Riccardo Midwinter's Tales: The Coach in the Classroom

Since 2004, Martin Richards has been engaged with combining the arts of teaching and coaching, aimed at easing teachers working lives and improving students' results and satisfaction.Martin lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife and three children.The inspirational and instructional examples in this series of three books are written as engaging tales, based on actual situations as experienced by the author, Martin Richards, a teacher and certified professional coach who has worked on assignment for The Swedish National Agency for Education. This book is for teachers who want to teach even better, and for teachers who want to coach even better. It is one of a series of three books which have examples of practical structures and strategies specifically for: self-managing energy, avoiding and recovering from stress-related symptoms; shifting thinking - so that problems, challenges and issues become opportunities for growth; structures for holding supportive conversations with colleagues and students; and strategies for continuously uncovering what else to develop in your teaching.For teachers, the learning covered in this series of three books includes examples of the skills: Story-telling, Asking powerful questions, Interacting with audiences, Enacting short scenes, Connecting inner thoughts (attitudes) and outer effects, Calling forth greatness in a colleague, Elegantly dealing with stressful situations.For Coaches, the learning available in this series of three books includes examples of: 3-stage change process, Learning from failure, Using directness, courage and honesty, Being persistent and authentic, The dangers of working from one's own agenda, Asking open questions, Giving client the control, Stepping in / out, Earning respect by using body language, room layout, Dealing with old experiences and objections, Focusing on goals, before changing strategy, Following the client's body language, Inviting change through metaphors; and Active Listening.