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Certificate in Coaching (Independently Credit Rated)
Course Code: CR300
Course Fee: £374.00
You can pay the full price or pay a deposit of £80.00 (0% APR), followed by 3 monthly payments of £73.00

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The Certificate in Coaching course provides an understanding of theoretical models, processes and skills practice - within the context of providing a helping and supportive relationship to clients. There is an emphasis on self-awareness, personal and professional development, critical reflection and supervision.

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I have learned many tools to coach my clients successfully and I enjoyed reading most of course materials
Eduard G, 5 years ago
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Found it really interesting if a little old fashioned in places. It could probably do with a refresh!
Roger M, 5 years ago
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Very happy with course
Graham W, 6 years ago
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It would have been nice if there was mixture of videos and texts for the learning material.
Leah V, 6 years ago
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Easy to understand and access
Caroline M, 6 years ago
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Course content good, but quite awkward accessing via lengthy PDF documents. Provision of on-line course material with more interactivity would have been preferable.
Nicola W, 6 years ago
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The content itself was excellent - a broad range of theories, well explained in manageable chunks. Reading list and references provided were helpful for further learning. The exercises relating to each theory were helpful in consolidating the learning and applying theory to practice. Having lessons broken down in to separate documents was also useful. One suggestion I'd make for refinement is guidance in relation to the TMA - between the student handbook and the assignment booklet, there are three separate guides on structuring the TA. I found this a bit overwhelming and confusing, not sure which to align with. Could a single, definitive guide be implemented? Being dyspraxic, getting to grips with all the supporting information was a bit overwhelming for me. Can I suggest a dyslexia-friendly formatted version of materials, or at least to have the ability to copy and paste from the PDFs supplied so neurodiverse learners can adapt the font, layout and style of the document to suit my learning needs? All in all, though, I enjoyed the course, found it very useful and am now considering the PGCert. at UWS. This course gave me the opportunity to re-engage with academic learning, so my confidence in my ability to study has returned. I deeply appreciate being able to pay the course fees over a few months - this was an enormous help. Many thanks.
Katie C, 6 years ago
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This came just at the right time in my career and has helped develop my future
terence m, 6 years ago
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Well presented but pdf lockdown made copy and pasting of templates into assignment reports tricky
john r, 6 years ago
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Easy to follow with regards to linking lessons to assignments. Excellent suggested reading materials.
Louise D, 6 years ago

Syllabus for Certificate in Coaching (Independently Credit Rated)

Students study and apply the following topics within the Certificate in Coaching course:

  • the meaning and practice of coaching
  • coaching relationships
  • coaching and the learning process
  • the GROW technique; coaching and CBT
  • attitude management; image management
  • the role of change; the role of core values
  • applying coaching skills in different settings
  • systems coaching and professional practice


Materials supplied with this course

10 Lessons and 4 tutor marked assignments are supplied in PDF and Word format, supplemented with suggested background reading.


Linkages to other courses

Should you continue and take the Certificate in Mentoring (CR400) you will be awarded the Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring (UE1000) by the Institute of Counselling


Accredited

This course is accredited by the ACCPH. The ACCPH are an independent professional body and register.



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Course Code: CR300
Course Fee: £374.00
You can pay the full price or pay a deposit of £80.00 (0% APR), followed by 3 monthly payments of £73.00
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