ICA Community Bulletin

ICA would like to say farewell to one of our trainers, Paul Litwack.

Paul has been a valued member of our training team, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Paul for his valuable contributions and to wish him well in his coaching future!

In the interim and for the following month, Kathy Munoz, will now facilitate the CoP Executive teleclasses. 

ICA would like to extend a warm welcome to Sherry Read, Michael Moniz and Kathy Munoz, as the newest members to join our Training Team.

Sherry and Michael will be taking regular classes, whilst Kathy will be taking on the role of backup trainer, stepping in to fill in where needed.

Please join us in welcoming them, as you meet them in the corridors of ICA. Please take the time to read their profiles below and learn a little about them.

It is at this time that we would also like to farewell two members of our training team. Jim Clarkson and Lou D’Alo have been valued members of the ICA training team and leave us to pursue their coaching professions outside of ICA. Thanks Jim and Lou!!

Our calendar will be updated reflecting these changes. Please note: class times will not change.

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As of June 1st Merci Miglino will serve as Interim Training Manager as well as Assessment Co-ordinator and Teleclass Trainer. Merci is an alumna of ICA and has been a trainer with ICA since 2005. Merci is reaching out to staff and students to bring their perspective and feedback to our learning environment. Please feel free to contact Merci with your thoughts and suggestions, she can be contacted at merci.miglino@icoachacacemy.com

Karen Cappello is now focusing on teaching in CPCP and supervised coaching as well as supporting students and working with Jamee and the buddies.

Congratulations to all our of our graduating students!  You have all worked very hard and deserve your success. Well done and welcome to our Alumni community!

To accommodate our students from around the world, we will be holding two graduation ceremonies.  Students have been invited to attend one ceremony but are certainly welcome to attend both if they wish.

Details for these ceremonies are as follows:

Ceremony 1:

Date & time: June 6, 2008 @ 7pm NY ET

Ceremony 2:   

Date & time:  June 8, 2008 @ 6am NY ET

Bridge line for both: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 668983

Our graduating students are: Read more »

It’s not even spring yet and the ICA Buddies are already doing their part to make ICA beautiful in every corner of the world. In the past year, the Buddy Program has grown along with our student body and results have been wonderful for our staff, trainers and new students alike. With their can-do spirit and committed support, our Buddies welcome new students with enthusiasm, valuable information and a heartfelt sense of camaraderie.

It is with gratitude that we thank those ICA Buddies who committed their time and expertise to the Buddy Program at the very beginning and have since moved on to achieve great things. You made such a difference! Read more »

We would like to welcome Jamee Tenzer to the ICA Trainers team.  Jamee has been running the orientation calls and support for ICA for some time now.  Jamee is also an ICA graduate and she completed the ‘Train the Trainer’ course last year. 

Jamee will be taking a Foundation Class on Tuesdays at 3pm NY EDT beginning on the 14 August.  Jamee will also be completely managing support the buddy area of ICA.

Congratulations Jamee!!

ICA would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ton De Graaf on a truly outstanding achievement. ICA has the world’s first Certified Master Business Coach on board!The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC) is the first international professional association dedicated exclusively to the business coaching industry. Since business coaching is a self-regulated industry, the WABC is committed to setting the highest international standards of ethics, integrity and professional responsibility for it’s members. Read more »

ICA would like to congratulate Ronnie Noize on her outstanding achievement of being awarded ‘Coach of the Year,2007′, by the North West Coaches Association. Ronnie is the leader of ICA’s Community of Practice Business niche. President Elect (2008), Bob Renggli, describes Ronnie as someone who “…embodies all that we celebrate through this new award: integrity, leadership, development, excellence and community, along with an unwavering commitment to professionalism.” ICA couldn’t agree more!

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Congratulations to all our graduating students! A graduation ceremonly is being held on Friday, 1st June 2007 and we would like to invite the student community to come along and support their peers as they celebrate their success.

When: Friday, 1st June 2007 @ 7pm NY EST
Bridge: +1 512 597 6253, Access code: 668983#

Our graduation students are as follows Read more »

I attended my last class tonight (I graduate on Friday), and I cannot recommend this experience to aspiring coaches more.

I recently interviewed to become an independent contractor coach with a coaching firm, and I realized just how much ICA prepared me as a coach! I was giving all of the right answers primarily as a result of all of the things I’ve learned.

Just thought I’d share…I’m looking forward to being part of this awesome student blog!

Kristen Hallows Job You Deserve Career Coaching JobYouDeserve.com

ICA is currently reviewing the Bridge line use for all ICA Teleclasses.

