COURSE FDN

Foundations

Our Foundations course, the cornerstone of our coaching training program, was designed to provide the essential knowledge and skills you need to launch your coaching career. This 40-hour course covers 3 modules (detailed below), combining theoretical and experiential learning through twice-weekly teleclasses or video conferences, once-a-week peer group coaching, and post-class assignments or fieldwork.

The total estimated time commitment per week is 4 to 5 hours. Students will need to have regular access to the internet and ILCT website. Students must attend at least 35 of the 40 teleclasses and complete a written exam with a score of 70% or better in order to successfully pass this course.

Tuition includes 3 hours of mentor coaching, to be conducted during 2 observed peer coaching sessions, providing you with an opportunity to receive individual feedback on your growth as a coach. Students must complete both mentor coaching exercises to receive the 3 hours of mentor coaching credits; students who do not will receive an adjusted amount. All mentor coaching hours can be used to meet part of the requirements for ICF credentialing.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the completion of the Foundations Coach Training course, students will:

• Be familiar with and comfortable with basic coaching skills and methods that enable you to serve as a coach.
• Develop an understanding of the evidence-based theories, philosophies, and models on which the profession of coaching is based.
• Understand and apply the ethical standards of the profession of coaching in your work with clients.
• Be able to use basic methods and strategies for personal coaching and for corporate/business coaching.
• Be able to discern clients with whom you most want to work (ideal client), determine which clients are and are not “coachable”, and understand when to refer.
• Be able to design your coaching business distinct from your counseling or therapy practice and the ethical issues which must be considered.
• Identify the transferable skills that form your background and what non-transferable skills, methods, habits, and orientations you need to leave behind.
• Develop a familiarity with the assessment tools used in coaching and how to use them to enhance your clients’ self-growth, strengths, problem solving abilities, and awareness.
• Have identified potential specialties and coaching niches.
• Know how your being as a coach impacts your clients and your business and have begun to work on your own advance personal development

Required Textbook

Becoming a Professional Life Coach: The Art and Science of a Whole-Person Approach
By Dr. Patrick Williams. MCC, BCC

Frequency: This course is offered once a month.

Course Prerequisites

• Bachelors degree, preferably in the social and behavioral sciences

• Experience in the helping professions
• Strong communication skills

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