168 The Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare Practice
Enrollment^ can vary by degree, and can
be thought of as something similar to the
commitment level of the learner and
coach. Flaherty describes enrollment as
something that is tangible and
intentionally named in the coaching
process (2010). Enrollment is a central
tenet of this coaching toolkit.Coaches will know they have completed the CLEAR process by
noting a “felt shift.” For example, learners will express change
through their language and way of talking about the issue;
in their mindset and how they frame the problem, issue, or
challenge;
in their metaphors and how they feel about the situation;
in their body and breathing and how they physically express
themselves with the situation; and
in their emotional expression and engagement.
in the way they relate to the present moment with the coach and
in the room
Flow of Coaching Model
James Flaherty (2010) created a model for coaching that he named
“t he flow of coaching.” This model describes a cycle that may occur
several times
throughout the entire
learning process.
Flaherty’s Flow model
is similar to the
CLEAR model, in that
the coaching process
does not end until the
desired change has
begun to take effect. Importantly, note the first four tasks happen