Certificate in Coaching

A Programme in Partnership with the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning

The Certificate in Coaching is a pragmatic course which will provide you with the knowledge, skills and opportunities to enable you to become a successful coach.

This qualification will enable you to gain entry into the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning as a full Member.

Who Should Attend?

This programme is recommended for the following groups of people:

• Line managers and team leaders who need to develop their core people management skills
• Those with a full time training, or learning and development role seeking to develop their skills into coaching as part of their career development
• Leaders and senior managers who are looking to develop their leadership skills
• Those entering management roles within the learning and development profession who seek to develop the unique roles within their new domain.

A maximum of 6 attendees can be accommodated with one facilitator on this programme.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of the programme attendees will be able to:

• Plan, prepare and run a series of coaching sessions
• Use a range of approaches to support coaching clients
• Apply the GROW model as a planning and coaching session framework
• Contract for results and enable clients to develop SMART goals and realistic action plans
• Apply the STAR technique to explore problematic situations
• Apply the ABC Cognitive Behavioural Approach to help clients identify and move on from self-limiting beliefs
• Apply effective questioning, active listening, rapport building, challenging and feedback skills to their practise coaching sessions
• Develop their coaching style based on feedback, supervision and self-reflection

Success Criteria

In order to qualify for the award of a Certificate in Coaching the participant must:

• Fully attend the programme
• Achieve a minimum of 10 hours coaching practise within agreed timescales
• Maintain a coaching log that has been assessed as satisfactory by the programme facilitator
• Demonstrate coaching skills during the programme that have been assessed as satisfactory by the programme facilitator
• Complete a written assignment of approximately 2500 words
• Achieve appropriate feedback from a coaching client and a co-supervisor which shows the attendee has implemented the learning from the programme to a satisfactory level

Programme Duration

The ITOL Certificate in Coaching consists of:

• Four days consisting, one x 2 day module and two x 1 day modules of face to face training
• An assignment of approximately 2500 words
• A minimum of 10 hours coaching practise by each attendee
• Completion and submission of coaching logs to include coaching client notes front sheets and reflection notes
• Coaching client feedback by the end of the programme
• Co-supervision write up by the start of Module 3

For further details about this and our other qualification programmes please call us on 01604 810801 or complete the Contact Us form.