Coach–Provider Agreement

Focused Topics Valuing & Building Family Child Care Lesson 4 Apply Coach–Provider Agreement Program Tool	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 28556 Name Certifier Date
Share this agreement with each of the providers you work with. Review each statement and use the extra space provided to add other items or adjust the agreement as needed. Then, sign your names and keep a copy for your records. As a coach, I will... Support your needs and focus on your strengths. Be understanding of individual learning styles. Recognize your professional progress and value all growth. Build your capacity for self-directed learning, self-reflection, and problem-solving. Offer to model discussed practices. Demonstrate flexibility in scheduling time for coaching. Review coursework, provide feedback, and follow through in a timely manner. Ask for and give supportive and constructive feedback. Recognize when your questions or needs are beyond my scope of knowledge and find someone who can help. Communicate whether I am in your home to provide coaching support or monitor compliance. Keep information about providers confidential. See things from others’ perspectives. Respect your home, established rules, beliefs, and ideas. Coach’s signature & date. As a provider, I will... Evaluate my own professional strengths and needs. Gain awareness of strategies that help me learn. Engage in collaborative problem-solving with my coach. Learn new information and skills at all stages of my career. Try new practices, even if they are outside of my comfort zone. Commit to providing high-quality care for all children in my home. Complete coursework and follow through with goals and action steps in a timely manner. Engage in honest self-reflection about my beliefs, knowledge, and practices. Ask for and give objective feedback. Communicate if I don’t understand something or feel a request is unrealistic. Be open to others’ perspectives. Respect my coach’s input and experience. Provider’s signature & date.

Program Tool

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ACTIVITY ID: 28556

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Certifier

Date

Share this agreement with each of the providers you work with. Review each statement and use the extra space provided to add other items or adjust the agreement as needed. Then, sign your names and keep a copy for your records.

As a coach, I will...

Support your needs and focus on your strengths.
Be understanding of individual learning styles.
Recognize your professional progress and value all growth.
Build your capacity for self-directed learning, self-reflection, and problem-solving.
Offer to model discussed practices.
Demonstrate flexibility in scheduling time for coaching.
Review coursework, provide feedback, and follow through in a timely manner.
Ask for and give supportive and constructive feedback.
Recognize when your questions or needs are beyond my scope of knowledge and find someone who can help.
Communicate whether I am in your home to provide coaching support or monitor compliance.
Keep information about providers confidential.
See things from others’ perspectives.
Respect your home, established rules, beliefs, and ideas.

Coach’s signature & date.

As a provider, I will...

Evaluate my own professional strengths and needs.
Gain awareness of strategies that help me learn.
Engage in collaborative problem-solving with my coach.
Learn new information and skills at all stages of my career.
Try new practices, even if they are outside of my comfort zone.
Commit to providing high-quality care for all children in my home.
Complete coursework and follow through with goals and action steps in a timely manner.
Engage in honest self-reflection about my beliefs, knowledge, and practices.
Ask for and give objective feedback.
Communicate if I don’t understand something or feel a request is unrealistic.
Be open to others’ perspectives.
Respect my coach’s input and experience.

Provider’s signature & date.