For 18 months, communication (both sending and received) has been an area for professional development. In my mind, communication has now been separated into two actionable components; planned communication and conversations on-the-go and one receptive component, listening. Over the past eight months, communication has overlapped with growing interest in Coaching. It may even have been… Read more Continue reading at: https://ift.tt/2BTXFjY ..read more

  “One thing that we have to learn to do also (as teachers) is back off…” “It’s so important for the students to learn simple strategies to self regulate, and then use them in all aspects of their lives…”   Welcome to episode 120 of The PE Umbrella Podcast, the only Primary PE podcast in the world, as we talk ALL things Physical Education. In this episode, I am delighted to welcome Jorge Rodriguez back to the show for is a truly excellent PhysEd discussion.  Not only is Jorge a rockstar podcast host himself on the amazing Global PhysEd Voxcast, but he is an intelligent ..read more

Yesterday, Graham Norris shared a copy of “How is Coaching Being Used Within School? – Does coaching have an impact on improvement in school settings? A summary report on the research project undertaken at the International Centre for the Study of Coaching at Middlesex University – Dr Annette Fillery-Travis and Dr Paul Simmons – May… Read more Continue reading at: https://ift.tt/2XiL1UC ..read more

As Jackie Arnold highlights in Chapter 19 of Coaching Skills for Leaders in the Workplace, “Organisational approaches to coaching” fall into three broad categories. Centralised and structured Organic and emergent Tailored middle ground Following my visit to Wells Cathedral School, Somerset, and meetings with Head of School, Dr Andy Kemp and Coach Graham Norris, I… Read more Continue reading at: https://ift.tt/2NhaUj7 ..read more

PE is in a state of crisis or so social critical theorists would have us believe. David Kirk believes that physical education is in crisis because the ‘dominant practice of physical education as ‘sport-techniques’ is resistant to change’. Andrew Hawkins believes that ‘philosophical dispositions and societal trends are conspiring to rob our profession of its… Read More Physical Education: The Antidote or the Poison? Continue reading at: http://bit.ly/2V1P3Ph ..read more

PE is in a state of crisis or so social critical theorists would have us believe. David Kirk believes that physical education is in crisis because the ‘dominant practice of physical education as ‘sport-techniques’ is resistant to change’. Andrew Hawkins believes that ‘philosophical dispositions and societal trends are conspiring to rob our profession of its […] Continue reading at: http://bit.ly/2V1P3Ph ..read more

After Clean Language, the later chapters of Jackie Arnold’s book are broader and more organisational, linking to the Level 5 ILM course. Just two snippets. If you continue to regard your coachee as having the ability to learn and grow and allow them to create their own plans, you should not misuse your leadership role… Read more Continue reading at: http://bit.ly/2GHxPD7 ..read more

The quality of your listening will establish the quality of their thinking. Now there is a comment worth considering. I picked up this thought from Jackie Arnold’s book on Coaching. The importance of effective listening was raised in a conversation with Dr Paul Browning last March when discussing the development of trust within an organisation.… Read more Continue reading at: http://bit.ly/2Ec6APt ..read more

The second half of the course reading ‘Coaching Skills for Leaders in the Workplace’ – Jackie Arnold has already highlighted a line of personal enquiry – Clean Language. Which connects with a second area of interest, supporting teacher professional development and ‘The Discipline of Noticing,’ – an approach towards noticing possibilities for acting differently in… Read more Continue reading at: http://bit.ly/2TS0fhv ..read more

  “I don’t think there’s a lot of equipment you need to access high-quality gymnastics…”   Welcome to episode 119 of The PE Umbrella Podcast, the only Primary PE podcast in the world, as we talk ALL things Physical Education. In this episode, I am delighted to welcome Gymnastics consultant and PE teacher Nikki Linsdell to the show.  From being a secondary PE head of department to running twilight sessions in gymnastics development, Nikki has years of hands-on experience from which to draw upon and share with you what best practice in primary gy ..read more