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Coaching Philosophy & Guidelines
- A coach empowers her students.
Coaching empowers by assuming our students are the experts,
fully capable of achieving their goals, and the coach focuses on supporting them
into action. Consulting typically provides advice and solutions, while
therapy typically focuses on insight and emotional issues. Because
coaching is so different from these approaches, coaches should be clear about
these distinctions, educate clients about them, and make conscious
choices about the nature of the coaching relationship always
considering the
best interests of our students.
- A coach is non-judgmental.
Coaches guide students through processes by
which they are empowered to make the choices that are right for them.
We all have our own opinions, but they are not to be imposed nor
super-imposed upon students. What is positive and productive for one
student may be detrimental for another. One kind of music, method, technique
or style simply doesn't fit all.
- A coach maintains objectivity.
It is necessary to address our students’
skills and knowledge deficits, but coaches do so in supportive, constructive
ways that encourage students to discover and master their unique truth.
We share expertise but in a very different way than in teaching or in other helping
relationships.
- A coach maintains confidentiality.
An ethical coach values being of service above all else,
holds the coaching relationship sacred, and will not violate that
relationship nor allow his or her
personal agenda to interfere.
- A coach facilitates awareness.
We skillfully help our students become aware of the connection
between their attitudes (beliefs, interpretations, etc), choices and
consequences. Coaches promote self-awareness in order to prevent
self-sabotage. We support students to make their own judgments and
decisions about them in consideration of their total vision,
purpose, goals and needs.
- A coach supports accountability.
Coaches help our students take
responsibility for outcomes and achievement, and to be the musician
they wish to be.
- A coach practices what is preached.
We must continually strive to be aware and purposeful in our
music and in our lives. This includes furthering our own learning and
development.
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