Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare

Chapter 2: Value of Coaching 23

The Value of

Coaching

It is not a surprise that adults learn best and improve skills more
effectively and efficiently
when they receive follow-
up support and ongoing
performance feedback after
they participate in a training
event (Guskey, 2000).

Sustained professional
development that provide
opportunities for hands-on
learning and day-to-day practice are significantly more effective
than traditional models of professional development such as a one-
day workshop on a single topic (Garet, Porter, Desimone, Birman, &
Yoon, 2001).

Training alone has not been shown to result in changes in
practitioner behavior or improvements in client outcomes (Fixsen,
Naoom, Blasé, Friedman, & Wallace, 2005). Classroom training
rarely results in positive, long-term changes in learners’ professional
knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Core concepts

 Coaching improves systemic

implementation of a practice.

 Coaching involves a change in

behavior.

 Coaching embeds professional

development.