Consultancy training for School Support Personnel - Cath Grealy Coaching

You know your team is full of excellent hardworking quality people, but could they benefit from specific professional development on consultancy?

My training program Develop Your Expertise 2: Consultancy Training is guaranteed to improve the job performance and satisfaction of your team members and enhance your creditability and reputation.

This program is designed for people who:

lead a group of Education Officers/Consultants/School Support staff
lead of a team that supports other professionals
support other professionals
lead system initiatives

The content is designed to further enable your team to support schools to:

improve student outcomes
enhance teacher effectiveness
promote innovative practices
address equity and diversity issues
improve school climate and culture
support school improvement efforts

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.My training will up skill your team of consultants, providing them with the tools to improve their performance through:

expert contracting, incorporating context and negotiating alignment on targeted outcomes and timelines
declaring their roles and managing realistic expectations
being equipped with consultancy tools, skills and consultancy concepts that will help them solve the variety of problems they face
enhance their ability to communicate and collaborate

When your team is confident and competent, your day-to-day can be different.

How has your day been today?

Were you

dealing with complaints from schools that have a different idea about the support they thought they should have from your team
constantly interrupting your own work to talk to your team members about their frustrations of dealing with schools

OR would you rather be

receiving compliments about your team
looking at the strategic plan and working out how to make it all happen

Does my team even need professional development?
Your questions answered

Download the course outline here.

Cost: $3000 per day per group of up to 20.

If you feel you are not yet ready to commit to the whole course, you can trial a free half day workshop.

Contact Cath to

organise a free trial
have a free consultation about your particular context
negotiate how to personalise the course for your requirements

p. 0423959297 or e. cath@cathgrealycoaching.com

Program outline

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Cathy exceeded my expectations completely. Her guidance in enabling me to put my thoughts to paper and visualise what I required in moving forward within my business was refreshing. I would highly recommend Cathy’s services, Thank you Cathy.

Coaching has allowed me to work through a process which equips me to find solutions to situations that are potentially challenging. It helps provide solutions to inform my approach to my work and this has been particularly helpful as I am new to this position. Being able to tap into Cath’s experience within the organisations through the coaching process really helps me to align system messages with my role as an Educational Officers and gives clarity to my work.

Being involved in the Coaching Process with Cath was instrumental in guiding me to change my mindset. She led me to see a difficult situation as a chance to formulate and achieve a goal in my role as Curriculum Support Teacher. She helped me identify an opportunity for change in my practice and engaged me in conversations that inspired positive action and built my energy to undertake the work necessary to achieve my goal.

I have really found great benefit in the coaching sessions we have had so far. I appreciate Cath’s flexible approach and ability to listen and ‘go with flow’ to explore ideas. I find the process provides clarity for me. I am able to dedicate time to think through something that has been on my mind and then am able to ‘let it go’ a bit as I have a plan in place and clear direction. I also find that the next day, with a clear head, I am able to come up with another idea or solution and things seem to have a ‘snowball’ effect. The coaching process continues, even after the session, having an effect on the way I am thinking, improving my leadership capabilities.

Working in a coaching scenario enabled me to "think aloud" and get immediate feedback, whether it be about a curriculum matter, professional development or my personal career path. With Cath's experience and knowledge, I felt like I was receiving invaluable advice and guidance. It also enabled us to work collaboratively in developing planning and learning sessions. Without a doubt, I will seek Cath out to continue working with her as coach.

After speaking with Cath, I always felt that I had a number of good ways forward in working with difficult staff members. The coaching sessions assisted me to grow in my capacity as a leader within a large primary school setting. The learnings I will take away will assist me in my professional ability to provide effective leadership into the future.

Participating in the coaching process with Cath enabled me to visualize success in a new and unknown work situation and to explore strategies to achieve this. The coaching method empowered me to come up with my own solutions to the challenges and concerns identified. Cath expertly led me through the stages of coaching offering encouragement, helping me articulate and clarify my thoughts.

Being coached by Cath was a real eye-opener because she helped me to see that I had all the answers, I just needed help to organise my ideas and to work systematically. As well as a strong background in education (which was extremely helpful for my situation), Cath also draws from an extensive variety of strategies and approaches. She listens carefully and is very responsive – providing both compassionate support and action-oriented plans which helped me to move forward.

Coaching with Cath enabled me to distinguish the most appropriate path to take to achieve the desired outcome. Sometimes these choices were not obvious to me until the coaching sessions. Cath helped to tease out all the possibilities and then I was able to reflect on which would work best in my context.

The feeling I have when I leave my coaching session with Cath is what keeps me coming back! Cath's coaching expertise assists me to see a complete view of my 'current state' and in turn supports me to prioritise and solve complex challenges through re-interpreting and reframing. Cath listens deeply and tactfully questions in order to facilitate me to reflect before developing relevant and realistic actions. I always feel re-energised and 'on track' at the end of our coaching session. I highly recommend Cath.

Cath is an excellent coach who provides a clear strategy to develop your own thinking. Cath is able to succinctly analyse and summarise individual contexts and work with the client towards a workable and suitable outcome. Cath is very knowledgeable in all facets of education and uses her expertise to gently guide the client to consider all possibilities.

Cath provided an articulate, focused and stimulating professional process for me to reflect on and explore my leadership style. She listened for the unique patterns of my own experience and helped me to develop creative and practical ways to leverage these for the real-life contexts in which I lead. Her style is particularly effective because she is able to frame it within a deep cultural understanding of our mission and values.

The coaching that Cath provided helped me to identify specific goals and create various strategies that I could implement with fellow staff to achieve these goals. What began as a ‘problem situation’ resulted in a school-wide project with innovative practices that continue today, some 2 years later.

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