The Office of K-12 Outreach offers a fully online, self-paced learning opportunity for educators interested in extending their understanding of the fundamental knowledge, skills, and dispositions of effective coaching. Coaching is a process of change that results in the expansion of possibilities for the coachee’s exploration of self, intentions, thinking, action, and practice. The model of coaching we teach in this course is focused on the mediation of thinking. We chose this model because of the power it holds in improving practice. Improvements happen when educators have the opportunity to have deep conversations and reflection about their work. Mediation requires a keen understanding of effective coaching skills, their appropriate use, and the intended result for the coachee’s thinking. A highly developed coaching skillset supports a deeper level of mediation.
This course introduces a coaching process based on a mediational coaching model where coaches learn how to use specific skills and strategies for supporting educator development and improving practice through powerful coaching conversations. Effective coaching can help schools maintain lasting excellence for all educators.
Register for access to the Foundations of Coaching Module. Once your registration is complete, MSU will process your information and email you with instructions on how to access the modules.
This course in coaching fundamentals is intended as a foundational exploration for the following categories of individuals:
There will be short quizzes at the end of each module. Quizzes are designed to assess your knowledge of the fundamental concepts covered in each module. Participants will need to achieve 100% before moving on to the next module. At the end of the course, there will be a final assessment. Participants must achieve at least 90% to receive a certificate of completion for participating in the course.
Participants will be awarded 7.5 State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs).
Participants will pay $100.00 to gain access to the online module series. The Foundations of Coaching course will lead you through a series of four coaching modules. View breakdown of each module, including the estimated time to complete each model.
Upon completion of this course, the successful student will be able to:
The Office of K-12 Outreach has decades of statewide experience developing educational coaches with the competence and skills necessary to promote school improvement. In this Foundations of Educational Coaching course, participants will learn how to use specific skills and strategies for supporting educator development and improving practice through powerful coaching conversations. Research and our own practical experience confirm that effective coaching sustains lasting excellence for all educators in schools.
*Portions of this coaching model were designed through past Michigan State University programming funded by a grant from the Michigan Department of Education (MSU’s Coaching 101 program).
If you have questions, please contact Megan Papoi at mpapoi@msu.edu or Marcia Docks at docks@msu.edu