Curriculum

The programme is a full time course over two years. The programme will require your presence at College on one day a week for three terms a year, currently Tuesdays. In addition, there will be some weekend workshops to attend. You will also need to be in a supervised coaching placement for two years of the programme, as well as producing a number of pieces of qualitative research, case studies and a final dissertation. We require you to be in on-going personal existential coaching as part of your training. The programme will be offered on an intensive basis for distance learners.

Course Elements

Each student on the course will engage in a programme of study, training, practice and research that will include the following elements in equal measure:

• Skills training during the first year of the programme, leading into supervisory work, which will be assessed by case studies.
• Some taught course work, which will emphasise colla- borative learning and integration of theory and practice.
• Coaching practice in a suitable placement, which will be monitored actively by NSPC and which will interact with the supervision component of the programme.
• Research on a specific aspect of coaching, which is to be written up in a final project, predominantly centred on qualitative research.
• The course will be modular in nature and most elements of learning will be offered on an intensive basis for those living further afield