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Coaching for Effective Leadership (for Secondary School & JC/MI Senior/Lead/Master Teachers)

This 3-day course is conducted by an ICF-certified professional coach with school leadership experience. The course distinguishes coaching from other approaches to professional development in schools (for example, mentoring and on-the job-training).

Coaching is a powerful approach for self-awareness that leads to shift of mindsets and a transformed personal and professional life. This course provides step-by-step guidance to coaching others while undertaking your primary educators’ role as middle leaders and school leaders. On-site coaching demonstrations and practices during the course will enhance confidence and competencies in this alternative way of opening up new perspectives and possibilities. Participants will also be actively working on a Coaching Plan for authentic application in schools.

Topics:

  • Distinguish Coaching from other approaches to professional development
  • Definition of Coaching
  • Coaching competencies
  • Coaching frameworks
  • Demonstration of coaching
  • Practice in Coaching
  • Debrief of Practices
  • Somatics and Powerful Questions
  • Designing a Coaching Plan

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Distinguish Coaching from other forms of professional development for teachers
  • Understand the key competencies of coaching
  • Observe a coaching demonstration and discuss observed coaching competencies
  • Practice coaching competencies
  • Design a Coaching Plan for authentic application in school

Target Audience: For Secondary School & JC/MI Senior/Lead/Master Teachers

About the Presenter: 

Dr Zoe Boon

Dr. Zoe Boon has served in MOE for more than three decades in diverse school settings. Prior to her first appointment as Principal of a primary school from 1998 to 2001, Dr. Boon completed her Diploma in Education Administration and was awarded the Ruth Wong and the Singapore Educational Administration Society Book Prizes. She received her PhD based on her dissertation “The Making of School Principals in Singapore” in 2005 and was then appointed as Principal of a secondary school from 2005 to 2010. As a Senior Lecturer at the National Institute of Education (Nanyang Technological University), she contributed towards the training of pre-service teachers, middle managers and school leaders. In addition to training, she also provides consultancy, and presents at local and international conferences and seminars.  She has written several research papers and book chapters related to principalship, coaching, mentoring, learning organisation, and teachers' training. Her book “Singapore School Principals: Leadership Stories” was published in 2018. Dr Zoe Boon was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Commendation Award in 2022. In addition, she is also an ICF-certified professional coach.

Registration Details

Course Code: ZB041118S

Topic: Coaching for Effective Leadership (for Secondary School & JC/MI Senior/Lead/Master Teachers)

Presenter(s): Dr Zoe Boon

Date(s): 4, 11 and 18 November 2025 (3-day workshop)

Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Venue: Orchard Hotel

Closing Date: 6 June 2025 Friday

Workshop Fee: S$900.00 per participant and fee is subject to GST.

Please get in touch with Joseph Loy by email at joseph@pai.sg or tel: 6363 0330 if you require further information.