- Two days of continuing professional development and I am none the wiser. How can all this touchy-feely stuff substitute for just getting some decent training?

blazer

- The last set of clothes were so 2012. A new outfit is required.

Theredtree

- Is coaching to do with sitting down with the children and their parents, advising them where they are going wrong and then telling them what you plan to do about it?

snowyhead

- It’s where an experienced teacher observes and “coaches” a less experienced teacher to get better. In reality it’s being used to force teachers out that heads don’t want.

brambo

- Didn’t that used to be called mentoring?

tidal

- The process of “coaching” is more formal and structured? It might be a wise career choice if I were much perkier and less cynical.

Theredtree

- Mentoring is where the mentor instructs and guides the mentee towards the outcome; a coach guides the coachee towards finding the answers themselves.

poemeelectronique

- It’s the latest merry-go-round rubbish. The other idea people seem reluctant to discuss is that all teachers can improve when some clearly do not have the required disposition or the “uncoachable” traits a teacher needs.

keyboard2

- How many school leaders does it take to change a light bulb? First the light bulb has to want to change.

Theredtree

- The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those that don’t have it.

Scintillant

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