Ongoing support and one-on-one coaching with school leaders.
Time commitment: 10 hours (approx)
Runs in each of Term 1, 2 and 3 each school year
Support and feedback through a 360-degree feedback process
Volunteer coaches work in the Springboard Coaching for Leadership programme, building an individual principal’s leadership insight, capability and practice – all with the goal of them successfully leading their school to better student outcomes and delivery to their strategic plan.
You could be working with alumni principals, their leadership teams or their middle leaders.
What makes a good coach?
Our coaching volunteers are typically senior or middle leaders in their organisation, with extensive people coaching experience . They may also be emerging leaders, looking to accelerate their development but still have a core capability to coach and development others
Due to the advanced nature of the SCL programme, Coaches should be highly skilled in the usual areas of requirement: coaching, leadership development and planning, accredited or experienced in debriefing 360-degree surveys and analysis, as well as in-depth emotional intelligence.
Time requirements
Coaching volunteers will have to spend at least 10 hours on the HPL programme, over a 90-day period (a single school term).
To find out more about volunteering with Springboard Trust in 2021, please get in touch with our Volunteer Manager Rebecca Brown.
