Coaching as student support via ElluminateDawn Wood & Janet FinlayLeeds Metropolitan Universityd.a.wood@leedsmet.ac.uk j.finlay@leedsmet.ac.ukProject Blog: http://www.pc3.org.uk//

Introduction JISC funded project until May2012

◦ Personalised Curriculum Creation through Coaching (PC3)

Project Aims◦ Utilise the technique of coaching to develop self-directed

learners who are able to choose their own personalised curriculum Embedding the practice of coaching

Students Tutors

Developing courses/programs with curriculum choice Personalised Learning through Coaching Module (PLC)

Providing the “jump off point” for a personalised curriculum across university offerings

Today◦ Explore the use of coaching tools within the Elluminate

environment

A few questionsHave you used Elluminate?Have you created an activity

within Elluminate?

Has anyone been coached?Has anyone coached?

◦Face to Face◦Via phone◦Via conferencing

But first … what is coaching?

◦A conversation Draws out from the coachee The coachee speaks more than the coach The coachee finds their own solutions Unlike tutoring and mentoring

◦Keys to coaching: Raising Awareness Encourage responsibility/ownership Develop trust/confidence

Coaching ToolsWheel of Life

◦Explore the big picture◦Identify key areas for development◦Focus on some quick actions

Values◦Identify underlying values◦Ensure the coachee is focusing on

Ends not Means Values Means values contain an ends value Ends values are core

Other ToolsPostcard from the future

◦Draw or write a postcard Sensory Preferences

◦Coachee describes a familiar scene in detail◦Coach notes the makes a note of the sensory

category the words belong to: Visual — seeing Auditory — hearing Kinaesthetic — feeling Olfactory — smelling Gustatory — tasting

◦Together they can identify the coachees preference

Thank You. Questions?

Dawn Wood & Janet FinlayLeeds Metropolitan Universityd.a.wood@leedsmet.ac.uk j.finlay@leedsmet.ac.ukhttp://streamlinenews.wordpress.com/