insightive ~ training
Below is a brief overview of the four modules of the coaching training programme. These are delivered across the 6 days of the face to face and online teaching.
Programme Structure
The programme content is delivered across three primary teaching blocks, which cover content of four modules. These will 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 training plus the supervision sessions as outlined, 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 an Accredited Individual Coach (subject to an accreditation fee payable directly to AC). Fee is circa £135 for accreditation for 3 years.
Coaching Block One
Developing core coaching skills and competences
Coaching Block Two
Integrating coaching with other modalities and developing pluralistic practice
Coaching Block Three
Continuing professional practice and supervision leading to individual coach accreditation
Content and Delivery
Module One
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
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 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 delivered via a presentation)
Case study (500 words equivalent discussed in supervision)
Present a 20-minute recording of a live coaching session discussed in supervision
Create a continuous professional development plan for your coaching
Individual coaching hours
To attain individual accreditation status, you are required to conduct 100 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.
