Coaching for Learning Communities , Episode 3

What is the importance of coaching in the education sector, who makes a good coach, and what can a coach do to build a learning community? In this 30-minute podcast episode, the topic is being reflected on by Kaisa Isotalo and Shruti Mushran. Kaisa is a retired school principal from the city of Seinäjöki in Finland. Shruti is a senior manager at Simple Education Foundation (SEF), India. Both have been working on professional development of school leaders and have rich experience of coaching as a tool for the professional development of individual school leaders and teams of educators and educational leaders. The two met each other through the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL), which is an initiative of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, together with 21 Finnish higher education institutions and their partners in India, China, and the African continent. The podcast was produced by University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Education and Psychology.