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Coaching for Connection, Certainty, and Autonomy

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This course empowers participants with strategies to establish psychological safety, enabling risk-taking, open communication, and idea-sharing. By course end, participants will have a solid understanding of David Rock's SCARF model and be able to apply its principles to help themselves and others cope, gain control, and exercise resilience. Participants will leave with a toolbox of strategies for increasing engagement, building connections, and fostering more effective communication and collaboration.

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Coaching for Connection, Certainty, and Autonomy

Instructed By

Dr. Kim Richardson

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What's included?

5 Contact hours
Unlimited access to video lessons
Digital course workbook
Access to the Radical Learners community space
Multiple print-ready resources

Course Outcomes

Participants will leave understanding how the human brain responds to social interactions. They will gain strategies of managing their own behavior and interactions with others that will create more effective connections and supportive environments for coaching and collaboration.

Dr. Kim Richardson

Dr. Kim is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the chief strategic consultant for Keep Rising, and is currently the Induction and Development Director and Cultural Competence Leader for Hampton City Schools in Virginia. Additionally, she serves as president-elect for the Virginia Learning Forward Board of Directors and is a member of the VASCD Conference Committee.In her current role, she coordinates and delivers professional learning on instruction, coaching, and leadership for school and division-level staff. She loves to bring to life her findings on leadership, identity, and development from her dissertation: leaders, especially coaches, are recruited and developed! In her prior role as Title I Instructional Coordinator, Dr. Kim created the district’s instructional coaching program and was featured in Jim Knight’s book Focus on Teachers. Prior, she served as elementary school principal, technology curriculum instructional specialist, and elementary classroom teacher. Dr. Kim loves spending time with her three sons and her husband as well as teaching Zumba® fitness classes and dancing all of her cares away!

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Coaching for Connection, Certainty, and Autonomy

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Course Description

Instructed By

Dr. Kim Richardson

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Course Outcomes

What's included?

5 Contact hours
Unlimited access to video lessons
Digital course workbook
Access to the Radical Learners community space
Multiple print-ready resources

Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction

Dr. Kim Richardson

Course Introduction

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Part 2: Power and Influence in the Social Organization

Leadership

Types of Power

Tool: Power Map

Practical Application

Reflection

Lesson 1: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 3: David Rock's SCARF Model

Pref-Reflection

The Brain

SCARF Model

Tool: Wrap 'em with a SCARF

Practical Application

Ending Certainty and Autonomy

Post-Reflection

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 2: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 4: Lack of Autonomy and Helping Others Gain Control

Review Autonomy

Optimism

Three P's

Closing

Tool: The 3 P's

Practical Application

Watch a Coaching Conversation with Dr. Kim Richardson

Reflection

Lesson 3: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 5: Lack of Autonomy Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances

Autonomy

Uncontrollable Circumstances

Closing Thoughts

Tool: Traffic Light

Practical Application

Watch a Coaching Conversation with Dr. Kim Richardson

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 4: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 6: Dealing with Uncertainty Helping Others Cope

Certainty and the Brain

VUCA

Helping Others Cope

Rigid vs. Flexible

Self-Resilient

Supporting Others: Predictability

Closing

Tool: SWOT Analysis

Practical Application

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 5: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 7: Uncertainty & Unpacking Resilience

Uncertainty

Resilience

Closing

Tool: 4S Resilience Pillars

Practical Application

Watch a Coaching Conversation with Dr. Kim Richardson

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 6: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 8: Social Emotional Learning

All About SEL

Need for SEL

Reflection

Lesson 7: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 9: Coaching Confidentiality and Contracts

Coaching Confidentiality

Contracts: What IC Should Do

Tool: Coaching Contract

Practical Application

Reflection

Lesson 8: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction

Dr. Kim Richardson

Course Introduction

‍

Part 2: Power and Influence in the Social Organization

Leadership

Types of Power

Tool: Power Map

Practical Application

Reflection

Lesson 1: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

‍

Part 3: David Rock's SCARF Model

Pref-Reflection

The Brain

SCARF Model

Tool: Wrap 'em with a SCARF

Practical Application

Ending Certainty and Autonomy

Post-Reflection

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 2: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 4: Lack of Autonomy and Helping Others Gain Control

Review Autonomy

Optimism

Three P's

Closing

Tool: The 3 P's

Practical Application

Watch a Coaching Conversation with Dr. Kim Richardson

Reflection

Lesson 3: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 5: Lack of Autonomy Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances

Autonomy

Uncontrollable Circumstances

Closing Thoughts

Tool: Traffic Light

Practical Application

Watch a Coaching Conversation with Dr. Kim Richardson

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 4: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 6: Dealing with Uncertainty Helping Others Cope

Certainty and the Brain

VUCA

Helping Others Cope

Rigid vs. Flexible

Self-Resilient

Supporting Others: Predictability

Closing

Tool: SWOT Analysis

Practical Application

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 5: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 7: Uncertainty & Unpacking Resilience

Uncertainty

Resilience

Closing

Tool: 4S Resilience Pillars

Practical Application

Watch a Coaching Conversation with Dr. Kim Richardson

Reflection #1

Reflection #2

Lesson 6: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 8: Social Emotional Learning

All About SEL

Need for SEL

Reflection

Lesson 7: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Part 9: Coaching Confidentiality and Contracts

Coaching Confidentiality

Contracts: What IC Should Do

Tool: Coaching Contract

Practical Application

Reflection

Lesson 8: Quiz

Extend Your Learning

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Coaching for Connection, Certainty, and Autonomy

Coaching for Connection, Certainty, and Autonomy

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Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Power and Influence in the Social Organization

Part 3: David Rock's SCARF Model

Part 4: Lack of Autonomy and Helping Others Gain Control

Part 5: Lack of Autonomy Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances

Part 6: Dealing with Uncertainty Helping Others Cope

Part 7: Uncertainty & Unpacking Resilience

Part 8: Social Emotional Learning

Part 9: Coaching Confidentiality and Contracts

Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Power and Influence in the Social Organization

Part 3: David Rock's SCARF Model

Part 4: Lack of Autonomy and Helping Others Gain Control

Part 5: Lack of Autonomy Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances

Part 6: Dealing with Uncertainty Helping Others Cope

Part 7: Uncertainty & Unpacking Resilience

Part 8: Social Emotional Learning

Part 9: Coaching Confidentiality and Contracts

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Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Power and Influence in the Social Organization

Part 3: David Rock's SCARF Model

Part 4: Lack of Autonomy and Helping Others Gain Control

Part 5: Lack of Autonomy Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances

Part 6: Dealing with Uncertainty Helping Others Cope

Part 7: Uncertainty & Unpacking Resilience

Part 8: Social Emotional Learning

Part 9: Coaching Confidentiality and Contracts

Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Power and Influence in the Social Organization

Part 3: David Rock's SCARF Model

Part 4: Lack of Autonomy and Helping Others Gain Control

Part 5: Lack of Autonomy Dealing with Uncontrollable Circumstances

Part 6: Dealing with Uncertainty Helping Others Cope

Part 7: Uncertainty & Unpacking Resilience

Part 8: Social Emotional Learning

Part 9: Coaching Confidentiality and Contracts

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