Practical coaching skills for fostering students’ self-reliance and independence: a two-hour online training event

About this event

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We know, from our own experience, that it is more empowering if we can do things for ourselves. We also instinctively know that it is better, when we are working with a student, if we can help that student to rely on their own resources to solve a particular problem or address a particular issue, rather than us just swooping in and solving things for the student. This practical 2-hour online session will explore ways in which we can help students do things for themselves and rely less on us and more on themselves – a really important life skill.

Who is this session for?

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This session is relevant to teams and cohorts who work with students in higher education and who might find themselves providing a student with support.

This includes:

• Academics – such as personal tutors, module leaders, and lecturers
• Professional services practitioners – such as disability advisers, welfare advisers, finance advisers, or international student advisers
• Colleagues working in a university enquiry service, a faculty or service front desk team, or a university helpdesk
• Accommodation staff
• Colleagues managing student conduct cases
• Managers of student-facing teams who may need to support their team members in interactions with students
• Students' union advisers

​While this training is aimed at higher education, colleagues in further education, colleagues delivering private tuition or colleagues working in other educational settings will also find the content very relevant.

​Learning outcomes

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During this event, participants will:

• Explore what a coaching style is and how it differs from other types of work we might do to support a student
• Understand how to use key practical coaching skills, including the GROW coaching model and effective questioning techniques
• Reflect on a couple of case studies to explore what coaching looks and sounds like in practice.

Fees

Single delegate - £55 + VAT (£66 incl. VAT)

Early bird discount (15%) available for bookings made by 26th March 2024 - £46.75 + VAT (£56.10 incl. VAT)

You can either pay by debit/credit card or request an invoice. To pay via invoice, click on “Pay by invoice or bank transfer” when you get to the debit/credit card details page; we will then get in touch with you to arrange an invoice.

For any colleague unable to secure funding from their HEI/employer to attend this session and unable to afford the standard cost themselves personally, we hold a couple of places at each session which we can offer at a significantly reduced cost. To find out more about how to request one of these places, subject to availability, visit www.plinthhouse.com/self-funded-reduced-tickets

(Looking for training for your whole team or cohort? Does the date of this course not work for you? Find out more about our Ready-to-run version of this course.)