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Coaching with Equity in Mind
EDU B310P

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Description

***ONLY OFFERED FOR OEL STUDENTS***What are best practices in using coaching as a strategy for capacity-building of individuals? And how can we use this strategy to shift educational institutions to become more equitable? This course invites you to explore how coaching can help individuals lean into their strengths, recognize their biases, and coach with an awareness of the ways in which social identity and dominant culture impact the coaching relationship. As part of our class time, each week you will engage in a coaching practicum where you use a research-based coaching format to work with peers to practice key skills related to coaching with equity in mind. These skills include developing rapport, building trust and psychological safety, actively listening, effectively questioning, working through levels of dialogue and providing actionable feedback.
During this practicum, you will coach a peer on cultivating their chosen equity leadership disposition (https://www.leadershipacademy.org/resources/equity-leadership-dispositions-2/). The beauty of coaching is that you don’t need to be an expert in the area that your coachee chooses; you just need to be able to listen carefully and create a holding environment where they can do their own learning. Through targeted feedback from peers and teaching team members, you will leave this course with improved basic coaching skills. You will also leave with a deeper understanding of how to integrate equity leadership dispositions into your practice.
Please note this is restricted to students in the Ed.M. OEL online master's program.

School Graduate School of Education
Credits 2
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Department Education
Course Component Regular Course
Instruction Mode Online
Subject Education
Grading Basis HGSE Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Course Requirements Must be an online EdM student
Learning Goals N/A
Career Focus <p>This course is designed for leaders at any level who understand that one of their most important responsibilities is developing the capacity of others. HGSE students have taken this course to prepare to work as counselors, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, principals, and system-level leaders or to take similar roles in higher education. Cross-registrants from schools of public health, medicine, law, government, and business also find it valuable to support careers where foundational coaching skills and a strategy for keeping equity in mind are important for both supporting the growth of others and becoming a more equitable leader.</p>