I have always been inspired by the purpose of education. The core value often described so beautifully and uniquely by each school is, in its essence - helping each child find their potential. It is a stirring vision and for me, it is most fundamental requirement of education. It is our responsibility and commitment to the next generation. At their heart, schools’ raison d’etre is to nurture a lifelong love of learning, to build self confidence and value each student for who they are and who they can become. In this education and coaching are closely aligned. 

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Individual Coaching for Teachers

Optimise offers one to one coaching for heads, SLTs, phase leaders, teachers. Each programme is tailored around the specific needs/development of the individual. Whilst it is perhaps most beneficial to have a series of sessions, we have worked on discrete issues (remedial or fast track) in simply a couple of sessions. See Case Study- a Norfolk school. See Individual coaching section of website.

 

Coaching Skills Workshops

It is a joy to have worked in over sixty schools with 21st Century Legacy, leading their Be The Best You Can Be programme from 2010-2017.

 

To enable schools to gain the most from the programme I sought a close relationship.  I worked with the programme leader/principal to establish their overarching objectives for implementing the initiative and to ensure there was clarity of purpose which would be communicated to all staff. In a number of schools after the programme there was a strong recognition of the benefits of further training in coaching skills. Together with the “steering group” or SLT we would design a bespoke programme for their situation and staff. 

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Survey of children following a "Be the Best You Can Be" programme 

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91% of the children surveyed were aware of their strengths and talents 

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91% knew what a goal was with 80% knowing how they were going to achieve theirs 

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88% of children described themselves as self aware 

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84% said that they had stepped out of their comfort zone on more than one occasion recently 

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86% felt they were more resilient 

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83% feel like they have inner strength 

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87% say they have more determination 

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90% realise that healthy eating and exercise can help you to have a healthy mind for learning 

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72% are aware that your emotions can lead you to have different reactions 

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