insightive : education

Programme Content

 

The programme content is delivered across four modules, which provide evidence of your learning and development across all elements of the Association of Coaching (AC) Coaching Competency Framework.  Upon successful completion of all the assessment tasks in tandem with attending 6 days of in-person training plus 2 additional supervision sessions as outlined above, you will meet all the  AC competences as delivered across four modules.

 

You are then ready to submit your evidence to the AC to achieve individual accreditation as a foundation coach (subject to an accreditation fee payable directly to AC). Fee is circa £135 for accreditation for 3 years.

 

Module One

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Professional and ethical practice as an individual and/or organisational coach

 

Meeting ethical, legal and professional guidelines for coaching, and integration of therapeutic practice

Establishing the coaching agreement and outcomes

Establishing a trust-based relationship with the client

Working within the organisational context (as an external provider)

Understanding leadership issues

Working in partnership with the organisation

 

Module Two

 

Developing coaching skills, relationship, and process as a mechanism for change

 

Managing and maintaining your coaching presence

Communicating effectively

Raising awareness and insight

 

Module Three

 

Integrating coaching theoretical approaches and models

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Critical evaluation of three approaches to coaching, including the option of integration with therapeutic models, and pluralistic professional practice

Designing strategies and actions

 

Module Four

 

Continuous professional development, reflection and evaluation of coaching

 

Maintaining forward momentum and evaluation

Undertaking continuous coach development

 

Self-study hours and CPD

 

Each module has a guide to additional self-study activity to complete the module. This self-study activity will be undertaken by you outside of the in-person teaching sessions. You will evidence your self-study hours within your own learning log and will inform your assessment activities as below.

 

You will evidence completion of your learning logs via a random sample that will be submitted to one of your course facilitators.

 

Personal coach approach (500 words equivalent)

Case study (500 words equivalent)

Create a continuous professional development plan for your coaching

 

Individual coaching hours

 

To attain individual accreditation status, you are required to conduct 50 coaching hours with your clients. You are responsible for finding your own clients, but support will be given for this. You are required to conduct a minimum of 25 hours using a pure coaching approach.