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Introduction to Coaching – Online Session
Session 101
$49 per attendee
Offered “On-Demand” at https://coachapproachministries.org
This online course is a great way to begin the process of becoming a Christian coach. The course includes an introduction to the concept of coaching, an introduction to the skills of coaching, and a primer on how to get started as a coach. (Required for Certified Christian Leadership Coach credentials offered through Coach Approach Ministries.)
Foundations for Christian Coaching – Online Session
Session 501
$429 per attendee
- Tuesdays, January 16-February 20, 2024, 10 a.m. – 12 noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
- Thursdays, January 18-February 22, 2024, 3 – 5 p.m. (Eastern) – Keith & Esther Edwards
- Fridays, March 8 – April 26, 2024, 1pm-3pm (Pacific) – Amy deVries
- Tuesdays, June 4 – July 9, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
- Thursdays, September 26 – October 31, 2024, 10 a.m. – 12 noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
- Thursdays, October 10 – November 14, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (EST) – Keith & Esther Edwards
In this class you’ll learn how coaching is distinct from other ways of helping. You will learn the skills of a coach, basic coaching models, and how to conduct a powerful coaching conversation. This class is not just about knowledge. It’s also about growing your skills. You’ll have opportunities to practice as well as receive growth-oriented feedback. (Prerequisite for further coach training.)
Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship – Online Session
Session 502
$429 per attendee
- Thursdays, January 18 – February 22, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
- Thursdays, March 14 – April 18, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Eastern) – Keith & Esther Edwards
- Tuesdays, April 30 – June 4, 2024, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. (Pacific) – Amy deVries
- Thursdays, July 11 – August 15, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
What does it take to develop a strong professional coaching relationship? It takes attention to the essentials and going beyond expectations. In CAM 502, we teach you to do just that. In this ICF-approved course, you will learn ICF ethics and standards, how to help the person being coached to orient around areas of strengths and high-performance patterns, the ingredients for a strong first session, finding clients, and creating a coaching contract. This class will help you go beyond the doing of coaching in order to be a coach.
Coaching Through Change, Transition, & Transformation – Online Session
Session 503
$429 per attendee
- Tuesdays, November 28, 2023 – January 16, 2024, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. (Pacific) – Amy deVries
- Thursdays, March 7 – April 11, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
- Thursdays, May 2 – June 6, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (Eastern) – Keith & Esther Edwards
- Tuesdays, June 18 – Aug 6, 2024, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. (Pacific) – Amy deVries
- Tuesdays, September 24 – October 29, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
- Thursdays, May 2 – June 6, 2024, 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Eastern) – Keith & Esther Edwards
Coaching is all about change, but not all change is the same, and coaches need to be able to support: Proactive Change, Transitions, and Deep Transformation. Explore the path that begins with mind shift and culminates in mind renewal.
Neuroscience of Coaching
Session 504
$429 per attendee
- Thursdays, February 1 – March 21, 2024, 8-9:30 p.m. – David Cooke
The human brain is a wonderful and wonderfully complex organ. Knowing how the brain works (and doesn’t work) helps coaches provide better coaching. In this course, you’ll learn the basics of neuroscience (in everyday English) and how to apply them to your coaching.
How to Coach a Team – Online Session
Session 507
$429 per attendee
- Wednesdays, May 1 – June 12, 2024, 10 a.m. – 12 noon (Central) Note: No class May 22) – Mary Selzer
- Wednesdays, September 25 – October 30, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
In this course, you will gain an understanding of the difference between a team and other types of groups, learn how to develop authentic teams, learn the skills needed to coach teams, how to support teams in overcoming dysfunction, use team covenants, and create alliances. The class includes assessment resources.
Coaching for Spiritual Growth – Online Session
Session 508
$429 per attendee
- Tuesdays, January 30 – March 5, 2024, 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. (Pacific) – Amy deVries
- Thursdays, October 3 – November 21, 2024, 8-9:30 p.m. (Pacific) – David Cooke
- Thursdays, May 2 – June 13, 2024, 10 a.m. – 12 noon (Central) Note: No class May 23) – Mary Selzer
- Wednesdays, November 6 – December 11, 2024, 10 a.m. – noon (Central) – Mary Selzer
This class will help you increase your effectiveness in coaching for new and deeper faith in Jesus. By completing this class, you will be able to understand and appreciate how a coach approach to spiritual growth leads to meaningful spiritual conversations. You will be able to use coaching skills and the coaching process to help people move forward in becoming followers of Jesus as well as increase your confidence, competence, and credibility as a catalyst for spiritual growth.
Coaching Leaders – Online Session
Session 510
$429 per attendee
- Fridays, January 12 – February 23, 2024, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. (Pacific) – Amy deVries
This course provides a framework for coaching leaders based on solid leadership principles and proven methods for helping leaders raise their performance and grow their potential. It’s perfect for coaches who work with leaders and those who want to explore leadership coaching as a coaching niche.
Coaching Church Planters – Online Session
Session 513
$429 per attendee
- Instructor: Keith Edwards. Dates TBA, 2024
Coaching church planters has its own distinctions. Planters are fundraisers, recruiters, communicators, and more. In this class, we will give 16 hours of live training (onsite or online) that give coaching models and skills specific to coaching church planters. This class is laid out with the foundation of current Church Planting best practices in mind.
