Coaching is a partnership between an individual ready to experience growth and a coach who acts as a guide on the journey. A coach works with you to identify strengths, create an action plan and move towards the milestones you have established. A coach holds you accountable, celebrates successes and ask the questions that lead to true growth and lasting change.

The power of coaching is in the questioning. The potential for success is already within the client. The coach energizes this potential by engaging the client in an interactive dialogue that creates clarity and brings forth possibilities. Blocks that limit beliefs and actions are removed. New options are available to consider, new choices to reflect upon. What was once "Impossible" is now "I'm Possible"! That is coaching.

Coaching for Educators
For educators wanting additional, personalized support, One Caring Adult® provides individual coaching to bring your teaching to the next level. A coach will challenge you to see possibilities and potential, guide you as you explore new teaching strategies, support you as you try new ways of engaging students.

Leadership Coaching
For school administrators who are ready to raise their personal bar, One Caring Adult® provides individual leadership coaching. A professional certified coach will guide you as you tackle specific challenges or issues, or fine tune your interactions with staff, parents and students.

Team Coaching
For education teams (student assistance, school climate, mentoring, etc) working through change or needing to jump start their effectiveness, One Caring Adult® provides a certified coach to ask the tough questions and move your team to real results.

Group Coaching
Group Coaching is designed for educators looking for an intensive, focused peer group. Limited to 8 members, each group provides a challenging, supportive atmosphere that encourages creative problem-solving and high-level growth. Groups are coordinated by an experienced coach. Members pay a fee to participate and must commit to attending every session. Contact us for more information.

Potential coaching tools include exploring personality type and individual strengths through the MBTI® (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®) Assessment, creating awareness of energy levels with the Energy Leadeship Index Assessment, or reflecting on your life's journey and the archetypes you draw upon with the Pierson Marr Archetype Indicator®.

PDF Download ~ A Coaching Overview for Educators

Additional Team Opportunities

Student Assistance Team Training / Coaching
Whether your school has a new team needing foundation training, or an existing team in need of an "update & refresh", One Caring Adult® can meet your training needs. Each training is custom designed to your specific situation built around the same core principle: to build effective tier II strategies we need to focus on student strengths and student needs. Other common content areas include team development, referral process and action planning for success. Call or email for more information.

Prevention Training
From the basics of prevention to evidence-based program training, One Caring Adult® can provide your team with the tools they need to help students make healthy choices. In addition to numerous prevention topics, provider training is offered for Botvin's LifeSkills Training - the leading substance abuse & violence prevention program in the country.