We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching.

For this session, we have requested Adina Petre from Insights, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “High Performance Coaching”

Our students who join the excellence programmes are built in a uniquely different manner than our diverse student body. They have a different way of thinking, of responding to challenges and they respond to a different style of being educated and supported through a coaching process. For coaches and mentors alike, this can occasionally come with an added challenge which is time-consuming and can be frustrating. To make your coaching process smoother, we are organizing this special session. During this workshop, an expert in the field will let you in on all the differences between regular coaching and high-performance coaching and the most adequate techniques to elevate your coaching practice. Having built her own company for the past 14 years as a high-performance coach and having worked with our excellence students for the past 8 years, Adina Petre is the person who will share the tips and tricks of the trade so that you can enjoy the experience of coaching the way your students need it.

When: Thursday 23.01.2025, 15:00-17:00 hrs

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X

We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching.

For this session, we have requested Renee Speijcken from UMIO and Koen Reesink from CARIM, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “Developing your Personal Effectiveness and Authenticity as a Coach: Setting up the coaching container”.

A key factor in establishing an effective coaching relationship is how this relationship is shaped from the very first encounter between coach and coachee.

There are important elements of containment one needs to address before stepping into the coaching process itself. To create a safe and effective container for coaching, what is most important is your awareness in and of that initial process. This is something that we learn best by doing. Therefore, we will take an experiential approach, where we will work with your own direct experience. The training is directed towards:

• Experienced as well as new coaches
• Developing a greater awareness of yourself and what you have to offer
• Improving your competence in setting up the coaching relationship (contracting)
• Accelerated learning by experiencing being in different roles, to build a 360-degree perspective on being effective

When: Wednesday 29.01.2025, 09:30-12:30 hrs.

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X

We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches and Mentors to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching or Mentoring.

For this session, we have requested Ellen Schiffeleers from Barcavela, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “Facilitating Feedback sessions with students”

Feedback is necessary for the growth of your students, so why is it so difficult for them to give and receive feedback? Why do they tend to perceive feedback as sheer criticism. What is the effect of feedback on psychological safety?

In this workshop we’ll look at the effect feedback has on people, we’ll discover the biggest obstacles for giving feedback, and we will work on the best preparation and execution. The aim is to give you tools to facilitate valuable feedback sessions, that foster growth and contribute to a psychological safe learning environment.

When: Thursday 30.01.2025, 09:30-12:30 hrs.

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X

We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches and Mentors to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching or Mentoring.

For this session, we have requested Erica van den Oever, from CAAT, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “The Systemic View in Team Facilitation: the whole is different than the sum of its parts”

As a team facilitator, you may find that it’s sometimes challenging to form a team and guide it towards its desired goal. While the individual intention is there, you know that it could be more effective. In such cases, it’s beneficial to consider the team as a whole, as a system, as a group with its own developmental stages and behaviors.

As a Project Mentor or Coach, you will learn the four basic principles of systemic thinking, how to view a team as an organic entity, and what this means for you and the group’s effectiveness.

When: Tuesday 18.02.2025, 13:30-17:00 hrs.

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X

We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches and Mentors to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching or Mentoring.

For this session, we have requested Anke Smeenk, from FHML, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “Giftedness, shining a light on bright students”

Giftedness is not merely about being an ‘Einstein’ and having an IQ score >130. Among students as well as among teachers confusion exist about giftedness. There is no clear definition, while there are many assumptions about giftedness, like the idea that a student should only achieve high grades and never get stuck at university. In fact, giftedness is not only mental acuity or cognitive ability, but it is a set of characteristics, including also sensitivity, doubt and setting (too) ambitious bars.

Although gifted students mention the same problems as their peer students, an extra layer of complexity is added because of these characteristics and this can influence their personal well-being and academic performance in a negative way.

Understanding of these layers by themselves and by the people in their environment like tutors/teachers/mentors, will support gifted students to develop and use their talents and learn them how to thrive in (academic) life.

After participating in this session, you will:
…have an alternative framework regarding stereotypical thinking about giftedness.
…have insight into the different struggles and associated underlying processes that gifted people may encounter.
…understand which aspects may support gifted students and how you as a mentor/tutor/teacher etc. can be of value in the guidance of these students.

When: Monday 17.03.2025, 09:30-12:30 hrs.

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X

We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches and Mentors to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching or Mentoring.

For this session, we have requested Adina Petre, from Insights, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “Students and the pressure of social media”

For years now the presence of Social Media in our lives has been more and more prevalent, impacting the way we live, interact with one another and conduct our teaching activities. The effects are mostly seen in the lives of our students who are almost in their entirety born in the digital era and are what we call “digital natives”. But what type of impact does this part-time living have on their development, and how can we, as teaching staff better understand them? In this workshop, Clinical Psychologist Adina Petre who has been working with students in her practice for the past 14 years, will shed some light on this topic. With her help, you will gain a better understanding of the issues our students face, and how you are also affected. You will also learn ways in which you can manage the presence of social media in your life, and further deal with and support the students who are impacted by it.

When: Thursday 10.04.2025, 15:00-17:00 hrs.

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X

We kindly invite all PREMIUM Coaches and Mentors to this training where the possibility will be offered to broaden and deepen your knowledge of Coaching or Mentoring.

For this session, we have requested Rena Gatzounis, from FPN, to give a workshop on a current topic, relevant at this stage of your PREMIUM experience.

Topic: “Dealing with uncomfortable behaviour”

From microaggressions like eyerolling when somebody is talking, to flat out discriminatory statements – we may all witness such behaviour when we’re teaching or dealing with student groups. But how do we, as educators, deal with it? In this workshop we will empower each other by exchanging our experiences.

When: Thursday 17.04.2025, 14:00-17:00 hrs.

Where: EDLAB, Tapijn building X