Coaching and teachers training. An overview of "HSH" project in Lombardy

This paper is about a research and training project, promoted by Regional Office of the Ministry of Education, that CREMIT addressed to hospital-school -home teachers of Lombardy. To face the organizational changes in the hospital school system and the adoption of new technology to support teaching and learning, beside an action-research process, the «BLEC model» was adopted for training: BL is for blended learning, E for e-tivity and C for coaching. The presence of the coaches was of key-importance. All the actions implemented by coaches to foster reflection were essential for the professional developement. The results in effect confirm an overall satisfaction about the learning experience, especially in regard to the «BLEC model», to the spendability of the gained knowledge directly into the professional context, to the opportunity of keep in contact with new colleagues.