We want to ensure you get everything needed to feel confident in your internal coaching skills. Therefore, this is a rigorous program of 90 hrs spread over a period of six months and requires commitment.
During the workshops, you will practice coaching through structured coaching practice sessions and feedback from the course instructors.
You will have Peer Group Practice sessions, submitting reflections to course instructors for review and support.
You will coach real clients and you will again be supported through Mentor Coaching.
You will receive 6 hours of Mentoring focusing on practicing specific coaching competencies, thus covering 6 out of the 10 required mentor coaching hours for ACC accreditation by ICF.
Upon successful completion of the above mentioned requirements, you will earn your Internal Coach Certification by Atom Wave and you will have received 70 ACSTH thus covering more than the 60 training hours required hours for ACC accreditation to the ICF.
Module 1 is a 30 hour module with 25 student contact hours, 2.5 hours of Group mentoring and 12 hours of Instructor reviewed practice. It focuses on the basics of Solution Focused coaching conversation and practice of coaching skills required for a successful internal coaching relationship.
Pre-Work Assignement
Module 1 Topics
In-Between Module 1 & 2:
Module 2 is a 29 hour module with 15 student contact hours, 2.5 hours of Group mentoring and 10 hours of Instructor reviewed practice. It is designed to equip participants with an internal coaching framework and a set of coaching tools to deal with different types of client issues within a coaching assignment.
Module 2 Workshop Topics
In-Between Module 2 & 3:
Module 3 is a 24 hour module with 15 student contact hours, and 7 hours of Instructor reviewed practice. This is a highly practical module focused on deepening coaching skills, on navigating through Ethical Dilemmas and on practicing through the Live coaching sessions with real clients.
Module 3 Workshop: 3 days
Until program completion:
Read latest research about the important contribution of coaching on change management schemes and how High-Performance organisations have relied on internal coaching to increase profitability.
This is a very good question that is relevant not only for coaching but for most Leadership Development programs as well. Business Impact and measuring ROI is a core area of our own research about coaching and and as such we have incorporated in our ACSTH "Internal Coach Certification" program a simple yet effective methodology to calculate ROI of your internal coaching assignments.
ACSTH training stands for Accredited Coach Specific Training Hours and it is a term used by ICF to signify that a specific program has been assessed to meet all operational and quality standards to cover training requirements for credentialing via the ACSTH option. Minimum ACSTH for ACC credentialing are 60 hours and the Atom Wave "Internal Coach Certification" program is a 90 hour program with 70 ACSTH hours, so the 60 hours are more than covered. Additionally, in order to get credentialed as a coach at ACC level by the ICF, you would also need to:
For more information please visit the ICF relevant page: https://coachfederation.org
The program spans within a 6 month period and it has a 90 hour duration. Therefore, you could estimate an average of 15 -20 hours per month. Of course this varies according to each individual.
An Internal Coach is an employee within an organisation who has been trained and qualified as a professional coach practitioner and has specific coaching responsibilities with colleagues outside own line of management responsibilities.
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A mentor is an expert who provides wisdom, advice and guidance based on his or her own experience. The coaching relationship is a relationship of partnering and equality independent of hierarchical or professional differences. It does not include any advising or guidance from the coach.
