Educators: this initiative provides you with the opportunity to boost your personal and professional development within Education
C4E works with:
C4E works with:
- Principals and Headteachers who are committed to the long-term and continuous care and development of their teaching staff
- Experienced teachers who seek to take a moment to reflect and review what’s been working and what’s not been working; to regain clarity of purpose; and to renew their energy and enthusiasm for the teaching profession
- Newly-qualified teachers who are looking for the most effective ways to learn from their ongoing teaching experiences.
Request four hours of professional coaching support for free
What Educators are saying about being coached
Everyone needs a coach to ask those important and difficult questions. This has been extremely helpful to me in my effort to find my value base and priorities.
Highly recommended!
John Steinberg, retired School Principal
Highly recommended!
John Steinberg, retired School Principal
It was good to think aloud about my work situation.
The best part was getting a direction to think about and try out in between coaching sessions.
I can absolutely recommend this coaching.
Anne-Maj Olsson, Teacher
The best part was getting a direction to think about and try out in between coaching sessions.
I can absolutely recommend this coaching.
Anne-Maj Olsson, Teacher
Setting aside an hour a month has helped me to find the dynamic balance between my professional and private lives, working in a challenging, bilingual, pre-school environment.
Kara Fairchild, "Havet" Preschool Director
Kara Fairchild, "Havet" Preschool Director
We are experts - but not educators
Some people say "If you want to coach educators, the coaches must be expert educators too."
We say "Noooo. That’s mentoring! We coach. We are experts in coaching. We sit at the back of the tandem bicycle and support you on your journey. You decide where to go. You do the steering. We give a little push when it gets tough. Together, it’s a lot easier and much more fun."
Some people say "If you want to coach educators, the coaches must be expert educators too."
We say "Noooo. That’s mentoring! We coach. We are experts in coaching. We sit at the back of the tandem bicycle and support you on your journey. You decide where to go. You do the steering. We give a little push when it gets tough. Together, it’s a lot easier and much more fun."
What an English teacher, Ng Xuandy, said about being coached
I never knew how powerful I was until I was coached. The coaching sessions gave me a safe space to explore my inner thoughts and ideas that I've never had the chance to really think about deeply.
I was surprised by how everything is connected, from my heart's desire to my daily habits.
I think the best part about coaching is that it makes me feel really strong, like there's nothing that can stop me if I set my mind to it.
I am so lucky to have found C4E. Being coached by Vittoria, my wonderful, wonderful coach, was a magical experience. She is very wise, resourceful, professional and kind. I am very grateful to Vittoria for leading me to readjust my core values and made a huge leap in my teaching.
I would highly recommend C4E to all the amazing educators out there!
I was surprised by how everything is connected, from my heart's desire to my daily habits.
I think the best part about coaching is that it makes me feel really strong, like there's nothing that can stop me if I set my mind to it.
I am so lucky to have found C4E. Being coached by Vittoria, my wonderful, wonderful coach, was a magical experience. She is very wise, resourceful, professional and kind. I am very grateful to Vittoria for leading me to readjust my core values and made a huge leap in my teaching.
I would highly recommend C4E to all the amazing educators out there!
Maria Iervolino, A Teacher of English Language at Secondary School commented
I concluded yesterday my last coaching session with Susanne. It was an incredible experience I wish I could have had before.
Susanne can resuscitate people ‘s spirits and wake up self awareness and nurture your self esteem.
During the first coaching hours I realized I had built for decades my own personal prison , a place/ cage of comfort and false serenity which Susanne has the capacity to sense and put into discussion with a simple question , a single word or even a moment of silence , silence that talked more than thousand words.
I felt bad , really physically bad sometimes , while talking to her , I felt like having had a dynamite into my stomach ready to explode , a profound feeling of discomfort and fear that could have overwhelmed men if not well guided by her courage and sensitivity.
Thanks for this unique opportunity , can’t find the words to thank you enough.
I concluded yesterday my last coaching session with Susanne. It was an incredible experience I wish I could have had before.
Susanne can resuscitate people ‘s spirits and wake up self awareness and nurture your self esteem.
During the first coaching hours I realized I had built for decades my own personal prison , a place/ cage of comfort and false serenity which Susanne has the capacity to sense and put into discussion with a simple question , a single word or even a moment of silence , silence that talked more than thousand words.
I felt bad , really physically bad sometimes , while talking to her , I felt like having had a dynamite into my stomach ready to explode , a profound feeling of discomfort and fear that could have overwhelmed men if not well guided by her courage and sensitivity.
Thanks for this unique opportunity , can’t find the words to thank you enough.
