Coaching in Leadership – Cohort 2

Course description

Coaching in Leadership is a practical evidence-based course about the application of coaching approaches as a highly effective way of leading in educational settings. Coaching in Leadership is fundamentally about how to best support and grow the capacity, motivation, and wellbeing of others through more intentional conversations that lead to better relationships and, ultimately, better outcomes for students.

Designed specifically for current and aspiring leaders in a Tasmanian educational setting, this course offers an extended cohort learning experience, directly aligned to the Principal Capability Framework.

Course outcomes

This course is designed to develop:

• Confidence in navigating complexity and supporting change through intentional application of key coaching skills and techniques
• Skills in adopting a ‘coaching approach’ as a people-centred way of leading that builds relational trust, empowers colleagues, and enhances wellbeing
• The ability to lead more empowering and agency-enabling mentoring conversations that support the progress of mentees
• Confidence and skill to initiate and lead learning conversations in a range of leadership contexts:
  • Coaching and mentoring with team members
  • Other-initiated ‘in-the-moment’ conversations
  • Review and development conversations
  • Leader-initiated conversations
  • Team and group settings
• Clarity and next steps towards implementing and sustaining effective mentoring and coaching conversations in participant contexts.
  Upon satisfactory completion of all course requirements, participants receive a certificate for 36 hours of professional learning. Participants also gain the status of GCI Coaching in Leadership TRAINED LEADER and permission to use the Coaching in Leadership Trained Leader ‘badge’ on their professional profiles and correspondence.

For more information, please visit: Coaching-in-Leadership-Cohort-2.pdf