Learning2 Europe 2025

20 - 22 March 2025, Basel, Switzerland

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4-hour PreConference Day

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Description:

Coaches and middle leaders in schools are committed to facilitating and supporting the growth of the educators they serve. Finding time to learn, reflect, and grow as a coach/leader can be challenging, particularly if you are a lone coach/leader in your school or section. In this session, participants will take a deep dive into theories and research that underpin coaching and mentoring, and their relationship to adult learning. They will gain a deeper understanding of the foundations of this trifecta and explore how they connect to everyday coaching and mentoring practices. The participants will engage in protocols designed for reflective thinking and begin to imagine what might be next in their own learning journey. This is an opportunity for coaches and middle leaders to learn together, reflect together, and coach each other to build a stronger future. Better together.

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Session Goals:

• Foundations: You will gain a deeper understanding of the theory and research that underpins adult professional learning, coaching, and mentoring.

• Formative: You will gain insight and clarity around your own practice and your relationships with the educators you support.

• Future: You will identify possibilities for your own growth and development. You will leave with a plan with next steps to follow up on.

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Session Outcomes:

• Participants will collaboratively make sense of theoretical and research ideas that inform coaching and mentoring work.

• Participants will engage in discussion protocols designed to facilitate deeper thinking and reflection.

• Participants will explore and use a range of powerful tools in coaching conversations.

• Participants will outline steps to move forward for themselves and their teams.

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Resources

Here are resources shared with participants during the PreConference: