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ICF Accredited Coach Training Program 100% Distance Learning - Tuition for Module One
A 100% distance learning 125-hour ICF Accredited Coach Training Program. This form includes the Tuition payment for Module One of $4,195 and the non-refundable initial program registration fee of $100. When: Begin Program Immediately with our 18-Hour DVD Program. Then: Complete the balance of your training via 101 hours of Intensive Teleconference Trainings with Web Based Support and Peer to Peer Coaching Practice, plus one more 6-hour DVD program. Coaching Essentials 21-Hour Telecourse begins November 10, 2010 and concludes February 2, 2011. Wednesdays 9-11AM US Pacific Time. (No classes on November 24th, December 22nd and 29th. Concurrently you begin other telecourses (times are listed on our website calendar page). You will complete six Individual Learning Labs with a faculty member of your choice, and complete the mini-coaching competency and feedback seminars. Registrants who enter our 100% distance learning curriculum receive priority placement in our telecourse programs. The extremely ambitious student can complete the entire ICF Accredited Coach Training Program by the end of June 2011.
The prospective student is encouraged to read the ICF requirements directly at the ICF website. Specific questions about ICF credentialing should be directed to International Coach Federation staff.
Overview of the 125-Hour Distance Learning Fast Track Program:
Coaching Skills and Practice Development (Provided on DVD Immediately): Personal and executive coaching provides an exciting career path for experienced professionals to learn to build on their strengths and help their clients achieve their most important goals. Designed for both novice and experienced coaches, this course is our pre-requisite to all our other programs.
Personal, business and executive coaching, Four step coaching model, Difference between coaching and therapy, Coverage of ethical and legal issues, How to other professional skills to coaching skills, Coaching philosophy, Contraindications for coaching, Introduction to the use of assessments, How to develop a coaching plan, Introduction to specialty niche marketing to attract ideal clients, How to create high-fee teleconference groups ($250-$500/hour or more, How to develop a national or international practice. Faculty: Jeffrey E. Auerbach, Ph.D., MCC. Executive Coaching: What You Need to Know (Provided on DVD Immediately)
Many professionals possess the interpersonal skills needed to coach executives, but lack formal, advanced training in the specific executive coaching skills that are needed to be an effective executive coach. This course details the process of executive coaching with its special concerns, ethical issues, and language plus discusses the specific theories of industrial and organizational psychology that underpin executive coaching. Boundaries, responsibilities, and ethical issues, Sample contract, Special concerns in executive coaching, Executive coaching model, Developing the executive coaching agenda, Using business language, Helpful coaching resources, How to give constructive feedback, Knowledge requirements for executive coaching,
Leadership research, Future trends affecting organizations and executives, coaching executives in leadership skills, Implementing organizational change, and Preventing burnout.
Faculty: Andrea Molberg, Ph.D.
Peak Performance Skills for Your Coaching Clients (Provided on DVD Immediately): Coaching clients for increased optimism, Coaching clients to enhance flow, Peak performance visioning, and Coaching the skills of peak performance.
Faculty: Sandra Foster, Ph.D., PCC.
Description of the Teleconference Component of the Distance Learning Fast Track Program:
The 21-Hour Coaching Essentials Telecourse includes the following topic areas: Emotional Intelligence and Coaching; How to Use Assessments in Coaching; and Appreciative Inquiry and Coaching.
Emotional Intelligence and Coaching, Key concepts of emotional intelligence, How emotional intelligence affects leadership, How emotion affects interpersonal relations and workplace performance, The key blocks to emotional intelligence, The emotional intelligence competency model, Assessment of emotional intelligence, Coaching the key skills of emotional intelligence, Model emotional intelligence programs, and Best practices in coaching emotional intelligence. Faculty: Jeffrey E. Auerbach, Ph.D., MCC.
How to Use Assessments in Coaching: One of the most powerful tools in the coach’s toolbox is the ability to use scientifically validated assessments to add value to the coaching process. Sophisticated coaching often involves incorporating assessments to help individuals identify areas for potential growth and focus of the coaching relationship. (Some of the assessments discussed in the course have educational purchase requirements established by the assessment publisher.) Learn how to use five assessment tools: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Step II Form Q, Spectrum CPI-260ä Coaching Report, Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO-B), Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), Auerbach Coaching Questionnaire, Learn how to integrate assessment results into your feedback coaching preparation process, Your results for four complete interpretive reports, Learn how to communicate assessment results, Observe role-modeling of how to discuss assessment results with clients, Practice giving assessment feedback, Learn the value of combining assessments and coaching, Learn how to identify “blindspots”, and recognize strengths, Learn personal and professional assessment-based coaching development strategies, Understand the ethical use of assessment tools. Faculty: Jeffrey E. Auerbach, Ph.D., MCC.
Appreciative Inquiry and Coaching: Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a transformational change process that relies on helping individuals and organizations to appreciate and value what they do especially well. Appreciative Inquiry was developed at Case Western Reserve University and is growing rapidly in popularity. It has been used to fuel innovation in organizations as diverse as GTE and Habitat for Humanity. AI is often cited as an emerging "cutting edge" approach in the coaching field. How to develop appreciative inquiries focusing on client's strengths, Appreciative interviewing strategies, Research and principles of appreciative inquiry, Creating provocative propositions from interview data, How to assist clients to design steps to achieve dreams, Fostering commitment in clients. Faculty: Patricia Schwartz, MA, CPC.
Advanced ICF Core Competency Intensive Case Studies: Coaching practice sessions focused on core coaching competencies, Case studies demonstrating core coaching competencies and student case discussion of actual coaching cases.
Plus these Additional Telecourses:
Advanced Coaching Skills; Consultation and Support Course; Laws and Ethics of Coaching; Niche Marketing: Creating Your Ideal Coaching Practice and the Mini-Coaching Competency and Feedback Seminar Telecourses.
Description of the Additional 6-Hour DVD Program:
Field Techniques of Executive Coaching (Provided on DVD) Field Techniques of Executive Coaching provides hands-on, field-tested tools and applications to utilize with your coaching clients. You will learn effective change and motivation processes, and how to introduce and integrate these techniques into the coaching process: Learn how people change in coaching, The key components of the change process, Learn the "Assumption Ladder Technique" and Practice the "Leadership Two-Step".
Faculty: Relly Nadler, Psy.D, MCC. Note: Faculty may be subject to change.
Continuing Education: 125 CE Hours for the entire distance learning fast track intensive program. Psychologists: CEC is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. CEC maintains responsibility for the program. MFTs and Social Worker Continuing Education: These courses meet the qualifications for continuing education credit for MFTs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Provider # PCE1780), as well as many other states. CEC is a NASW Approved Provider of continuing education (#886383501). NBCC Continuing Education: The College of Executive Coaching is approved to offer CE hours by the National Board of Certified Counselors. Check with your licensing board, if applicable, for specific policies. ICF: College of Executive Coaching's 125-Hour Certified Personal and Executive Coach Certification is an International Coach Federation Accredited Coach Training Program. Accreditation is awarded to programs that meet the rigorous professional standards for coach training programs established by the ICF. ICF requires all Accredited programs to state the following: "Accreditation does not warrant or guarantee the effectiveness of the training or the student's ability to build a successful coaching practice."
Cancellation/Refund Policy: In general, up to two weeks before the beginning of a program there is a $100 processing fee, for change or refund requests, prior to receiving any products or services, if the change or refund request is received by CEC more than 14 days in advance of the start of the teleconference program. Please note that once you take an assessment, or receive any DVD programs, the refund policy changes and refunds or changes are only allowed if it is more than 14 days in advance of the start of the in-person program, and a $400 change fee applies and no credit would be given for any course work. Beginning two weeks prior to the beginning of the telecourse program to within two days of the start of the teleconference program a full refund can be made less a $1,000 fee. Within two days of the start of the teleconference program, and later, there are no refunds or changes for any reason. We apologize, but there are no exceptions to this policy. If a course must be cancelled due to a natural disaster, crisis or instructor illness, the seminar will be rescheduled. Installment Tuition Payment Option (Early Registration): $4,595 by September 15th for Module One, $4,495 by December 15th for Module Two. (After September 15th the regular tuition installments are $4,895 each. There is also an early registration single payment tuition option of $8,820 by September 15th; or a regular registration single payment of $9,190 after September 15th.) Additional information outlining more details of the curriculum modules will be sent to participant upon submission of this form. Thank you.
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