Coach Training: Strategies for Success

By Saima Butt, Change Advantage Ltd.

This ACTP offers an “all inclusive” 147 hours designed as a complete pathway towards the Professional Credentialed Coach (PCC) certification from the ICF.

The virtual & in-person modular training welcomes internal and external coaches, HR, executives, directors, leaders and managers wanting a global professionally recognised coaching credential from the ICF.

Our vision for this programme is to connect people to their most resourceful and successful self to best serve themselves, their customers/clients, organisations, and our planet.

The ICF Accredited Coach Training Programme (ACTP) is widely becoming the gold standard for professional coach training around the world. By completing this programme with Change Advantage, you will have given yourself the opportunity to be a credentialed coach with the ICF and therefore raise your professional standing as a coach for you and your business.

This programme is designed with you in mind and features synchronous coach training, demonstrations, coaching practice, observations, verbal and written feedback, 15-hours of group and individual mentor coaching, asynchronous assignments, case studies and coaching practice culminating with a final performance evaluation assessment.

Completing the full 147 hours of training, assignments with active participation in all aspects of the programme AND successfully and consistently passing coaching observations and assessments will gain you a certificate from Change Advantage acknowledging your ICF ACTP completion.

Successful participants with this Change Advantage certificate and having banked 500+ hours of coaching experience can apply for their PCC with the ICF after this training.

Participants who complete only some aspects of the 147 hours of coach training and/or do not pass the final performance evaluation shall receive an Approved Coach Specific Training Hours (ACSTH) certificate.

Possibilities for individual credentialing at ICF after completion of the training (click here for more information):

Entrance requirements for participants will include and are not exclusive to a person who is:

• Wanting to be in service of humanity and the planet
• A life-long learner willing to unlearn and re-learn
• Accepting of feedback and willing to speak the truth when giving feedback of yourself, trainers, and co-learners
• Being available and present to fully participate in all aspects of the programme
• Able to show a minimum of 3 years working experience

Delivered from June 2022 to March 2023 the Synchronous Learning (SL) aspect of the programme will total 100-hours and delivered virtually and in-person in Ljubljana:

• Module 1 coach training delivered in Ljubljana in-person*
• Modules 2, 3 and 4 coach training will be delivered virtually
• Module 5: Group Mentor Coaching, delivered virtually
• Module 6: Individual Mentor Coaching & final Performance Evaluations also delivered virtually
• Throughout the programme there will also be Asynchronous Learning (AL). See this as homework of 47-hours away from the ‘training’ and will include reading, writing, videos, case study assignments and Co-coaching practice, recordings transcriptions for mentor coaching

*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic scheduling for the in-person module will be considered with everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing in mind. As such please note that there may be some flexibility to our current scheduling if either the Slovenian or UK governments rulings override our intentions to meet in-person.

The above content is an example of what is available during the training. We reserve the right to change the order/structure to facilitate the best learning experience of all the participants and your learning styles.

Throughout the training participants will receive written feedback from their observed coaching sessions. These observations are based on how effectively the ICF Core Competencies are being demonstrated during their coaching. For an ACTP that will mean a minimum of six observed coaching sessions per participant with written feedback for at least four of those six sessions.

ACTP programmes must administer a final performance evaluation in a formal testing environment. The final performance evaluation must, at a minimum, contain an actual observation of coaching at least one half-hour (30 minutes) in length which is graded as a final performance evaluation… coachingfederation.org

 The participants are invited to a final evaluation after having actively exhibited growth and consistent coaching.  This final evaluation would need to demonstrate coaching at beginner PCC level to pass to the standards set by the ICF.

Please check that you are available for all aspects of the training. Your certification may be impacted if you do not attend the hours required. Please let us know in advance if there are any personal reasons which preclude you from attending. Participants are advised to ‘catch up’ by speaking with their co-learners.

This programme will be delivered in English.

Your investment in your professional development is 3.690,00 EUR

Fee includes:

• participation in the programme,
• supporting on-line learning platform with training materials,
• ACTP certificate according to your attendance and contribution to the learning provided,
• drinks and snacks during coffee breaks and light lunch for the in-person Module 1

Special offers:

• Early bird discount of 10% is available for payments of the full amount before May 20th 2022.
• 5 % discount for 2 or 3 participants from one organisation.
• 10 % discount for more than 3 participants from one organisation.
• Up to 6 equal monthly instalments available for self-funding individuals (first instalments due on or before May 31st 2022.