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Frequently Asked Questions About Peer Coaching Groups (PCGs)
Information on this page assumes that you have read the information at
How
to Start Your Private Peer Coaching Group.
Standard Questions
What is a PCG? What Process Does a PCG Use?
Who Joins a PCG?
What Does “Coaching” Mean in a PCG?
What Do People Get Coached On in a PCGs?
What is the Role of a Group Member?
What is the Role of the Group Facilitator?
How Many People Are in a PCG?
How Many Meetings Do PCGs Have?
How Long Are PCG Meetings?
How Do I Know What Priority to Get Coached On?
How Do I Help/Coach a Group Member in a Meeting?
How Are Meetings Evaluated?
How Do I Know What Actions to Take Between Meetings?
Miscellaneous Questions
How Do Members Communicate Virtually?
What is a PCG? What Process Does a PCG
Use?
Who Joins a PCG?
What Does “Coaching” Mean in
a PCG?
What Do People Get Coached On in a
PCGs?
What is the Role of a Group Member?
What is the Role of the
Group Facilitator?
How Many People Are in a PCG?
How Many Meetings Do PCGs Have?
How Long Are PCG Meetings?
How Do I Know What Priority to Get Coached
On?
Choose whatever priority is most important to you now. You are the expert at
what is most important to you. Do not worry about how small or large the priority
is.
How Do I Help/Coach a Group Member in
a Meeting?
You might ask the member who is getting help during the “Sharing Help”
in the meeting, “What kind of help would be most useful to you now? Advice?
Materials? Questions? Brainstorming?”
How Are Meetings Evaluated?
How Do I Know What Actions to Take Between
Meetings?
The actions that you take (as a result of the help that you get from other
group members) is up to you to select. However, it should be an action that
is realistic to accomplish before the next meeting.
How Do Members Communicate Virtually?
General Resources
About Facilitation
About Meeting
Management
How
to Improve Your Listening Skills
Skills
in Questioning
Numerous
Activities for Learning
Forming Your Own Study Groups
The above agenda for a support group could be slightly modified to form a study
group, as well. During each member’s time in the meeting, he or she can get
help, especially with understanding and applying the content from some source
of expert knowledge about a topic, for example, a lecture from a class, a chapter
from a book, or content from a podcast. Here is more information about forming
study groups.
Five
Tips for an Effective Study Group
How to Form a Study
Group
How
to Form a Successful Study Group: Tips and Strategies.
How
To Create an Effective Study Group
How
to Run a Successful Study Group
Forming Your Own Coaching Group
The above agenda could be modified to form a peer coaching group, as well.
During each member’s time in the meeting, he or she can get help, especially
in the form of thoughtful questions about the member’s perceptions, assumptions
and conclusions.
Ultimate
Guide to Coaching Groups
Effective
Group Coaching 101
Group
Coaching: Benefits and Key Characteristics
All About
Coaching
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