Emily is a secondary school teacher in Yorkshire and when we met a few months ago she was really grappling with whether to stay in the profession. She was exhausted from the workload, the children and the families and was wondering if this was the right job for her.

As many of you know, I also started my career in teaching and have recently returned to education to coach teachers.  In this episode you'll listen to a coaching session between me and Emily where we explore what she wants out of a job and whether she can really be her authentic self in the classroom. I'm really grateful to Emily for allowing listeners a chance to listen to this conversation.

For some context this was the first time we'd had a coaching session together, but we had had two conversations beforehand.

The coaching style I use is mainly based on the Co-Active Model and the coaching session is unedited apart from a few pauses that we have shortened for brevity. 

If you're a teacher who is struggling with whether to stay in the classroom and you'd like some support, or a school who wants to explore coaching do reach out at [email protected]

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Editor - Johnny Hall / Music - Sarah Weiler / Artwork - Tom Pauling

This was recorded in March 2023

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