Category Archives: Solution Focused Approaches

Questions for Coaches: Reflecting on a Coaching Conversation

Posted on September 26, 2023 by joannemilesconsulting

Questions for reflecting on a coaching conversation

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, coaching skills, Culture for Learning, FE, Professional Development, reflection, schools, Solution Focused Approaches, Staff Development, Teacher education, Thinking skills | Tagged Advanced Practitioners, coaching, coaching skills, FE, Question prompts, Reflection on coaching conversation, reflection questions, schools | Leave a comment

Teaching Space Podcast: Exploring Coaching In Education And Training with Martine Ellis and Joanne Miles

Posted on October 24, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/exploring-coaching-in-education-training-interview/id1324183779?i=1000493441763 Thanks to Martine Ellis for inviting me to discuss coaching models and skills on the Teaching Space podcast. I hope there are areas of interest here for people involved in coaching in their workplace, school or college.

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, coaching skills, Coaching students, CPD, CPD for Teachers, Culture for Learning, FE, Learning Leader, Management skills, mentoring, Mentoring Students, Professional Development, schools, Solution Focused Approaches, Teacher education, Thinking skills | Tagged coaching, coaching and mentoring, coaching in education and training, coaching models, coaching skills | Leave a comment

Benefits of Participation in a National Development Project: Reflections on the Professional Development Programme for Advanced Practitioners

Posted on April 8, 2019 by joannemilesconsulting

During 2018-19, this professional development programme has aimed to develop practitioners working in Advanced Practitioner-type roles across the education and training sector. Participants have been able to access five programme strands: Communities of Practice (CoP) Collaborative Projects Developing Advanced Practitioners … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, CPD, CPD for Teachers, Culture for Learning, FE, Professional Development, Project Management, Sharing good practice, Solution Focused Approaches, Staff Development | Tagged Advanced Practitioners, Education and Training Foundation, ETF, Professional Development, project management, projects, staff development | Leave a comment

Making Supported Experiments happen: How can coaches and managers collaborate to develop and improve T&L?

Posted on December 23, 2016 by joannemilesconsulting

Many schools and colleges use models such as Supported Experiments to encourage teachers to develop their practice and own their professional learning. I note that the institutions where these initiatives take hold and come to life often have a team … Continue reading →

Posted in Action research, CPD, CPD for Teachers, Culture for Learning, FE, Leadership of learning, Learning Leader, Management skills, Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities, Solution Focused Approaches, Staff Development, Supported Experiments, Teaching and learning | Tagged Advanced Practitioners, Advanced Teachers, Coaches, coaching skills, culture for learning, leadership of learning, leading learning, learning leaders, management skills, Supported Experiments | Leave a comment

Research ED FE and Vocational December 3rd 2016- Presentation on Making Supported Experiments Happen

Posted on November 17, 2016 by joannemilesconsulting

http://www.researched.org.uk/event/researched-fe-vocational/ I am really pleased to be presenting on making Supported Experiments happen alongside Diana Tremayne from the FE sector. We will be sharing the challenges and approaches that help and discuss the role of project management and coaching in … Continue reading →

Posted in Action research, Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, CPD, CPD for Teachers, Culture for Learning, Evidence-based teaching, FE, Geoff Petty, Leadership of learning, Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities, Research, Solution Focused Approaches, Staff Development, Supported Experiments, Teaching and learning, Uncategorized | Tagged Coaches, coaching skills, Geoff Petty, Professional Learning Communities, projects, pros, staff development, Supported Experiments | Leave a comment

Lesson Observation – new approaches, new possibilities: Cross Sector Conference

Posted on February 24, 2015 by joannemilesconsulting

I am delighted to be involved with this major event for the sector on the hot topic of lesson observation. The event includes speakers from the world of research as well as case studies from colleges and insights from consultants … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, Culture for Learning, FE, Grade 3 and 4 observations, Graded lesson observations, Leadership of learning, Lesson observations, Peer observation, Performance management, Solution Focused Approaches, Ungraded lesson observations | Tagged Lesson observations, peer observations, peer sharing, ungraded observations, ungraded peer observations | Leave a comment

IoF National Convention 2014: Developing Coaching Skills (Part Three)

Posted on July 16, 2014 by joannemilesconsulting

What is the biggest challenge of being a coach? This depends on the coach, but for me, the initial challenges of not giving advice and learning to really listen attentively were the biggest ones. I try to focus my mind … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, Management skills, Solution Focused Approaches | Tagged Coaches, coaching, coaching skills, coaching skills for career development, coaching training, GROW, OSKAR | Leave a comment

Why bother with coaching conversations?

Posted on July 13, 2014 by joannemilesconsulting

1. They help people think deeply and broadly about any topic brought into the conversation, providing much needed reflective space in the busy world of work. 2. They allow people identify moments of good performance and mine them for insights … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, CPD, FE, Management skills, Performance management, Solution Focused Approaches | Tagged Coaches, coaching, coaching skills, management development, management skills | 1 Comment

IoF National Convention 2014: Q&A on Developing Coaching Skills (Part Two)

Posted on July 13, 2014 by joannemilesconsulting

I am thinking of hiring a coach. What sort of questions should I be asking of coaches? What should I look for in a coach? What experience do you have and can I have a few references? What qualifications do … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, CPD, FE, Feedback, Learning Leader, Management skills, Medals and Missions, Performance management, Solution Focused Approaches, Uncategorized | Tagged Coaches, coaching, coaching skills, IoF, management skills | Leave a comment

If not now, when? Making the move from graded to ungraded developmental lesson observations in the FE sector

Posted on July 2, 2014 by joannemilesconsulting

What an exciting, horizon-widening time it is in the FE sector, if we consider the debates around lesson observation models! There are plenty of principled, thoughtful and practical people thinking about what needs to change, to make our lesson observation … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, FE, Graded lesson observations, Lesson observations, Performance management, Solution Focused Approaches | Tagged developmental observation, Graded lesson observations, lesson observation, Ofsted, ungraded observation pilot, ungraded observations | Leave a comment