Professional Coaching Course
A transformative year-long certification course that is designed to maximize learning
and development in a coaching context using proven methodology.
The Professional Coaching Course (PCC) is designed by one of the leading coaching schools in the United States – New Ventures West (NVW). The course is an International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited course and is being run in partnership by the Centre for Coaching and NVW.
The Professional Coaching Course is a thorough, rigorous year-long coaching certification program resulting in a designation as a New Ventures West Integral Coach®. Once you have completed the Professional Coaching Course, we offer Master Classes to further enrich your coaching.
When you enrol in the PCC, you join a group of professionals who study, learn, and coach together for an entire year and quickly form a supportive learning community. The curriculum blends a rigorous course of study with hands-on practice and attention to participants’ own individual development.
The course is structured in the following way:
- The PCC is organized around four virtual face-to-face modules that run from Tuesday to Friday.
- Days run from 09h00 to 18h00 SAST, with a 1 1/2 hour afternoon break to eat lunch, do a short assignment, walk, and relax.
- In between modules, you read 10 books from the “Coaches’ Bookshelf”, complete written assignments, coach clients, and undertake your own individual development programme, as you will also receive 1-on-1 coaching during and between modules.
- As you engage in these activities, you draw upon the support of small learning groups called Pods. Each Pod works together and is assigned a Pod Guide. You also receive periodic coaching from the Course Leaders and your assigned Mentor Coach.
Course Overview
- Module 1 focuses on building a strong and supportive community and cultivating your capacity to bepresent, mindful, and a skilled observer of yourself and The course leaders coach you (and others) and design an individual development programme for you. This begins your initiation into the “two tracks” of Integral Coaching: the simultaneous focus on your clients’ development and your own development.
- Between Modules 1 and 2, by engaging in your own personal development programme, you begin to develop the body of a coach and the capacity to witness how new perspectives, narratives and practices can impact someone’s life (in this case, your own).
- In Module 2 we turn our attention to deepening the three core integral coaching models and their use with clients. We discuss the stages of a coaching relationship, the elements of a coaching programme, and how to design and conduct an Integral Coaching programme.
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Between Modules 2 and 3, your attention expands to include not only your development and that of your classmates, but also the practice of coaching. As you work with three to five clients, your pod and other faculty all support you in identifying what the coaching invitation might be, offering powerful narratives, and designing practices and self-observation exercises. It is here that you begin gaining first-hand experience in blending inquiry and advocacy in the cauldron of relationship. Here, too, you start to receive supervision and feedback on your coaching of others. Despite all this activity, it remains essential for you to continue to focus on your own development right through the year.
- Module 3 emphasizes practice. By working with your classmates, a “guest client” from outside, and PCC-qualified coaches acting as observers, you learn to simultaneously be present with clients and draw upon the rich models and frameworks.
- Between Modules 3 and 4, you continue to work with clients, writing up case descriptions in which you reflect on your experiences and what you have learned. You also continue to receive feedback from the faculty on recorded conversations with clients, continue to focus on your individual development, and receive one-on-one coaching from faculty.
- The heart of Module 4 is the certification process, which takes place over two or three days. This involves the discussion of live-recorded video coaching cases in front of the certification committee. Again, the focus is on the “two tracks”: both your development and your work with The last day of Session 4 is atime of closure, where you and your classmates offer gratitude to each other, one by one.
Who Will Support You
Learning to coach is not something we can do alone. Throughout the year, you receive support from the staff at the Centre for Coaching, the PCC faculty and your classmates in several ways:
- You have two private coaching sessions with the course leaders and two coaching sessions with course leaders in front of some members of the class.
- Throughout the year you work with a Mentor Coach who supports you in your personal and professional development through periodic virtual coaching sessions.
- You receive written feedback from your Mentor Coach who listens to recordings of different coaching sessions that you conduct with your clients, and gives you insight as to how closely your own live coaching methodology is aligned with the integral coaching principles that you have been
- You participate with your learning This pod meets together virtually on a regular basis in between sessions. The focus of pod meetings evolves during the year from students’ personal development to themodels and practices of Integral Coaching to students’ experiences coaching clients. Each pod is assigned a Pod Guide, who is a PCC-certified coach who is there to support you and the pod.
- Individual participants often pair up with each other informally around particular issues of mutual We encourage you to ‘buddy-up’ with a self-chosen partner.
Tuition Fees
These fees include all four modules, books, materials, pod meetings, coaching sessions, certification and any shipments required.
- Tuition Fees: CHF 11’500. These fees include all four virtual modules, books, materials, pod meetings, coaching sessions, certification and any shipments required.
A CHF1’000 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit is required no later than six weeks before the start of the course. If your application is not accepted, your deposit will be returned. If it is accepted and you cancel your booking, we will retain your deposit.
Course fees are payable before the start of the course. Payment plans are also available, please email info@centreforcoaching.ch for further details.
Prerequisite:
Students who have completed the following program are eligible for the Professional Coaching Course:
- Six month program: Associate Coaching Course or Coaching for Development Course
Course Dates
You are required to attend all days of all VIRTUAL sessions to certify.
NEW DATES TO BE CONFIRMED
To register for the programme, please complete the form below or email us at info@centreforcoaching.ch
For more information contact Michele Stoudmann on +41 (79) 242 77 90
Course Credentials
New Ventures West (NVW), one of the leading coaching schools in the USA, founded in 1987, is a San Francisco based organisation dedicated to having people be both effective and fulfilled in their work as integral coaches. www.newventureswest.com
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The International Coach Federation is the leading global organization dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high standards, providing independent certification and building a worldwide network of trained coaching professionals. |
The Centre for Coaching is based at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) – a global top-100 executive school. Its courses form part of the GSB Executive Education suite of offerings and are informed by both academic rigour and coaching practice. www.gsb.uct.ac.za |
The Professional Coaching Course is also offered by New Ventures West and their network of international partners in various locations, including USA, Canada, Singapore, or the United Kingdom. Please consult the New Ventures West website for more details.