The Coaching Quick Reference Guide

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The five key characteristics of early childhood coaching are: joint planning, observation, action/practice, reflection, and feedback. Use this guide to quickly find definitions at your fingertips as well as the role of the coach and coachee for each of these characteristics.

Joint Planning

Definition

Agreement by the coach and coachee on the actions they will take or the opportunities they will have to practice between coaching visits

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The coach begins every coaching conversation by reviewing the previous joint plan and asking what the coachee did between conversations to implement the plan. The coach ends every coaching conversation with a plan of who is going to do what by when, based on the actions and ideas discussed.

The coachee shares what he or she has tried or accomplished between coaching conversations. The coachee identifies what he or she wants to try or accomplish between coaching conversations and suggests when the next conversation should be scheduled.

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What the coachee does

The coachee observes the coach model a behavior or activity in the context of an

What the coach does

The coach observes the coachee within the context of his or her everyday activities.

Examination of another person's actions or practices that a coachee can use to develop new skills, strategies, or ideas.

Adapted from The Early Childhood Coaching Handbook, Second Edition by Dathan D. Rush, Ed.D., CCC-SLP & M’Lisa L. Shelden PT, Ph.D. ' 2020 Brookes Publishing Co.

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Action/Practice

Definition

Spontaneous or planned events that occur within the context of a real-life situation and that provide the coachee with opportunities to practice, refine, or analyze new or existing skills.

What the coach does

The coach supports the coachee in practicing, refining, and/or analyzing new or existing skills during real-life situations that occur during coaching interactions and between coaching visits.

What the coachee does

The coachee tries new ideas or actions that either were previously discussed and planned with the coach or resulted from a previous coaching conversation.

Reflection

Definition

Analysis of existing strategies that a coachee can use to determine whether the strategies are consistent with evidence-based practices and whether these strategies may need to be implemented without change or modified to obtain the intended outcome(s).

The coach uses reflective questions to assist the coachee in analyzing the current situation, then encourages the coachee to generate alternatives and actions for continually improving his or her knowledge and skills, thereby achieving the desired outcomes.

What the coachee does

The coachee determines what worked or did not work and why it did or did not during the observation and/or action, as well as generates ideas for next steps.

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