Coaching Institute

Level: Advanced Practice – Lineworker, Supervisor, Manager

Credits: 12 Hours

Intended Audience: This training is intended for supervisors, managers, practice leaders, coaches, field trainers and others who support skill development or application
in the child welfare field

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 evidencebased 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