1. Learning
Coach
Support
What is Learning Coaching?
It can be the role of a person, or a function carried
out by a team, providing significant support to
learners to:
Help them develop learning skills
Make best use of and develop their learning styles
Maximise their development in a variety of areas
of intelligence, including emotional intelligence
Learning Coach support will also help them to
identify goals and plan an appropriate individual
learning pathway which takes account of skills,
attributes and experience
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2. Learning
Pathways 14-
19 Guidance
II 2006
Learning
Coaching
 Work as part of team in learning
setting under learning professional to
ensure consistency and continuity
 Regular support to value learning,
encourage learner and overcome any
barriers to learning
 Can work with young person to
identify appropriate personal support
 Can refer to personal support
professional with young person’s
consent
 Keeps record of Learning Pathways
and updates for lead learning settings
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3. Learning
Pathways 14-
19 Guidance
II 2006
Learning
Coach
Entitlement
Each learner should be entitled to assistance in
developing a Learning Pathway through:
• access to specific learning coach support,
either as an individual or as one
of a small group;
• access to drop-in learning coach support;
• opportunities for formal referral for those who
have need for extra support;
• access to other support initiatives, available
through personal support, Careers Wales and
other innovative routes involving new
technology.
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4. Why might
a young
person be
referred to
a Learning
Coach?
 Absenteeism / prolonged absence
due to illness
 Lack of organisation
 Lack of motivation
 Behavioral problems
 Relationships – peers, family,
teachers, etc.
 Self-esteem
 Undiagnosed learning difficulties
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5. Proposals for
a Learning
and Skills
Measure
2008
All 14-19 year olds are required to
have access to learning coach
support to assist them in:
 developing their learning skills;
 making better use of, and
developing, their own learning
styles,
 maximising their own
development in a variety of areas
of intelligence including emotional
intelligence.
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6. Learning
and Skills
Measure
 This statutory guidance aims to
provide details about how the
Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure
2009 will work in practice to benefit
14-19 young people, the economy
and communities in Wales
 The Measure secures the creation of
local curricula that will contain a wide
range of courses and opportunities
which learners aged 14-19 in Wales
will have right to elect from
 The Measure also sets out the
entitlement of learners to follow their
elected course of study
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7. 7
Learning
& Skills
Measure
2009
Guidance Document February 2011
 Governing bodies should make available
learning coaching to guide, coach and
mentor young people to plan their
individual learning pathway, make
informed decisions, identify goals and
become independent learners
 Learning coaching is a function which
can be provided by an individual or by a
team and can be delivered to individuals
or groups - depending on the needs of
the young person/people.
Guidance document No: 047/2011
Date of issue: February 2011