The Group Coaching and Mentoring framework is a professional development design based on the fundamentals of group coaching, metacognition, self regulated learning implemented using the community of practice approach. The design was created by one manager's need to successfully supervise 40 instructors teaching at a fully online, four year academic institution transitioning to a new mission and expectations for its educators. Working in a exclusive virtual learning environment requires a sound platform for collaboration and innovation. Without it, the work culture suffers and alignment with the organization's mission is skewed. The manager realized that developing communities of practice within the faculty cohort would be a structured way in which the core competencies of group coaching could be administered. Employees in a virtual work space could also foster critical thinking and self regulation in order to grow their instructional practice and uphold the organizations new policies on teaching excellence. While the framework was developed under the confines of an educational institution, the design is applicable to all organizations wishing to foster a culture of change.
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As a team of researchers and educators working in different parts of the country, we know first-hand about the challenges of collaborating in virtual work environments. Creativity and knowledge management suffer under the flexibility of being geographically dislocated. Our research focuses on ways to foster organizational change in a group or organization that needs to thrive in a global economy. Through our own challenges, we discovered that the application of the Group Coaching and Mentoring framework can successfully promote organizational influence, break barriers to inclusion, and increase job satisfaction in the 21st Century (Algozzini, Gabay, Voyles, Bessolo & Batchelor, 2017).
Algozzini, L., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., Bessolo, K., & Batchelor, G. (2017). Group coaching and mentoring: A framework for fostering organizational change. Campbell, CA: FastPencil, Inc.
Gabay, V., Algozzini, L., Voyles, S., & Batchelor, G. (2017). Using a virtual community of practice team to coach and mentor faculty to facilitate engaging critical consciousness. Manuscript accepted for publication.
Algozzini, L., Bessolo, K. N., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., Batchelor, G. (2017). Breaking the code: Barriers affecting inclusive thinking. Accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Algozzini, L., Gabay, V. Batchelor, G., Voyles, S., & Bessolo, K. (2017). Using communities of practice to facilitate a coaching and mentoring framework to foster inclusion and diversity within a virtual higher education landscape. Workshop session presented at the 2017 HETL_UWS Scotland Conference- http://www.ctlondemand.com/hetl/
Algozzini, L., Bessolo, K. N., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., & Batchelor, G. (2017) How to move a faculty forward using the community of practice model. Emerging idea session presented at the 2017 OLC Innovate Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Algozzini, L., Bessolo, K. N., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., & Batchelor, G. (2017) Applying a coaching mentoring model to shift organizational constructs. Emerging ideas session presented at the 2017 OLC Innovate Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Algozzini, L., Bessolo, K. N., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., Batchelor, G. (2016). Applying a Group Coaching and Mentoring Framework to Shift Organizational Culture. Intellectbase
Algozzini, L., Gabay, V. Batchelor, G., Voyles, S., & Bessolo, K. (2017). Using communities of practice to facilitate a coaching and mentoring framework to foster inclusion and diversity within a virtual higher education landscape. Workshop session presented at the 2017 HETL_UWS Scotland Conference http://www.ctlondemand.com/hetl/
Algozzini, L., Bessolo, K. N., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., & Batchelor, G. (2017). How to move a faculty forward using the community of practice model. Emerging idea session presented at the 2017 OLC Innovate Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Algozzini, L., Bessolo, K. N., Gabay, V., Voyles, S., & Batchelor, G. (2017). Applying a coaching mentoring model to shift organizational constructs. Emerging ideas session presented at the 2017 OLC Innovate Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Algozzini, L., Voyles, S., Batchelor, G. (2016). Applying a group coaching and mentoring framework to shift organizational culture. Presented at IntellectBase International Consortium Academic Conference, Las Vegas.
Voyles, S. (2016). “Online Learners, Perceptions, and Metacognition in the Adult Classroom”. The 47th Annual College English Association Conference, March 31, 2016. Denver, CO.