More targets, increasingly demanding curriculum, greater numbers of children with special needs, behaviour difficulties in the classroom, bigger classroom numbers, endless paperwork - these are all part of the everyday duties of a modern day teacher.

Over the years I have seen so many wonderful dedicated teachers and other professionals become burnt out as the demands on them increase and the time to recuperate becomes less. I believe that maintaining our own wellbeing is vital in order to deliver a good service to others and offer support in 2 main ways:  

1.  Providing practical knowledge and advice for managing kids with specific learning or challenging needs/behaviour in the classroom (including delivering treatment programmes). (See section on Young People for more details).

2. Coaching support to staff -  maintaining emotional wellbeing,  encouraging healthy working relationships, keeping up morale and preventing burn out.

Benefits of coaching in organisations:

• Maximisation of people's skills and resources 
• Improved working relationships and effective team building
• Improved performance and productivity
• Increased confidence and job satisfaction
• increased morale
• Less likelihood of disaffected staff and absenteeism
• Increased willingness and adaptability to changes 
• Development of a culture of self responsibility and self assessment
• More time for the manager as staff take on more self responsibility

Following an initial exploratory meeting, I will create a programme tailored to your specific needs which may include one to one or group sessions, workshops and programmes for children and coaching and training sessions for staff.

 

Contact: mail@lesleystopford.com or call 020 8291 9689 to discuss your needs and find out how I can help support you and your team