Our Prologue Programmes
MSB’s Prologue is a learning experience that introduces the themes within Story, our accredited coaching programme. Participants learn to be more coach-like and as a result, improve the quality of professional dialogue and relationships across a school culture.
Prologue: Leading Teams dives into team dynamics. Participants learn the power of creating team belonging, identifying limiting stories and establishing conscious team agreements to reduce unnecessary drama.
In both programmes, the learning is designed through the lenses of Being, Thinking and Doing.
Our learning space is deeply experiential, allowing participants to practice, gain feedback and raise their own self-awareness.
Prologue supports participants to:
- Become more coach-link in their leadership
- Deepend self-awareness and re-set leadership values
- Integrate coaching into existing professional dialogue
- Commit to using coaching within their role
Prologue: Leading Teams
In Prologue: Leading Teams, participants begin by exploring self-awareness, learning to balance being and doing for effective leadership. Practical tools for making team agreements and holding better meetings are provided.
Logistics for Both Programmes
- 12 hour programmes
- 10 hours of live learning
- 2 hours of self-study
Story
Story is our Accredited Coaching programme that culminates in qualification as an accredited associate coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for those that choose it.
We will cover foundational coaching skills, coaching practice, feedback and integration based on the ICF coaching competencies and standards.
The learning in Story is designed and deepened through the lenses of being, thinking and doing.
Logistics
- 45 hour programme
- 25 hours of live learning
- 20 hours of self-study
Story supports participants to:
- Have one to one coaching conversations
- Further deepend self-awareness
- Complese a school-based project
- Begin their pathway to Level 1 accreditation with the ICF
Accreditation
For Story participants committed to coaching in their professional lives, they can choose to complete Level 1 Accreditiation with the International Coaching Federation.
This is a globally recognised qualification and a significant step.
Additional learning for ICF Level 1
- 100+ hours of coaching experience
- 10 hours of mentor coaching
- Evaluation of an observed coaching session
- An ICF exam
Making Stuff Better offers the mentoring and guidanced needed to meet these requirements.
Coach As Facilitator
Coach As Facilitator is part of a school’s journey to a full coaching culture.
Coach As Facilitator gives your internal coaches access to a learning and support system, keeping your coaches engaged in their own reflective practice and development so that you can be confident in their contribution.
You can benefit from our supervision and mentoring groups, engage with our world-class faculty through regular learning sessions, access a rich learning environment featuring masterclasses and peer support, and even become a Prologue Facilitator for your school.
Logistics
- 20 hour programme
- 12 hours of live learning
- 8 hours of self-study
Mastery supports participants to:
- Integrate coaching into their facilitation
- Co-facilitate Prologue in their organisation
- Be a role model and advocate for a coaching culture
- Become part of a global community of practice
Live Courses
Story: Online 2025-26
Our core coach education programme
Prologue: Leading Teams
Coach-Like Leadership for Team Success
Prologue Online: May 2025
An Introduction to Coach-Like Leadership
Prologue Online: September 2025
An Introduction to Coach-Like Leadership
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MSB's Community of Practice
Join alumni from MSB’s Coach Education Programmes and practice your coaching skills together. In each session there will be a focus that can be a ‘growing pain’ for new coaches, such as setting up a clear agreement, ending well, and sustaining partnership from beginning to end.
Live Demonstrations from an MSB Coach
Join alumni from MSB’s coaching community and observe a live coaching session from an MSB coach. This is a valuable opportunity to watch the thinker thinking as well as noticing the impact of interventions, or lack of them, from the coach. We will discuss the coaching in depth and you will take away new ideas and tweaks to enhance your own coaching process.
