The Full Story
ABOUT
Our path to coaching was a wiggly one - but those are the best.
It started with our sister company, The Educational Consultant with diverse and interesting projects led us to impactful work with professionals in a 1:1 capacity.
Here, a passion for coaching had been ignited.
EARLY DAYS
Let's make no bones about it - starting a new business is tough and starting during a pandemic is tougher.
While being an entrepreneur sounds glamorous the reality was that this pictured caravan was our very first office.
What lockdown did allow us to utilise, was a change in working practices and harness new tech for professional development - Enter.... ZOOM! ​
2021
Learning was the name of the game.​ How to coach, how to be coached and how it could be used in schools.
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Julie, our founder enrolled on a coaching course which would provide the foundation of everything we do today. This certification and accreditation as a performance coach gave us the confidence to introduce the concept to of coaching to schools.
2022 AND BEYOND
The Educational Coach was officially formed and our team of associate coaches brought together.
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Our work and impact spread across schools in the UK, Europe and the Middle East through our Every Conversation programme. The number of schools and educators continues to grow, as does our team with a school partnership lead and an in-house researcher enrolled.
2024 sees the growth of our team, opening of our office in Dubai, the launch of our ACCT programme.
OUR FOUNDER
Driven by her wealth of experience and coaching accreditation, Julie Keyes established The Educational Coach in 2021. She meticulously handpicked a team of exceptional coaches and educators, and introduced The HELP Method, a transformative model she personally designed and implemented in schools worldwide.
Pipped as a 'Woman to Watch' in Education, Julie is a member of The International Coaching Federation (ICF), a fellow member of The Association for Coaching, a DiversEd coach, part of the 'Ladies Who LaunchED' group and an associate consultant for IAPS and Evaluate-Ed.
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She is a regular keynote and conference speaker.
OUR TEAM
True to our name - all our coaches have deep experience in education - this is a really important part of what we stand for.
Teaching is like no other profession and understanding what works in the school context can only come from having worked within it.
That does not mean we are blinkered - we also have an in- house researcher who ensures that we are outwards and incorporating the best of what has been learnt in other industries so that we can use that within education.
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All our coaches are qualified, certified and accredited.
They are passionate about coaching and about supporting teachers.