£150 per teacher, £50 Challenge Partner schools (we recommend TWO per school): The TTA is subsidising
the cost of this course. Participating schools will commit to supporting their teachers as they coach each
other before Christmas, then one other staff member at the home school before the end of the year.
‘Great sessions with fantastic teaching and learning tools as well.’
‘I have been inspired by the course.’ Feedback from last year’s TTA Coaching course
Taunton Teaching Alliance
Coaching - Establishing a self-sustaining school CPD process which works
DAY ONE 9.30 - 3.30 Thursday 26 November 2015
DAY TWO 9.30 - 3.30 Thursday 25 February 2016
July Twilight meeting TBC
School :
Postcode :
Address :
Link senior teacher phone no :
Name of link senior
teacher :
Email :
Details of Teachers
First name
Surnames
Email
Current post
1.
2.
Head teacher – please read and type name.
I agree support my staff eg by arranging appropriate cover/ meeting to evaluate project, and consider
implementation for 2015.
Signed: …………………………………………………………………… Name ……………………………………………………………………..
Date …………………………………………………………………………….
Feedback from last year’s course
‘Great sessions with fantastic teaching and learning tools as well.’
‘The perfect balance of activities, resources and information.’
‘I have been inspired by the course.’
‘I really appreciate being given ideas for further reading - I will be following these up.’
‘Good ideas for coaching, but also demonstrated techniques which can be used in my classroom - I'll be using
some of these straight away!’
‘Good balance of leader input, time to discuss and time to reflect.’
‘It’s been a great pleasure to have met and work with Chris Moyes who has shown genuine interest in our
contexts and individual needs. His sessions gave us plenty of opportunities to compare experience and analyse
teaching + coaching. A great course!’