Highfield Level 5 End-Point Assessment for ST0809 Coaching Professional
Mock Assessment Materials
Observation with Questions and Answers
Observation with questions and answers
Ref Assessment Criteria (Pass)
OB1 Applies a range of coaching models and techniques during the coaching sessions delivering to bring about insight and learning (K12, S12)
OB2 Work with a coachee to set clear goals, timescales, and outcomes for the coaching session with plans on how they monitor progress towards goals (S2)
OB3 Summarises roles and responsibilities in the coaching process and the benefits to the individual (S3)
OB4 Delivers non-directive and non-judgmental feedback that is meaningful to those receiving the coaching (S7)
OB5 Builds rapport/trust with the coachees, responding appropriately to the coachees personal preference, particularly where they bring a level of relational challenge including adapting style and methods throughout the coaching sessions while ensuring non-dependence (S6, S11, B4)
OB6 Uses appropriate questioning techniques to identify patterns of thinking and limiting/enabling beliefs and actions (S8, S9)
OB7 Applies coaching tools and models in their coaching session and justifies how their choices provide clear insight and learning to enable the individual to work towards agreed outcomes (S10, S12)
OB8 Applies their own values, beliefs, and behaviours, showing how these affect their coaching practice and when they use this to manage their effectiveness in meeting the coaching objectives of both the coachee and sponsor (S15)
OB9 Provides considered justification for why they used particular techniques for the two coaching sessions, and how other coaching tools and models would have provided different outcomes (S10)
OB10 Contrasts the two coaching sessions and analyses how their personal values may have affected the coachee in their achievement of their goals, and how they will use this knowledge to improve their delivery of coaching sessions in future (S2, S15)
OB11 Uses advanced questioning techniques (such as open funnelling, framing and probing) when broaching challenging subject areas for example in relation to physiological and emotional state, to raise the self-awareness of those receiving coaching, enabling them to question world views (S9)
OB12 Uses intuition to deliver feedback in a non-directive and non-judgmental manner that enables new insight in those receiving coaching (S7)
OB13 Justifies their questioning techniques when following up responses with additional prompts and questions to elicit additional insights from the coachee (S8, S9)