A common concern of parents who send their children to coaching schools is the school’s failure to recognise the talent of their child.

The advantage of coaching

This perhaps goes to the purpose for which schools were established, firstly, to teach and secondly, to grade. It is not Master Coaching’s role to teach children. We see our role as to inspire children to achieve at a level far beyond what they thought was possible. Schools are guided by a syllabus and obstructed by an incredible burden of red tape. Master Coaching is guided by our philosophy and belief that every child has unlimited powers to achieve.

Schools are armed with a syllabus and the support of the hierarchy in the school. However, they are stifled by the complicated jargon and totally unnecessary red tape that is endemic in the Department of Education (DoE). This unnecessary red tape makes teaching far more difficult than is necessary. If you doubt this claim spend some time on the DoE’s website and you will be convinced.

Consider the DoE’s own example on a teaching strategy for primary problem solving (recommended time 20 minutes).

The student is told that the answer to the problem is one and a half. Design problems that could lead to this answer. The teachers’ mandatory written evaluation of this exercise must include references to outcome codes such as MA3-2WM, MA3-3WM, MA3-7NA, MA3-8NA. A time wasting obligation that exists solely to dis-empower teachers. All at a time when Australia’s world wide ranking of educational standards continues to spiral downwards. (See PISA website).

All children can be succeed at school

All children can be succeed at school if they receive the right inspiration praise and encouragement, which is the advantage of coaching. Unfortunately, children that need praise the most, the unsuccessful students, rarely receive it. Schools praise on outcomes, perpetuating a cycle whereby the top students share the praise. At Master Coaching we praise on effort, and every student gives his or her best effort.

All children love to learn, especially your child. Next week we share a story of one student.

See: The Weekender ( Page 57 )