CATDC Coaching Package

VISION

Understanding and supporting educator development has driven CATDC’s work for the past 20 years. As coaches, we foster educator growth through structured, empathetic, and goal-driven conversations. We help educators identify areas for growth, set achievable goals, and provide a partnership to engage with this challenging and transformative work so essential to teaching and learning in independent schools.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

• Lead with empathy
• Embrace curiosity through questioning and listening
• Define and pursue clear and meaningful goals
• Lean into vulnerability and embrace discomfort
• Ensure that diversity, equity, and inclusion are guideposts throughout
• Adhere to the International Coaching Federation’s Code of Ethics

OUR COACHES

• Support clients to define and articulate their own goals and measures of success
• Provide appropriate scaffolding and feedback to work towards client's goals
• Build a safe and structured space based on trust and empathy to foster self-reflection and growth

OUR COACHES BRING

• A deep understanding of California independent schools
• Extensive experience working with independent school educators as a facilitator of adult learning and/or coach
• Knowledge of and experience with the latest research and best practices of teaching and learning
• A demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion principles throughout their work

OUR SESSIONS INCLUDE

• Pre-meeting communication/intake survey for clients to identify needs, challenges, and goals
• Guided process to identify relevant and achievable goals, benchmarks, and reflection
• Post-session communication and follow-up with appreciations, session recap, resources/tools, and next steps
• Additional support and resources provided when appropriate

HOW IT WORKS

CATDC Coaching is a member-only offering. Please go to catdc.org and find your school on our Membership Directory before purchasing. If you have questions about membership, please reach out!

After you sign up, we’ll send you a client intake form where you can indicate your goals and needs, which we'll use to pair you with a coach.

Additional sessions with your coach can be arranged and purchased depending on the availability of your coach. If you know you will want more than four sessions, we encourage you to purchase multiple packages to

AGREEMENTS

CATDC adheres to the International Coaching Federation’s Statement of Privacy and Confidentiality (available here).

We ask clients to give at least 48 hours notice if they cannot make a scheduled session and need to reschedule. Coaching sessions not used by clients within one calendar year of purchase will be forfeited. Coaching sessions may not be transferred to a colleague at any time.

FORMAT

Sessions will be scheduled by the coach and client. The sessions will be held online via Zoom.

CANCELLATION POLICY

For our CATDC Coaching packages, refunds are available up to 14 days before the first session. Please contact us directly or make the request within Eventbrite.