Difficult Conversations - Coaching PD

**Responsive Instructional Coaching: Having Difficult Conversations — Complete 20‑Minute CPD **

This fully‑designed micro‑CPD package gives school leaders, mentors, instructional coaches, and middle leaders everything they need to deliver a high‑impact 20‑minute training session on navigating difficult coaching conversations. It is ideal for ECF mentor development, department CPD, coaching programmes, and whole‑school professional learning.

This resource includes:

A complete PowerPoint

A fully written facilitator script in the notes of the PowerPoint

An interactive role‑play carousel with clear instructions and a more detailed script for the scenarios with expected outcomes

Practical coaching language stems, evidence‑based conversation structures, and high‑leverage coaching moves

A focus on psychological safety, clarity, and precision in coaching dialogue

Participants will learn how to:

Identify what makes a coaching conversation “difficult”

Use a predictable structure to keep conversations calm and purposeful

Practise high‑impact conversational moves that build trust and improve follow‑through

Apply responsive instructional coaching principles to real‑world situations

This CPD is concise, practical, and designed to reduce workload while strengthening coaching culture across a school.