COURSE FDNC

Foundations for Christian Coaches

The first Christian Coaching course approved by the ICF, our Foundations Course for Christian Coaches provides students with the training to develop the skills they will need to enter the coaching profession, while incorporating Christian values and teachings in their practice. This forty-hour course (20 weeks) focuses on the essential knowledge and skills to launch a coaching career, while also incorporating prayer and Scripture.

The course requires twice-weekly video conferences and once-a-week Peer Coaching practice, as well as post-class assignments or fieldwork, with a total estimated time commitment per week of 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 credit; 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

• You will become familiar and comfortable with basic coaching skills and methods that will enable you to serve as a coach.
• You will develop an understanding of models and theories on which the coaching profession is founded and how to best incorporate a Christian world view into your practice.
• You will gain understanding of and learn to apply ethical standards to coaching.
• You will become familiar with strategies for both personal coaching and ministry/business coaching.
• You will learn to distinguish between therapy or counseling and coaching, being able to identify skills that transfer to coaching and skills that do not.
• You will develop familiarity with the assessment tools used in coaching: How they can enhance your client’s awareness, strengths, and problem solving abilities.
• You will learn to identify clients for whom coaching is most appropriate, and those for whom it is not.
• You will be able to “design” your coaching practice as distinctly different from your counseling practice; and explore various coaching specialty niches you might enjoy.

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 twice a year, beginning in January and June or July.

Course Prerequisites

• Bachelors degree, preferably in the social and behavioral sciences

OR

• Experience in the helping professions
• Strong communication skills

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