Loraine Kennedy - Motivating tired teachers: coaching for performance and CPD

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Motivating tired teachers Loraine Kennedy

Develop the Coaching Manager

When do some teachers stop wanting to develop? Why do you think this is?

Reasons (excuses?) � know enough already �  lack time �  lack motivation or incentive �  irrelevant (generic) training � being judged negatively � comfort zone �  fear of looking stupid / failure �  lack of relevant development opportunities � no peer support or role models � not knowing what you need to learn

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Maybe they are tired of being told that they are still not good enough; there is always something to improve… in your opinion, that is!

CPD development over time

Getting started

Developing competence

Developing expertise

Career development

Directing

Mentoring

Coaching

Loraine Kennedy: Consultancy, Training, Coaching

Message to managers New and novice teachers value ideas from you …..experienced teachers tend not to like being told what to do, and simply ignore you!

Malcolm Knowles

Criteria for Successful Adult Learning

Self direction Life experience Goal oriented Relevancy Practical Collaboration

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Dan Pink “Drive: ‘The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us’

� autonomy � mastery � purpose

These 3 factors go beyond motiving performance, they motivate excellence

What kind of professional development culture are

you working in?

Motivating factors for successful teacher CPD Focus on:

1.  professionalism, not failings 2.  helping STUDENTS achieve success 3.  the ‘whys’ of teaching methodology

rather than the ‘whats’ 4.  the impact of teaching, not the activities

per se

What is learning?

Learning is acquiring new knowledge, behaviours, skills, values, preferences, or understanding, and may involve synthesizing different

types of information wikipedia

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10 Cs of learning

Empowerment 1.  Curiosity

2.  Choice

3.  Creativity

4.  Construction

Robert Ward - Bring Excitement Into Any Lesson

10 Cs of learning

Community 7.  Collaboration

8.  Camaraderie


10 Cs of learning

Expertise 7.  Controversy

8.  Critique

9.  Commentary

10. Critical Thinking


IMPORTANT! Record your learning

� something you tried � a problem you faced � a question you asked, or

were asked � what you’ve talked about � something interesting that

happened

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Be a coaching manager

1.  see the teacher as a professional 2.  park your own agenda outside the room 3.  tap into professional interests 4.  engage – then empower and trust 5.  identify and remove obstacles 6.  celebrate all advances


Remember…! �  Just because teachers attend INSETT sessions or

observation feedback meetings doesn’t mean they are paying attention, learning anything, or taking something new into their classrooms that will benefit students

�  Question your assumptions �  Explore new theories of learning and

engagement

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Loraine Kennedy - Motivating tired teachers: coaching for performance and CPD