ICA Community Bulletin

As of the 1st March Karen Cappello’s role at ICA will be changing. She will be stepping down as CLO as she has decided to pursue her passion for training by focusing on teaching in CPCP and supervised coaching.  Karen will also continue to support students in answering their many questions and in working with Jamee and the buddies.

ICA is committed to keeping class sizes to an optimal level and to provide a range of class times that are suited to various time zones.  Therefore, we have added extra classes for AC100-Advanced 1, AC200-Advanced 2 and PT100-Power Tools, beginning Monday 24 March, 2008.

Additionally, there has been a change of trainer to the Wednesday, 6am NY ET, AC100 class.  This class was previously facilitated by Angela Bird, but will now be facilitated by Linda Anderson.

Below is a list of the new classes beginning Monday, 24 March, 2008.

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Alumni Coffee Break Calls are an informal opportunity for graduates of ICA to come together and enjoy the company of other Alumni.

These calls take place every Tuesday at 4pm NY ET, with the exception of the first Tuesday of the month.  Our next call will take place on Tuesday, 18 March, 2008.

A number of ICA graduates are tapping into the support that can be found within our ICA Alumni community.  Just show up and share, celebrate and experience the wonderful support and camaraderie that exists between fellow coaches.  These calls are hosted by Sandi Neilson, ICA graduate and valued member of our Alumni community.

****PLEASE NOTE - NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THESE CALLS****

You are invited to our ICA Book Club Meeting.  Alumni and new coaches alike, are welcome to hoin us as we discuss this month’s book titled:

“The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and when to stick)” by Seth Gordon.

This is a great chance to add ideas and concepts to your education and growing coaching practice.  Our book choices are selected to inspire and support.

Don’t miss the perfect opportunity to connect with other coaches within ICA’s community, by attending what promised to be a rich event.  Hosted by ICA student and valued member of our ICA community, Nick Bosk.

****PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THIS CALL****

Do you need to relax and have a coffee break?

Are you finding your way in the ICA corridors? Would you like to meet fellow students and network with your peers?

Then come along to our next CBC (Coffee Break Call) on March 19 at 1pm NY EDT.  Take a break!  You deserve it!  Come and share with all our great new future coaches and let us know how you are doing so far at ICA.  Share your stories and your wins, exchange ideas, compare notes, ask a question, or just pop in and listen.

The CBC is run by students for students, for you, so do come along, introduce yourself, we will gladly welcome you, and remember it is great place to find ‘Peer clients’ and ‘Peer coaches’ as well. 

****PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR THESE CALLS****

ICA is commited to providing the highest quality bridge line technology for all of our teleclasses and community calls alike.

In keeping with this, we have secured a new bridge line for our ICA community calls, such as the ‘Book Club’ meetings and the ‘Student Coffee Break’ calls.  This is a paid bridge line, hosted by Voicetext, and our experience in that this line will provide a higher quality, and more reliable service, that the free alternatives.

For dates, times and details of these call please go to our Academic Calendar

The details for this new line are:

Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 834628#

Your ICA Team

Joanne Waldman, ICA Trainer, is organizing a get together in St Louis, Missouri, for all ICA students and graduates.  This is a great opporunity for coaches to come together informally and meet one another, share experiences and exchange ideas.

A date for this event is yet to be set, so if you are interested in attending, please email Gwen, at  gwen.nr@icoachacademy.com

Contra Coaching is a program which gives coaches an opportunity to receive free coaching in exchange for giving coaching.  There are many benefits to be gained from becoming a member of this ICF supported program. 

This month, every time you refer a coach to join the Contra Coaching Community you will receive a free Contra Coin for that referral.  The more you refer the more coins you will receive.

Membership fee applies.  To find out more information, or to join the Contra Coaching community go to the website by clicking here.

Laurene Vaughan, PhD and Research Paper assessor at ICA, hosted a very successful and highly attended information call last week, providing information and answering questions regarding all aspects of the Research Paper assessment task.  For those students who were unable to attend, the call was recorded and is now available for listening by clicking here

Strategy & Action Meetings

Over the last few weeks we have held a series of planning meetings with Alumni.  They have been really well attended and have resulted in some clear direction for ICA Alumni going forward.

We are currently synthesizing and interpreting the thoughts and feelings of the graduates who have attended over the last 3 weeks.

We will be releasing a draft Alumni strategy within the next 10 days for comment and consultation and we expect to see structures and services established in the weeks following that.

Alumni Global Networking Meetings

These meetings will be temporarily put on hold until the Alumni Strategy is released.

****PLEASE NOTE - NEW BRIDGE LINE FOR ALL ALUMNI CALLS****

Due to some technical problems with the bridge line used over the past weeks, we have secured a new line for future Alumni calls.  Here are the details of the new line.

Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 834628#

For all the latest information regarding Alumni including minutes of past meetings, dates for future meetings and all other Alumni information click here.

Daylight saving will begin in the US this weekend, on March 9th and as the ICA Academic Calendar is based on NY EST, this change will affect many of our students from around the world in different time zones, and the time that they attend classes.

** If you live in the US**

The times you attend teleclasses will not change.  But, make sure you turn your clock forward an hour on the 9th March for the start of day light saving.

**If you live outside the US**

The times you attend teleclasses will change.  You will need to  update your teleclass conversions as follows:

All students: Reconvert the time of your classes as of the 9th March (until 2nd November when Daylight Saving finishes in the US).

Some students: Reconvert the time of your classes again if your country starts of finishes Daylight Saving on a date other than the 9th March.

For a list of when countries start/finish day light saving click here

To recovert times click here

If you have any questions, please email support@icoachacademy.com

And of course don’t forget:

If you are starting day light saving you need to turn your clock forward one hour.
If you are finishing day light saving you need to turn your clock back one hour.