All of Isikkent’s teachers and support staff
have completed several hours of coachspecific training in order to better understand
and support the school’s coaching culture.
approach to teaching; a high
premium on global citizenship;
and a commitment to ethical
speech and behavior, Isikkent
Schools strive to develop young
people into highly motivated,
self-aware and thoughtful
adults passionate about
lifelong learning.
Given the willingness of Isikkent’s
leaders to innovate in service
of student development, it’s no
surprise that the school joined
Turkey’s coaching movement
in its earliest stage, adopting
coaching at a time when ICFapproved training curricula
had not yet been translated
from English into Turkish and
collaborating with the coaches
who led the charge to create the
first Turkish-language coachtraining program.
A Foundation for Success
Isikkent has made a significant
investment of time and
money in coaching with the
full support of leading school
administrators, allocating
24 percent of the school’s
professional development
budget for coach training for
teachers. Since the school
implemented coaching in 2009,
more than 40 teachers have
voluntarily completed an ICF
Accredited Coach Training
Program. All of Isikkent’s
teachers and support staff
have completed several hours
of coach-specific training in
order to better understand and
support the school’s coaching
culture, and coach training is
integrated into Isikkent’s newteacher orientation. Faculty
members are encouraged to
apply their coaching skills to
interactions with students,
parents and colleagues.
Isikkent’s coaching committee,
established by coach-teachers
in the school’s first graduating
coach-training class, helped
develop an infrastructure for the
program. In addition to adapting
the ICF Code of Ethics to form
a cornerstone of the school’s
culture, committee members
revised commonly used coaching
questions to suit different age
groups. The coach-teachers
collaborated with members of
Isikkent’s information technology
department to develop an
electronic coaching log that they
could use to document their
coaching sessions while ensuring
100-percent confidentiality,
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