{"id":674,"date":"2021-12-22T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/?p=674"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T18:09:18","slug":"culture-of-coaching-blog-series-post-3-questions-to-ask-when-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/2021\/12\/22\/culture-of-coaching-blog-series-post-3-questions-to-ask-when-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture of Coaching Blog Series Post #3: Questions to Ask When Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Dr. Katie Caprino, Assistant Professor of Education and Teaching &amp; Learning Design Fellow<\/i><br \/>\n<i>You can contact Dr. Caprino at <a href=\"mailto:caprinok@etown.edu\">caprinok@etown.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In my earlier blog posts \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/2021\/11\/12\/culture-of-coaching-blog-series-post-1-what-is-coaching\/\">What is Coaching<\/a>?\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/studionews\/2021\/11\/19\/culture-of-coaching-blog-series-post-2-connections-between-design-thinking-and-coaching\/\">Connections between Design Thinking and Coaching<\/a>,\u201d I provided an introduction to coaching and some ideas about the links between design thinking and coaching.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog post, I will share some questions, prompts, or moves that may help coaches and coachees as they engage in a coaching cycle informed by design thinking. I offer a few questions that align with each element of design thinking. (And even if you do not take a coaching cycle from start to finish, you may find these questions helpful when engaging in meaningful conversations around campus.)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Empathy. <\/em><\/strong>During the empathy stage, your goal is to learn about your partner. Your goals here are to build trust and get to know more about your partner as a human. This stage may take more than one session, as the relationship you build here will set the foundation for the work you and your partner do together.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some questions, prompts, moves that may help you engage in empathy building:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet for coffee, a walk, or a meal.<\/li>\n<li>Share your roles at the College.<\/li>\n<li>Ask about their hobbies, learn about their favorite books \/ shows \/ movies, and their dream vacation.<\/li>\n<li>Ask open-ended questions.<\/li>\n<li>Listen carefully.<\/li>\n<li>Inquiry about best communication methods (e.g., face-to-face, Zoom, text, email)<\/li>\n<li>Schedule a teaching observation (if it makes sense) or share artifacts that may be helpful during coaching cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like additional resources, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edtechteam.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/how-to-build-trust-with-teachers-5-easy-steps-for-instructional-coaches\/\">piece<\/a> from EdTech Team has some great ideas about this trust-building stage. Researcher Bren\u00e9 Brown has a great <a href=\"https:\/\/brenebrown.com\/videos\/rsa-short-empathy\/\">digital short<\/a> on the idea of empathy.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Define. <\/em><\/strong>In this stage, you want to set a coaching focus. Here are some questions, prompts, moves that may help you do this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share why coaching cycle was attractive.<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on noticings and\/or wonderings of teaching observation or other artifacts.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss the area of focus and goals or the coaching cycle. Avoid a deficit or correction-based perspective. Colleagues may want to further develop an effective practice, too.<\/li>\n<li>Frame focus in the form of a clear question.<\/li>\n<li>Consider timeframe of coaching cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Iterate. <\/em><\/strong>You want to review resources during the iterate phase. Here are some questions, prompts, moves that may help you do this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share resources (e.g., articles, websites, mentor texts) with one another.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss what stands out in these resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Prototype. <\/em><\/strong>This is the part of the coaching cycle in which you decide on a plan.<em> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Here are some questions, prompts, moves that may help you do this:<\/p>\n<p>Make a plan of action using the resources shared during the iterate stage. This could be co-designing a lesson with one another, drafting up a conference proposal, or role play an advising session.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Test. <\/em><\/strong>The plan is enacted in the test phase. Here are some questions, prompts, moves that may help you do this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try out the teaching strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Submit a grant or conference proposal.<\/li>\n<li>Have the advising meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reflect<\/li>\n<li>Commend what went well<\/li>\n<li>Set goals for further action<\/li>\n<li>Decide to continue coaching cycle or end here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please stay tuned for additional resources on the Studio\u2019s webpage to help guide you through coaching conversations! A special thank you to Matt Skillen, who has helped my thinking on this project, and Christine Walsh, a fellow literacy teacher educator at Slippery Rock University, who was instrumental in helping me frame some of the shared questions and prompts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Katie Caprino, Assistant Professor of Education and Teaching &amp; Learning Design Fellow You can contact Dr. Caprino at caprinok@etown.edu.\u00a0 In my earlier blog posts \u201cWhat is Coaching?\u201d and \u201cConnections between Design Thinking and Coaching,\u201d I provided an introduction to coaching and some ideas about the links between design thinking and coaching. 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