Coaching & Mentoring Pathway

List of 8 items.

• Pathway Leader Information

  Pathway Leader
  
  Ginger Cobb
  gcobb@saes.org

• Pathway Statement

  The Coaching and Mentoring pathway aims to develop participants into skilled coaches and mentors who can positively impact students' and colleagues' professional growth and contribute to a culture of learning and belonging. The outcomes encompass enhanced coaching and mentoring skills, empathy, listening, communication, and personal and institutional organizational benefits.

• Level One Requirements

  Many tasks/elements of each level will require some form of evidence or another. When drafting your evidence of completion, please be succinct and focus on your experience as it relates to the pathway objectives.
  
  Read the following three articles. Write a summary of your thoughts in response to each article and submit as evidence of completion.

  To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself (hbr.org)

  What Self-Awareness Really Is (and How to Cultivate It) (hbr.org) 

  Article from the Harvard Business Review

  
  Complete the Teaching All Kinds of Minds (TAKOM) Training

   

  Complete Iain Henderson’s Intro to Coaching Workshop

   

  Complete a Level 1 DEB workshop

   

  Read one of the following books: “Stealth Coaching” by Rob Kramer, “The Advice Trap” by Michael Bungay Stanier or “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown and submit evidence of completion (summary write-up, video presentation, etc).

   

  Demonstrate evidence of knowledge of Level 1 of this pathway. Evidence may include short essay, presentation, or visual representation of your learning.
  
  

  Other

• Level Two Requirements

  Many tasks/elements of each level will require some form of evidence or another. When drafting your evidence of completion, please be succinct and focus on your experience as it relates to the pathway objectives.
  
  Join a School Coaching & Mentoring Seminar.

  Upon completion of the New Employee Orientation and Level 1 of a pathway, we encourage you to join a pathway seminar. (A seminar experience is required to complete the pathway and may be joined in either Level 2 or Level 3.)

   

  Lead a School-Sponsored Initiative, such as Department Head. Document your experience and submit as evidence of completion.

   

  Complete Iain Henderson’s Advanced Coaching Course

   

  Attend the Stanley King Institute

   

  Begin or continue a Mentoring Relationship with a designated Employee. Document your experience and submit as evidence of completion.

   

  Demonstrate evidence of practical application of skills learned in Level 2 of this pathway. Evidence may include short essay, presentation, or visual representation of your learning.

   

  Other

• Level Three Requirements

  Many tasks/elements of each level will require some form of evidence or another. When drafting your evidence of completion, please be succinct and focus on your experience as it relates to the pathway objectives.
  
  Join a Coaching & Mentoring Seminar.

  Upon completion of the New Employee Orientation and Level 1 of a pathway, we encourage you to join a pathway seminar. (A seminar experience is required to complete the pathway and may be joined in either Level 2 or Level 3.)

   

  Teach/Mentor an introductory leadership cohort. Document your experience and submit as evidence of completion.

   

  Serve as a St. Andrew’s Coach & Mentor. Document your experience and submit as evidence of completion.

   

  Demonstrate evidence of leadership accomplished in Level 3 of this pathway. Evidence may include short essay, presentation, or visual representation of your learning.

   

  Other

• Coaching & Mentoring Pathway Worksheet

  If you prefer to keep a written copy of your progress on this pathway, please download and print the pathway worksheet.

• Pathway Seminar Requirements

  Pathway Seminar Guidelines
  
  

  The Pathway Seminar provides employees with a collaborative and immersive experience to deepen their understanding and application of the Pathway’s principle practices. 
  
  

  Upon completing the New Employee Orientation and Level 1 of a pathway, we encourage you to join a pathway seminar. A seminar experience is required to complete the pathway and may be joined in either Level 2 or Level 3.

   

  Pathway Seminar Requirements:

  • Pathway completion of level 1.
  • Attend an interest meeting.
  • Participate in five, thirty minute Seminar sessions during the 24-25 Professional Development Half Days.
  • Engagement should follow our St. Andrew’s Community Norms for Discourse.
  • Participants must complete all requirements within each Pathway level to receive a certificate.
  • Upon verification of completion of all three levels of the  pathway, participants will receive a badge. 
  • Participants & Pathway Leaders will track their engagement and completion on the ABSORB platform. Participants will work toward a measurable outcome to complete each level on the pathway.
  • Participants are invited to  upload certificates of completion to their Folio profile.

• Instructions for Submitting Evidence of Completion

  1. Each task within each of the levels of requirement needs proof of completion to be confirmed. This could be a workshop certificate, a receipt of workshop registration, a written document of your experience, or another file you are able to submit to confirm that the requirement has been completed.
  
  2. Click the requirement within the "course tasks" menu. 
  
  3. Submit your proof of completion. (*See note below about submitting evidence of completion for workshops/seminars attended prior to this school year.)
  
  4. The pathway leader will be notified when you submit your proof of completion and will be able to approve your submission.
  
  
  *If you do not have proof of completion (workshop certificate, etc) for a workshop you attended from 2019-2024, please fill out this form to use as your evidence of completion. Workshops completed prior to 2019 will be reviewed for consideration.