Eps 106: Coaching for Educators: Time to Think

Welcome to our first podcast episode for 2022!! Can coaching help teachers perform better and cultivate stronger relationships with their students? Elizabeth Helen Adamowicz believes so. After almost 20 years of teaching, Elizabeth Helen decided to train as a coach. She realised teachers spent so much time under immense pressure, constantly problem-solving and burning through their to-do list. She tells us how coaching within education can have enormous benefits for both teachers and their students.  1:44 About Elizabeth’s teaching background and what made her realise coaching had a place in education  4:10 The benefits of a coaching approach to leadership  7:34 What stops people from investing in coaching for their staff 9:39 The importance of presence in the classroom  11:03 Cultivating authentic curiosity to improve relationships with children  12:15 On leaving teaching to coach 14:19: How to get in touch with Elizabeth Helen See more from Elizabeth Helen Adamowicz here:  What allowed Elizabeth to leave teaching and create a fulfilling new career in coaching? Our ICF-accredited Professional Coaching Diploma course! If changing people’s lives and making a positive difference is something you want to do, without sacrificing a healthy work-life balance, sign up for our coach training programme here. We’re enrolling now for February 2022  Want to learn more about coaching and experience the benefits firsthand? Attend one of our Spotlight Sessions. These 60-minute sessions  shine a light on what the coaching profession involves and what it takes to become a brilliant coach. We’ll answer all your coaching questions.  Click here to join our next Spotlight Session.Mentioned in this episode:https://www.optimuscoachacademy.com/workshop-week-april-2025