If you’re currently convinced by the power of coaching, you might be asking yourself a very important question: how do I share coaching’s impact with others? One of the greatest challenges we’ve experienced over the years is that the proof is in the pudding. And, unfortunately, the pudding is often subjective. For colleagues who need more than your transformative personal anecdotes to be convinced by coaching, research can help your plight.

Kelly Patterson, Design & Technology Technician at City of London School for Girls, joins us on the blog today to discuss The Coachee’s Journey, and her journey—from Technician to Coach to Facilitator.

As Emma Mitchell, Director of the IB at Whitgift School, conducted here doctorate research, she asked herself how she could get answers to her research questions and benefit her students at the same time? As it so often does, coaching held the answer.

As James Piggott, Deputy Director of Learning and Innovation at Whitgift School, prepares to facilitate his first coaching course for his colleagues, he takes us through his thinking around one big question—how can he convince his colleagues of the value of incorporating coaching into education?

This past summer, Jane Czarny, veteran educator and life-long learner, took our Foundational Coaching Course. Here, she discusses her experience exploring coaching as a teacher, and as she took the course with her two children, as a parent as well.

At the end of last summer, Laura Megaw delivered St George’s first ever in-house BE Programme, followed by the BE Remix. She was delighted with the uptake from our Sixth Form students, with both coaching programmes being over-subscribed with a waiting list for places. Here are her top tips for launching a student coaching programme.