Supervisors Core
Days 7-8 Coaching Institute for Child Welfare Supervisors
Coaching Institute for Child Welfare Supervisors
Level: Core Practice – Supervisor
Credits: 12 Hours (6 hours per day)
Intended Audience: New Supervisors 0-2 years
Description of Course: Coaching is recognized as a key learning strategy for
professional development as well as overall program implementation. This institute will
provide participants with information to assemble the coaching puzzle – in other words,
how to integrate the best skills, theories and abilities of coaching into a solid evidence-based coaching strategy
Intended Objectives:
- Provide intensive learning opportunities for coaching in the field of child welfare
practice - Examine coaching skills
- Enhance understanding of coaching
- Explore how organizations can support coaching
- Understand coaching dilemmas and challenges
Topics Include:
- Tenets of coaching
- Child welfare coaching framework
- Foundational coaching theories and approaches
- Coaching skills
- Coaching modalities (peer/group coaching)
- Coaching to support implementation of new programs
- Ethics and legal considerations in coaching