Certificate in Professional Coaching

Course details

The Certificate in Professional Coaching is a 16-week programme. There are 6 face-to-face days of training, 6 Virtual Forums delivered online via webinar together with coaching practice sessions and self-study. Each student is also paired with an internationally credentialed ICF coach for 10 mentor sessions spread throughout the course, and beyond, to support your development as a coach.
 
Our face-to-face training is delivered as a mix of facilitation, lectures, demonstrations, pair work and feedback, and practice coaching sessions throughout. We place great emphasis on practicing the skills that are taught in each session with the facilitator present to give feedback and assistance in a safe environment. The six days of face-to-face training are made up of three modules: Core (3 days), Deepening (1 day) and Empowering (2 days).

Module CT101 - Core (Total Student Contact Hours: 24)
Core is the initial three face-to-face delivery days and includes the following ;By the end of this module, you'll gain coaching tools to help you develop deeper, more meaningful relationship for being a positive change for the world.

Day One

• Introduction to Commencement and Completion tools
• Definition of Coaching - what it is and what it is not
• World Views in Coaching
• The NPCA World View
• The qualities of a NPCA Coach
• Vulnerability and Intimacy
• At My Best Model - a self-awareness exercise
• Introduction to the North Point Meta-Model (NPM) - Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, Impact

 
Day Two

• Characteristics of a coaching conversation
• Content vs Process
• Giving Feedback
• Levels of Attention model
• Active Listening
• Powerful Questions
• Process Tools & Conversational Model
• Direct Communication, Replaying and Rephrasing, Reframing, Intuiting
• Defining Actions - SMART
• Coaching Practice

Day Three

• The Journey Coaching Model
• Coaching Practice
• Goal Setting - NPCA Goal Creation Mapping Process
• Practical Coaching Session
• Visualisation Exercise

Module CT102 - Deepening (Total Student Contact Hours: 8)
The Deepening module is a one-day face-to-face training.
 
This module is at the mid-point of the programme. The intention on this day is to deepen your coaching knowledge and skills by exploring our Values and Beliefs and introducing powerful coaching tools to assist us and our clients. Additionally, the trainers introduce the concept of a pro-bono client. You'll soon be finding your first pro-bono client and submitting a recorded coaching session for assessment. This session builds on Core, and the on-going Virtual Forums, Coaching Practice Groups and Self-Study that has been completed up to this point.

Content

• Values & Values Practice Session
• NPM at a Deeper Level & Practice Session
• Self Assessment
• Coaching Practice Session and Group Mentoring
• Engaging with your first pro-bono client

Module CT103 - Empowering (Total Student Contact Hours: 16)
The final module of the NPCA Certificate in Professional Coaching is a two-day face-to-face training module entitled ;This module's intention is to get you ready for your new role as an NPCA coach.
 
At the end of the first day, you'll have built on and practiced your coaching skills and received high-quality feedback from both the trainers and your peers through observed coaching practice and group mentoring session.
 
On the second day, we review the characteristics of a NPCA coach, discuss the importance of finding a niche, and introduce tools that are useful in different niches. These are also skills that will help you to prepare for your new role as an NPCA coach in whichever sphere you are in.

Day One

• Impact Ladder Tool
• Observed Coaching and Group Mentoring
• Introduction to Niches

Day Two

• Coaching Niches
• Becoming a NPCA Coach

Updated on 31 January, 2018