My Next Stage Coach
Life coaching for your next stage
Judy Panek, MS, CPCC
Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
November 4, 2011
Good Morning,
As you may- or - may not know, besides being a life coach, I am a teacher. I teach adults who want to learn &/or brush-up on basic skills. They come to adult education for a variety of reasons including things like: to be more employable, to be ready for further training, for personal satisfaction, as part of a career development plan, to be able to help their children with their homework. What I have been thinking about this morning are the parallels of teaching and coaching.
For example:
| Teaching Identifying student goals Identifying present skill levels - gaps Developing a path to achieve goals Use tests, formal and informal to gauge progress Use good teaching practices: introduce, model, scaffold (teaching term), application/generalize, integrate | Coaching Clarifying client goals Discovering client’s style, strengths, areas of concern Co-creating a path Check-in to determine progress, set benchmarks Provide resources, structure, feedback, acknowledgement |
These are a few thoughts off the top. What is not on here is the part about putting the process into a context for the student/client. It takes something to face what you don’t know, to put yourself on the path of learning and growing. It takes commitment; it takes effort; it takes openness to move forward – to learn – to grow. And, I think it is wise to get some support, some guidance on this path. Learning and growing are work – important work.
The question for you today is around your personal commitment to learning and growing. These questions around who you are; where to focus your energies; what is your passion; what’s your vision; how to be whole, healthy, happy are all vital to your well being. How do you navigate that path?
Stay curious,
Judy
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