This session uniquely focuses on both the coach and coachee perspective of a positive psychology coaching program designed to accommodate elements of psycho-education and personal coaching. It will share how the coaching process works and how the growth and learning from it can be transferred and pro-actively applied in an international school context to enhance whole school wellbeing and performance.
Part 1 of the session you will learn from the coach how the PERMA-Powered coaching model was applied to support both the personal wellbeing and professional development goals of the coachee. This will include the introduction of the PERMA model; Grant's wellbeing and engagement framework; wellbeing assessment; strengths assessment; and Grant’s Quality Conversation Framework. It will show how to integrate the introduction of key positive psychology constructs and reflect on their application in a coaching context.
Part 2 of the session will focus on the coachee experience of being coached as a school leader tasked with improving school culture, wellbeing and performance through coaching itself. It will share how the process of being coached helped the coachee reflect on his own wellbeing and strengths use in the service of his goals. It will then demonstrate how the coachee applied his knowledge to facilitate coaching conversations with and between key energisers in school in the form of newly appointed teachers, ‘people of passion’ and Heads of Year. The aim being to support them to realise their strengths, define their goals and ensure greater alignment with the school and it’s strategic approach to improving school culture, wellbeing and achievement.
The session will conclude with evidence of the impact of this positive psychology coaching program on building leadership capability to enhance staff agency; build positive relationships through learning communities and create a positive non-hierarchical culture that promotes risk taking and enquiry.