January 27, 2021

Can coaching prevent school exclusions?

44 minutes

This is part 1 of episode 4 exploring ways to prevent school exclusions. This episode features Martin Richards an educational coach and founder of C4E 'Coaching for Educators' a non-profit organisation that offers free coaching sessions for educators. Coaches from all around the world volunteer coaching hours for teachers who need support.

Martin has worked on assignment for The Swedish National Agency for Education and has many years of experience as both a teacher and a coach. He's also previously worked with young people that have been excluded from school. This episode covers (1) what coaching is, (2) addressing power imbalances within schools, (3) understanding the unmet needs behind challenging behaviour, (4) how teachers can learn to not become triggered, (5) coaching as a trauma-informed approach and (6) listening from the heart.

If you are an educator and would like to access free coaching:

Go on the C4E website (https://www.coaching-for-educators.com/c4e.html)

Fill out an online form, includes your name, email, and role.

You can receive up to 4 hours of coaching to each of 4 educators.

Articles/books/podcasts featured in the episode:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2018-to-2019

https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/information/professionals/resources/good-childhood-report-2020

Cradle-to-career school designs in the United Kingdom: What role can schools play in their local community and in society? (Victoria Hirst, PhD researcher at Manchester University, and Luke Billingham, 2020) Will release link when published.

Martin Richard's books:

The Coach in the Classroom https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079G696TT

Riccardo Midwinter Tales https://www.amazon.com/Riccardo-Midwinters-Tales-Coach-Classroom-ebook/dp/B07MDXCM7L/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=midwinter+tales+kindle+martin+richards&qid=1611580268&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

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