Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare

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Step 5
(Cont’d)

encouragement, and affirmation regarding the learner’s

competencies and effective behaviors. Additionally,

coaches must provide honest feedback.

Step 6:

Evaluation

Step 6 Cont’d:

Evaluation

Throughout the coaching process, coaches and learners

should assess their working relationship, communication,

and learner’s progress toward coaching goals.

Additionally, coaches should seek ways to improve the

coaching relationship:

 Identify what went well and what has been difficult.

 Consider how each person has contributed to the

successes and difficulties of the coaching cycle.

 Decide whether this coaching cycle has achieved the

learner’s goals for the coaching partnership.

 Review descriptive feedback regarding what the

learner perceives he or she might do to make the

coaching process more productive and effective.

 Contemplate whether the coaching process could be

altered in some way to make it more effective.

 Identify barriers to completing the coaching process.

 Suggest changes that will make the coaching process

more productive and effective.

Here are some questions coaches should ask during this

phase:

 Do I need to make changes in the coaching process?

 Am I helping to achieve the intended outcomes?

 Should I continue as the coach, or is there someone else

whose skills to coach the learner might be a better fit at

this time?