Jean Ramsey

Inspirational Personal and Professional Coach; Helping Teachers to Resolve the Overwhelm of ADHD

https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/jeanramseycoach

My coaching journey started with a classic burnout

In 2003 I was teaching Drama full time in a large, mixed 11 -18 comprehensive school; married with 2 secondary age children who attended the school where I taught; directing whole school productions; elderly parents who lived a distance away; a difficult relationship with my brother; home admin….. the list went on and on.

What I did not realise was that I was perimenopausal (I had never even heard the word before my doctor used it.). My husband took it upon himself to book me an appointment with my GP…apparently my daughters were afraid to speak to me for fear of getting their heads bitten off…that really dug deep. How I howled when he said that to me.

That was the moment I broke down; family means everything to me. I couldn’t bear the thought that my daughters felt they could not come to me..

Then …a miracle…The Oxford Times ran a two-page advert. One page was advertising training to be a Mediator and the other was to train as a Life Coach with the Coaching Academy.

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Jean's Strategic Steps

1. Recognition of Personal Situation: The individual acknowledges their burnout and the need for a change in their professional life.
2. Identification of Training Opportunities: Encountering an advertisement for mediation and life coaching training in The Oxford Times, Jean chooses life coaching as suggested by their husband due to its potential positivity.
3. Training and Skill Acquisition: Jean undergoes training with the Coaching Academy, demonstrating a proactive approach to learning and skill development.
4. Pilot Implementation: Jean proposes and implements a coaching program for underachieving students, leveraging her newly acquired coaching skills and immediately applying them in the educational context.
5. Expansion and Training Development: Following the success of the pilot program, Jean extends coaching initiatives to KS3 and conducts training for school staff and partner primary schools on coaching skills, contributing to wider educational improvement.
6. Personal Development and Research: Continual personal development through MOOCs, books, TED talks, and workshops, leading to the development of a personal coaching methodology and toolkit.
7. Business Development: Establishing a coaching business, Inspired Education Coaching, despite initial challenges, and expanding services to meet demand, including support for students and teachers.