ICA moved to the current Bridge line in January 2007 in anticipation of it providing a higher quality service to skype callers. However, feedback from within our ICA community (both ICA staff and students) has indicated that this line is not an improvement and that not only skype, but also regular phone line callers, are experiencing difficulties with accessing calls and the line quality.

We are highly concerned and are following this up with our Bridge company as a matter of urgency. At the same time, we are also researching and testing alternative bridge lines to use as either a replacement or a back up. Either way, we anticipate a result within the next couple of weeks.

Thank you to our community for their feedback and patience. It is our intention that students be able to access their teleclasses without difficulty and using the most cost efficient means possible and your contribution to this process has been highly valued.

We will keep you updated and please do continue to send us your feedback via support@ica.helpserve.com.

We received some feedback from one of our magnificant students about our new “Client Feedback Form”, which is used in the Peer Coaching part of the program.

Among other things, the form asks the client to identify three things the student coach could do better next time. It was felt that this type of question encouraged clients to focus too much on the negatives and went against the spirit of coaching. We agree, so we’ve rewritten the form so that it encourages clients to build on the strengths of their student coach, while providing room for all relevant feedback.

The new form is called the “Client Response to Coaching Form”. You will find it on the Assessment page of the Learnsite as well as in the Advanced 1 Toolbox. We hope you like it!! If you have used any of the old forms with clients you don’t need to redo them, just begin using the new form with any new clients.

And keep the feedback coming!! We love your insights!!

Israel Coaching Community is a new coaching organization. Its mission is to contribute to a climate of cooperation among coaches and to facilitate ethics and regulations through legislation and academy contacts. The inaugral meeting was held last month and organisers were overwhelmed by the response. Over 220 coaches attended and elected committee leaders. Read more »

In August, Laurene Vaughan (ICA Trainer) will be travelling to Italy to attend and present a paper at the Participatory Design Conference 2006.

Laurene will be presenting a paper on how people (consumers and users of the designed artefacts) are designers too. They may not be the creators of the original item, but they do through their everyday use of things, re-create and customise objects and systems to make
them their own.

Laurene is passionate about how important the everyday poetry of life being lived is creative, and that this process needs to be recognised as creativity in action by individuals and broader social and business organisations.

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Congratulations to Linda Anderson for achieving the designation of Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation.

“This credential is important to me as a professional coach as it reflects the high standard of coaching I endeavor to provide every client I work with. It also provides potential clients with the assurance that my coaching skills have been assessed and approved by an independent coaching association.”

Linda Anderson
Business Coach; Life Coach

a2a coaching
aspire to achieve
http://www.a2acoaching.com

The Wednesday teleclass for Advanced I at 6am has been taken by Frankie Picasso. As of July Frankie is no longer teaching with us. We want to thank her for all the support she has given and to wish her all the best.

Michael Heah, ICA graduate, recently received Professional Certified Coach (PCC) status with the International Coach Federation.  Many congratulations Michael!

Joanne Waldman is the recipient of the 2006 University of Missouri-Columbia College of Education Citation of Merit for Outstanding Achievement and Meritorious Service.

This award is based upon Joanne’s career in counseling, coaching, and service to teaching/training and the community. One of the reasons the committee chose Joanne was her leading edge work as a coach and a teleclass leader, particularly at International Coach Academy.

Joanne is receiving this honor as she has devoted her life to the mission of increasing the quality and purpose of so many people’s lives through her work. In 1982, Joanne received her Master’s Degree in counseling from the college of Education.

Congratulations Joanne!

We are excited to announce that Bill Turpin and Frankie Picasso have joined the ICA training team and. As of February 2006 they will be leading telelcasses as follows:

Frankie Picasso: Advanced 1, option 5, Wednesday @ 6am NY EST
Bill Turpin: Coaching Practicum, Monday @ 3pm NY EST
Both Bill and Frankie are graduates of ICA. In addition to their new responsibilities, they will continue on with their existing roles of Student Support Coach (Frankie) and Enrollment consultant (Bill).

ICA would like to thank all our fantastic buddies for their tremendous support in 2005.  The following members of the ICA Student community have done an amazing job volunteering to support our newbies:

Lisa Tsen
Jacinta Hin
Jenny Mallos
Jen Denys
Joanna Couch
Saya Mulling
Sharon Nassau
Krissy Chah Jackson
Berdedah Stark
Valeri Consoli
Rondell Demming
Dayna Elfont

We would also like to congratulate the members of our student buddy team who successfully graduated in December 2005. A couple of these buddies will be ‘retiring’ and we thank them for their loyal support and assistance, and wish them all the best for their future endeavours.