Chapter 8

Cross Institutional Peer Coaching

A Case Study

M. King1 and D. Winn2,    1Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, United States,    2Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Abstract

Peer coaching provides a number of benefits to participants, including time management skills and enhancing other professional skills as well as a deeper sense of efficacy for participants. This chapter outlines how to effectively establish a grassroots, cross institutional, peer coaching program as a professional development tool. The authors emphasize the importance of developing trust between the peer coaches, as it is the crucial element of successful peer coaching programs. The authors assert that establishing peer coaching relationships across ...

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