Coaching has grown rapidly as a profession within the past decade in businesses, schools, and organizations. The field of coaching is challenged to become more research-based in order to continue effectively serving a diverse community. Evidence Based Coaching (EBC) as a multidisciplinary-based tool can provide professionals with a distinct advantage in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Accredited as an ACTP program by the International Coach Federation, the EBC graduate certificate addresses the best techniques for face-to-face and distance coaching. Students gain a deep theoretical understanding of how and why coaching is effective.
Courses explore the theory and research from which coaching has emerged. EBC draws from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, communication, and organization studies, together with current techniques and strategies in coaching. An evidence-based coach uses the best existing research and theory, in combination with personal coaching skills, to design a professional, results oriented course of action. In Fielding's EBC program, students acquire a broad range of theories and skills that directly apply to coaching practice.
Students engage with professional colleagues and
faculty via face-to-face meetings, phone conferencing and online discussion.
Benefits
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Learn coaching strategies based on research and evidence in the field.
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Determine personal coaching styles, guided by well-researched models.
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Develop the ability to coach online, on the phone, and face-to-face.
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Discover the theory behind effective coaching practices.
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Receive supervision from academically qualified coaching practitioners.
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Earn graduate level credit that may be applied towards a degree at Fielding or another accredited university.
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Receive ACTP certification from the International Coaching Federation.
The academic credit earned with this certificate program
articulates to several degree programs at Fielding:
Accreditation
The graduate level Evidence Based Coaching program is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).