From Teacher to Coach

Coaching is a pedagogical philosophy led by the idea of dialogue and learning by doing.TAMK’s Proakatemia has developed and run for over 20 years a highly successful entrepreneurship and business team-learning model, by using innovative coaching techniques. We offer 1–4 weeks programme for modern teachers to join the club of Coaches.

Contents of the programme:

Topic 1– From Teacher to a Coach

• Coaching in practice
• How teaching and coaching differ?
• Opportunities of coaching
• How to approach coaching in day to day work
• Theories by Marcial Losada, Kouzes & Posner, Nonaka & Takeuchi

Topic 2 – Tools of a Coach

• Tools and methods that inspire students
• What is the significance of the team in coach’s point of view?
• What team learning means and what are the benefits of team learning?
• What kind of brainstorming techniques to apply in my job as a coach?
• Theories by William IsaacsIan Cunningham Belbin

Topic 3 – New Ways of Learning

• Coaching instead of teaching
• Reading instead of lectures
• Feedback instead of grades
• Active doing instead of passive listening

Topic 4 – My Coaching Philosophy

• Model of a coaching philosophy - what does it mean?
• How to build your own coaching philosophy
• What to take with you to everyday work
• What changed in day to day work
• What did this journey offer?

We always tailor our programmes to the needs of our customers – please contact us to hear more!