Coaching Certification Program Overview

Earning your Certified Professional Coach designation begins with live participation in five 90-minute webinars* and five research and report assignments (two pages written) explained during each webinar (anticipate an average of 90 minutes each assignment). 

 

Next is the coaching practicum completed in a two-day live class or virtually with webinars and conference calls.  You will experience coaching hands-on: coach, be coached, and observe coaching. (Anticipate 2 hours of homework). 

 

The last step to complete your coaching certification is a case study.

 

Successfully complete these requirements and you earn your certificate! After certification, two optional webinars are available to all graduates as part of the program.

 

If you have already completed the application and would like to reserve your place and pay, click here.

*Webinars are at 2 PM Eastern, 1 PM Central, 12 Noon Mountain, 11 AM Pacific

 

The Center for Coaching Certification is authorized by IACET to offer 3 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for this program and the ICF has approved it for 30 hours of ACSTH - Approved Coach Specific Training Hours.

 

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the session participants will be able to:

- Explain the parameters of coaching

- Define ethics

- Identify and coach different personality styles

- Explain and use listening skills and assertive communication techniques

- Recognize language patterns using Neuro-Linguistic Programming and coach for positive, proactive goal setting and action planning

- Develop business and marketing plans for a coaching practice

 

Certification Program:

• Webinar 1: About Coaching: History; What it is and is not, Excelling as a Coach.

Research and Report Assignment 1 (due before the next webinar)

 

• Webinar 2: Ethics: Code of Ethics and Core Values

Research and Report Assignment 2 (due before the next webinar)

 

• Webinar 3: Understanding your Client: Understand different styles of thinking, processing, and deciding

Research and Report Assignment 3 (due before the next webinar)

• Webinar 4: Communication: Listening Skills, Assertiveness Communication, and Effective Questioning

Research and Report Assignment 4 (due before the next webinar)

 

• Webinar 5: Language and Focus: Learning Styles, Focus, and Language that Motivates

Research and Report Assignment 5 (due before the class)

 

  

About the webinars: Each webinar is 90 minutes starting at 2 PM EST, 1 PM CST, 12 Noon MST, 11 AM PST. The training exercises are due before the next webinar in the series. A computer with internet access is needed to view the webinar. The audio is available either through a computer speaker and microphone or with a telephone. For details, visit http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar.

 

Coaching Practicum:

1. Review of webinars and assignments to discuss application during coaching sessions
2. Coach and Be Coached for Introductory Session
3. Coach and be Coached for Session 1
4. Preparation for next coaching session (anticipate 2 hours)
5. Coach and be Coached Session 2
6. Coach and be Coached Session 3
7. Coach and be Coached Session 4

 

Case Study: Fill in the sections with an overview of the coaching process based on your program materials.

 

Graduation!

While a computer is helpful during the live class for notes and the homework, it is not required.

 

Post-Certification Optional Webinars Included for Graduates:

• Webinar 6: The Business of Coaching (Included - Attendance is Optional)

Start-up and set-up, Coaching Agreements, Sample service price points, Business Plans

Planning worksheet

 

• Webinar 7: Marketing Your Coaching Business (Included - Attendance is Optional)

Name, niche, theme, message, website, business cards, brochures, flyers, blogs, articles, presentations

Planning worksheet

 

Continuing Education to Maintain Certification:

12 hours every two years. Visit the continuing education page on this website to explore possibilities. Training programs you attend through work or professional development that are pertinent to Coaching may be accepted.

 

Imagine the possibilities and be an executive coach or become a life coach with this professional coach training. Enrich your life through coach training as professional development or part of a leadership program. Increase your credibility and opportunities now as a certified professional coach.

The full program fee to earn your Certified Professional Coach designation is $1495. This includes the five webinars and live class required for certification, plus two optional webinars after certification, and access to the Coaches page on this site with tools, session questionnaires, and more. Inclusion in the www.FindaCertifiedCoach.com database is optional.

 

Cancellation Policy: In the event you must cancel participation, up to seven days prior to the start of the first program webinar you may request a refund of the amount less a twenty percent processing fee; six days or less prior to the start fo the first program webinar you may request a refund of fifty percent of the registration. You may transfer your full registration to someone else up to three days prior to the start of the first webinar.