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Coaching Development Course
Coaching in Driver Training
Tranmere Rovers FC, Wirral, CH42 9PY
Saturday 26th June 2010 |
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Wirral Driving Ltd, in association with Ian Edwards, present a full day coaching development course.
This is a unique opportunity to find out what coaching is all about and develop your skills.
Ian Edwards was one of the UK leads on the EC funded HERMES Project and wrote 20 of the 60 coaching scenarios for the Project. Ian is widely regarded by many as one of the UK’s leading practitioners in the UK and has recently developed a number of coaching inputs for Local Authorities including the development of a coaching course for Durham County Council’s Road Safety Unit.
"Personally I've been inspired by Ian, and believe I have grown as a character and am evolving as a trainer."
Steve Johnson
There has been much research on our requirements, as an industry to improve. The HERMES Project is a 3 year study on HOW we can make these changes. Click here for details of the HERMES project.
About This Course
Coaching For Driving Instructors
COURSE OVERVIEW
The course has a strong focus on the participants developing practical coaching skills, as well as a theoretical understanding of coaching. Delivered using a coaching approach the course is based on the findings of the EU HERMES project (2010). This is 1 full day session followed up approximately 4 weeks later. This divide allows the participants to practice the techniques discussed in the course and to identify for themselves the external and internal obstacles that they may feel prevent them from using coaching. During the 4 weeks the participants are required to complete a short self-reflective assignment.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The learning outcomes of the course are for the participants to:
- Identify how coaching can be used to deliver the higher levels of the Goals for Driver Education (Hatakka et al 2002) (GDE)
- Understand the difference between coaching and teaching
- Develop practical in-car coaching skills and techniques that can easily be implemented
- Develop an increased awareness of the need to improve their own self-evaluation skills and to take responsibility for their own continued professional development
COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction to the Goals for Driver Education and the identification of links between the GDE and coaching
The participants are encouraged to identify the limitations of the current learning to drive process and to develop their own GDE matrix based on their own experience. Once this matrix is complete the participants are then encouraged to discuss how coaching could be used to address the identified issues.
The difference between coaching and teaching
In this exercise the participants explore what they see as the differences between coaching and teaching. The facilitator encourages the group to identify that coaching aims to increase awareness and responsibility through the development of the learner’s own self-evaluation skills. This is completed with a review of the HERMES coaching definition:
"Coaching is a learner-centred method that engages body, mind and emotions to develop inner and outer awareness and responsibility with an equal relationship between the learner and coach." [
EU HERMES Project Final Report (2010), p.6]
Simple coaching techniques and models
The course is strongly focused on the development of practical in-car coaching skills. In this element of the course the participants look at a number of simple coaching techniques including:
- Scaling
- Use and role of questions
- Active listening
- Use of scenarios
- Use of case studies
The HERMES coaching module and the GROW model (Whitmore 2002) are also explored with the participants being encouraged to plan a driving session based on these approaches. In particular the course places a strong emphasis on how coaching can be used to switch context from a learning context to a ‘real world’ driving context and in so doing better prepare the learner for post-test driving.
Practical coaching exercise
In this session short video clips are used to set coaching scenarios, based on these clips the participants are asked to coach each other using the models and techniques which have been identified earlier in the day.
Identifying areas of further development
This session aims to address the specific difficulties that the participants may experience in deploying coaching. The session helps the participants agree a number of these difficulties and to develop their own GROW plans to address these issues. This session encourages the participants to identify how they can improve and develop themselves through the development of the meta-cognitive skills needed to self-evaluate their own coaching performance.
POST COURSE DEVELOPMENT - SELF-REFLECTIVE ASSESSMENT ASSIGNMENT
The course requires the participants to complete a short self-reflective assignment. This takes the form of a written self-evaluation of their own performance during a driving session and aims to help the course participant to develop their own GROW plan.
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Who Should Attend ?
- Any good ADI who wants to develop their skills
- Any ADI who is looking to develop coaching techniques
- Fleet Managers who hope to affect the attitude of their drivers by using effective techniques
- In House assessors of company drivers
- Any ADI considering coaching in the fleet market
Cost
The cost for the full day course is £85.
This includes lunch, refreshments, course notes and CPD Certificate (presented on completion of the assignment).
Pay Online:
(You can pay with a credit/debit card if you do not have a Paypal account. A £2 handling fee is added for online payments.)
Pay by Cheque:
Send cheque for £85 payable to ‘Wirral Driving Ltd’ to 44 Upland Road, Upton, CH49 6LP. Please note which session you wish to attend.
For more information, please contact Steve Johnson on 07747 838324 or steve@wirraldriving.co.uk
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- Coaching Development Course in Wirral
- Coaching in Driver Training in Wirral
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