Parental Leave Coaching

Our Parental Leave coaching packages offer you four different ways to access coaching support whilst on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave.  Choose the option that suits you best as a starting point so that you can enjoy personal and professional development at a time that fits around you and your baby. 

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Did you know...?

  • Coaches believe that all the answers are within you – we give you the time, headspace and empowering questions to find them
  • Coaching is professional development, even if you hardly talk about work! 
  • You can request to use KIT or SPLIT days to cover the costs of our group or 1:1 coaching programmes
  • It is discriminatory for your employer to deny you training or development opportunities whilst you are pregnant or on maternity leave
  • The MTPT Project is the only organisation offering coaching specifically designed for parent-teachers

Parental Leave Group Coaching

Our group coaching programme empowers you to explore your new or changing identity over three monthly sessions.

Perfect for anyone feeling disconnected, lost or in need of some motivation, our Parental Leave Group coaching programme offers you structure, community and a renewed sense of purpose.

In each session, we’ll explore one of three key themes:

  • Changing Identity – who am I now?
  • The Inner Critic – what’s holding me back?
  • Empowering Visions – where next?

Each coaching session is accompanied by an enriching article, podcast, blog or reading recommendation to support your exploration further. 

Cohorts begin in October, December, March and May.

Fully funded for all state school teachers in England.

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Funded Places Available for...

All state school teachers in England

Funding Your Coaching

It is The MTPT Project’s vision that coaching over the parental leave period is fully-funded for teachers and leaders as part of the DfE’s commitment to teacher wellbeing, gender equality and retention. 

We are on our way to achieving this goal thanks to our supporting and sponsoring partners, and we hope that you will be able to benefit from one of these offers.

However, if you don’t qualify for a funded coaching place, talk to your school, MAT or union about the associated costs. 

We also sometimes have pro bono or discounted coaching places available.  Please sign up to our mailing list to hear about these offers.

Parental Leave Coaching

1:1 Parental Leave coaching offers you four hours of uninterrupted time for you and your goals across four 45-60 minute sessions.  Sessions are entirely tailored to you and your agenda, and can explore personal or professional themes.

You’ll be matched with one of our qualified and experienced coaches for four 1:1 sessions, organised at a mutually convenient time.  Sessions take place virtually – on the phone, Zoom, MS Teams or Google Meet. 

You can design your own coaching pathway, using the group coaching offer before or after your 1:1 coaching, and following up with some Return to Work coaching if you so wish.

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Funded Places Available for...

Harris Federation colleagues

NEU Members (on request)

Coaching Tutorials

Introduce yourself to the world of coaching with our four bitesize tutorials where our coaching team guide you through simple and easy-to-apply tools.

Explore:  

  • Forgiveness and (self) Compassion 
  • Clarifying Your Career 
  • Setting Boundaries 
  • Embracing the Inner Critic

We hope that these tutorials give you a flavour of how empowering coaching can be before you take the next step on your journey with our group or 1:1 coaching options.

Pricing

Parental Leave Group Coaching (Live) – £120.00

Parental Leave Group Coaching (Self-Directed) – £90.00

Parental Leave 1:1 Coaching – £450.00