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COACHING IS THE ACTIVE AND REPETITIVE DELIVERY OF:
- Prompts (a) that increase successful behavior, and
- Corrections (b) that decrease unsuccessful behavior
- Coaching is done by someone with credibility and experience with the target skill(s)
- Coaching is done on-site, in real time
- Coaching is done after initial training
- Coaching is done repeatedly (e.g. monthly)
- Coaching intensity is adjusted to need
OUTCOMES OF COACHING
- Fluency with trained skills
- Adaptation of trained concepts/skills to local contexts and
challenges
- And new challenges that arise
- Rapid redirection from miss-applications
- Increased fidelity of overall implementation
- Improved sustainability
- Most often due to ability to increase coaching intensity at critical points in time.