Professional Coaching for Principals
Who can participate?
The program is open to all school-based principals.
What will I learn?
The Professional Coaching for Principals program is designed to assist principals, leadership teams and collegiate groups to build their leadership capacity through working with a skilled professional coach. Coaching allows individuals, leadership teams and groups of principals to set clearer professional goals, gain greater focus and improve the educational outcomes for students in their schools.
How is the program structured?
The program is delivered over the calendar year. A range of professional coaching options are available to regional networks including individual, school leadership team and collegiate group coaching.
Individual Principal Coaching allows principals the time and space to reflect upon their practice and think of new ways to enhance their leadership capabilities and the critical role they play in improving the performance of their school and student outcomes.
Individual Principal and School Leadership Team Coaching allows principals and their leadership teams to achieve a higher level of performance by working together with a professional coach. In this option the coach will work with the principal and their leadership team to focus on achieving the goals, targets and key improvement strategies identified in the School Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan.
Individual Principal and Collegiate Coaching - networks can opt to undertake a combination of both individual and collegiate coaching. In this instance, up to six (6) principals within a network will form a collegiate group whereby the members will come together to be coached as a group, as well as receiving individual coaching. Two coaches will be assigned to the collegiate group in this model with three (3) principals assigned to each. The collegiate group will work together with their coaches to achieve the identified goals, targets and key improvement strategies for their network.
Highly skilled and experienced professional coaches from both corporate and education sectors have been selected to participate in this program. All coaches have extensive coaching experience with many accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). Several coaches also act as Executive Coaches for corporations.
What assistance is provided?
The cost of the program is covered. Participants can choose to receive coaching in a location of their choice. Participants will also have access to resources on a dedicated web page. CRT and travel costs are not covered.
What is expected of me?
Participants are expected to:
- complete the iLead 360 degree survey to be used with their coach as a starting point for discussion and interaction;
- complete a Principal Coaching Needs Analysis and Your Readiness for Coaching questionnaire as well as a School Improvement Needs Analysis in preparation for the program and to support the matching process;
- liaise with their coach to set up mutually acceptable times and venues (coaching does not have to occur at school);
- deepen their personal reflection through the use of a reflective journal or an electronic portfolio or similar reflective process; and
- provide thoughtful feedback through formal and informal evaluation processes for the improvement of the program.
How do I become involved?
Applicants must complete an Expression of Interest (Word - 2.0Mb) form which must be endorsed by their Regional Network Leader. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that their Regional Network Leader has endorsed their application.
For further information about the program please download Program Information for Applicants (PDF - 586Kb) or Program Information for Regional Network Leaders. (PDF - 583Kb)
The program allows for two intakes per year. The opening and closing dates for Expressions of Interest are:
Intake 2 - Opening Date–March 1 2010 - Closing Date–March 26 2010
Instructions for completing the form
- Download the Expression of Interest form.
- Enter data into the shaded fields or checkboxes. Press the TAB key to move between fields.
- Ensure that you collect and include endorsements from your RNL.
Send in the form via one of the following methods:
Email: bastow@edumail.vic.gov.au – enter Bastow EOI [Program Name] in the Subject line.
Mail: Attention Effie Kene – Level 1 / 33 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 2003.
Fax: 96372356
Key dates
The program will commence in the first half of 2010.
Who do I contact for further information?
For further information about this program please contact Shavaun Thomson (bastow@edumail.vic.gov.au), Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership on 9637 3716 or your Leadership Officer at your Regional Office.