The Impact Cycle

This instructional coaching course is delivered by GCI under our partnership agreement with Instructional Coaching Group (ICG). 

Designed around the key themes of the book - The Impact Cycle: What Instructional Coaches Should Do to Foster Powerful Improvements in Teaching - the aim of this course is to support educators in establishing instructional coaching cycles that lead to improved teaching and student learning.


Applying & Extending
12 Learning Hours
Benefits
  • Understand the complexities of supporting change in instructional practice
  • Understand the principles that underpin productive partnerships with teachers
  • Different approaches to coaching to meet individual needs
  • An improvement cycle to help teachers sustain commitment towards student-centred goals
  • Effective and respectful ways to share instructional expertise and knowledge with teachers
  • Confidence to initiate and lead instructional coaching cycles with teachers
  • A model of instructional leadership
Price

$890 (+ GST)

This price is for an individual registering on an open-enrolment course.


Savings are available for organisations who wish to run this course for an in-house group.

Please email info@growthcoaching.com.au to request a quote or discuss this further.


About The Impact Cycle

Designed around the key themes of the book - The Impact Cycle: What Instructional Coaches Should Do to Foster Powerful Improvements in Teaching - the aim of this course is to support educators in establishing instructional coaching cycles that lead to improved teaching and student learning. The course is for anyone who works alongside teachers to help them develop their practice. The Impact Cycle also provides educational leaders with a model of instructional leadership that enables teacher agency.

Participants will explore the following questions: 

  • What are the Partnership Principles and should I ground my coaching in them? 
  • What should be my approach to coaching? 
  • How do instructional coaches identify goals with teachers? 
  • How should instructional coaches go about explaining and modelling teaching strategies? 
  • How do coaches partner with teachers to make adaptations until goals are met? 


Structure
Learning Design

Research-informed, Practitioner-focused is an important principle that underpins all our work at GCI, and this course is no exception. 

The Impact Cycle instructional coaching course is the culmination of more than two decades of research on instructional coaching, communication and professional development by Dr Jim Knight and colleagues at The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning 


When we are engaged in praxis we are reflecting in action – taking what we are learning and applying it in real-life situations. Our in-person and online courses enable praxis through a ‘coaching approach’ to facilitation combined with a range of thoughtfully designed adult learning experiences including:

  • individual and group reflection activities
  • co-operative learning tasks
  • practice opportunities using real workplace scenarios
  • modelling
  • observation and feedback
  • debrief sessions


The Impact Cycle course is available in a range of delivery patterns:

  • Two full days (in-person)
  • Full days or six 2-hour workshops spread over a number of weeks (in-house groups online only)
Certification

A GCI Certificate is issued to each individual completing this course.

Pricing

$890 (+ GST)

This price is for an individual registering on an open-enrolment course.


Savings are available for organisations who wish to run this course for an in-house group.

Please email info@growthcoaching.com.au to request a quote or discuss this further.


Your fee includes:

  • 2-Day Workshop
  • Complimentary The Impact Cycle book
  • Complimentary The Impact Cycle Reflective Guide book
Register for upcoming The Impact Cycle workshops
Sydney

2 x 1 day workshop

11 Nov 2025 09:00 - 16:30
12 Nov 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Sydney CBD


Day 1: 11 November 2025

Day 2: 12 November 2025


Register Your Interest

If you would like to participate in one of our workshops and none of the scheduled dates are suitable, please complete this expression of interest form and a GCI staff member will be in contact with you to discuss suitable options


2-day workshop

Sydney

2 x 1 day workshop

10 Mar 2025 09:00 - 16:30
11 Mar 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Sydney CBD


Day 1: 10 March 2025

Day 2: 11 March 2025


Melbourne

2 x 1 day workshop

03 Mar 2025 09:00 - 16:30
04 Mar 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Melbourne CBD


Day 1: 03 March 2025

Day 2: 04 March 2025


Hobart

2 x 1 day workshop

28 Jul 2025 09:00 - 16:30
29 Jul 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Hobart CBD


Day 1: 28 July 2025

Day 2: 29 July 2025


Melbourne

2 x 1 day workshop

12 Nov 2024 09:00 - 17:00
13 Nov 2024 09:00 - 17:00


Venue:

Karstens Conference Centre

123 Queen Street

Melbourne VIC 3000


Day 1: 12 November 2024 

Day 2: 13 November 2024 


Brisbane

2 x 1 day workshop

10 Nov 2025 09:00 - 16:30
11 Nov 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Brisbane CBD


Day 1: 10 November 2025

Day 2: 11 November 2025


Melbourne

2 x 1 day workshop

10 Nov 2025 09:00 - 16:30
11 Nov 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Melbourne CBD


Day 1: 10 November 2025

Day 2: 11 November 2025


Adelaide

2 x 1 day workshop

12 May 2025 08:30 - 16:00
13 May 2025 08:30 - 16:00


Venue:

Adelaide Ibis

122 Grenfell St

Adelaide SA 5000


Day 1: 12 May 2025

Day 2: 13 May 2025


Brisbane

2 x 1 day workshop

17 Mar 2025 09:00 - 16:30
18 Mar 2025 09:00 - 16:30


Venue:

Venue details to be confirmed

Brisbane CBD


Day 1: 17 March 2025

Day 2: 18 March 2025


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