What a University Social Studies Teacher say about being coached
The coaching sessions with Catelijne have been very empowering and enriching. It has helped me to find different meanings and acquire greater understanding in whatever I am experiencing as an educator as well as a person as a whole.
Coaching is really a collaborative that allows one to deeply inquire and gain greater self-awareness and confidence in carrying out the path as an educator and facilitator of learning. It allows me to take a deeper look within myself, and reassess myself as a whole person as well as the academic that I have identified myself strongly with.
The C4E coaching sessions with Catelijne Coopmans have been an awesome journey of collaborative discovery! One that you have helped me to explore deeply and meaningfully through your interactions.
Through Catelijne's skilful ways of responding and guiding by questioning, she has kept me and continues to keep me exploring inside and outside. Her questioning has helped me to see how these interact to make me feel what and how I am feeling and experiencing. Catelijne has been incredibly helpful in facilitating the journey of exploration and self-discovery. I am deeply grateful for the space that Catelijne has always helped me with and has helped me to hold throughout our coaching sessions. A space that is safe and conducive for self-inquiry. Our interactions have been immensely enriching, and never fails to confer a great sense of freedom. It is liberating yet exciting as one learned there can be so much space for exploration and some much more yet to be discovered inside and outside.
This journey of inquiry and discovery continues within and I am mindful that there can be so many possibilities and learning yet to be uncovered in every individual confers immense openness, strength, and freedom!
At the same time, it is humbling and powerful as I reinforce my will as an educator, as a facilitator of learning. I believe and am closely aware of every one's innate potential can be deeply profound and unlimited.
Sincere thanks for all the time, patience and kind understanding. I am deeply grateful for all the coaching sessions.
Coaching is really a collaborative that allows one to deeply inquire and gain greater self-awareness and confidence in carrying out the path as an educator and facilitator of learning. It allows me to take a deeper look within myself, and reassess myself as a whole person as well as the academic that I have identified myself strongly with.
The C4E coaching sessions with Catelijne Coopmans have been an awesome journey of collaborative discovery! One that you have helped me to explore deeply and meaningfully through your interactions.
Through Catelijne's skilful ways of responding and guiding by questioning, she has kept me and continues to keep me exploring inside and outside. Her questioning has helped me to see how these interact to make me feel what and how I am feeling and experiencing. Catelijne has been incredibly helpful in facilitating the journey of exploration and self-discovery. I am deeply grateful for the space that Catelijne has always helped me with and has helped me to hold throughout our coaching sessions. A space that is safe and conducive for self-inquiry. Our interactions have been immensely enriching, and never fails to confer a great sense of freedom. It is liberating yet exciting as one learned there can be so much space for exploration and some much more yet to be discovered inside and outside.
This journey of inquiry and discovery continues within and I am mindful that there can be so many possibilities and learning yet to be uncovered in every individual confers immense openness, strength, and freedom!
At the same time, it is humbling and powerful as I reinforce my will as an educator, as a facilitator of learning. I believe and am closely aware of every one's innate potential can be deeply profound and unlimited.
Sincere thanks for all the time, patience and kind understanding. I am deeply grateful for all the coaching sessions.
About being coached
- Being coached is easy and fun
- This is your life, your mission and your work. You will not be given advice about working in education. You will define your own path through your life and work
- You will experience how a coaching approach can support you as an educator
- You are the expert of your work and life. The coach is not an expert in educational matters
- Your coach is not a teacher nor a therapist, nor a counsellor
- You will not be formally taught how to use a coaching approach, however, your experience of it will improve your work as an educator in some way
- The coach does not decide what you will talk about, you do!
- You will decide what homework to do between the coaching sessions, and design it together with your coach
- The coach will not give you a written test to discover the coaching you need. You will however, complete a self-reflection questionnaire about the coaching that you want
- You decide what your goals are, perhaps with some help from your coach
- The market value of the coaching is 400 euro for all four sessions. It is offerered to you for free. However, you should commit to attending all four sessions
- When being coached, you should be in a calm and quiet place, and have full attention on yourself. You cannot be coached whilst travelling or driving your car for example.
Said by educators, about being coached:
- I enjoyed this coaching journey with an open mind and heart. I can't wait to get back to school again
- This was the most inspiring and interesting discovery of my life so far!
- The most enriching thing I have ever done for myself in my teaching career
- I have personally learned a lot about myself and my potential and capabilities as a leader in the classroom
- Deep down, I knew this would be worth it.
- I am feeling more empowered at work now
- Go for it! Feed your curiosity!
- I now truly appreciate the power of silence
- We all need a vision of who we can become