Coaching Ground Rules

10/20/2011

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.
Lydia M. Child

Effective coaching in educational settings can benefit if coaches and mentees follow ground rules spelled out by Ronald Bearwald in Educational Leadership (October 2011) and summarized here:

The best coaching partnerships are voluntary.
Information shared within the coaching partnership should remain confidential.
Coaching activities should seek to expand professional knowledge, develop skills, and explore best practices by promoting examination of the mentee's competencies and experiences, as well as the school culture.
The focus on coaching must be on overall progress, not on the minutiae of day-to-day activities.
A coaching partnership focuses on the practical not the abstract.

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