ICA Community Bulletin

The Coaching profession is always growing and expanding. ICA wants to stay ahead of the curve as well as continue to serve the needs of our current community and the world beyond.

We are inviting you to join the weekly Interest Groups that we will run for 4 weeks to help us create more resources for YOU. If you personally relate to the topic, have an interest in the topic or just want to join the fun, please feel free to attend one or more of our newly focused Interest Groups.

The first areas we will be focusing on are:

Gay and Lesbian Community - Facilitated by Michael Moniz (Tuesdays 9pm, 4 weeks beginning March 23)

Small Business Building - Facilitated by Bill Turpin  (Tuesdays 8pm, 4 weeks beginning March 23)

Social Responsibility Facilitated by Angela Bird  (Thursdays 7pm, 4 weeks beginning March 25)

******All of these calls will take place on the same bridge line, details as follows******

Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253
Access code: 697432#

Each group will meet on a weekly basis and we look forward to your creative ideas, insights and sharing. By your participation, you will be telling us what the community is looking for and giving us feedback on possible additions to our CoPs.  Students are invited to leave feedback on these classes via the Discussion Board, under ‘CoP: Weekly Interest Groups’.

Thank you for helping us develop the future of ICA!

ICA/Lobii are excited to announce the appointment of several new members to our training team.  We hope you will join with us in welcoming them into this wonderful community. These new trainers and classes have been reflected in the Academic Calendar.

Welcome:

Kate Wan, Sales CoP leader.  Kate’s first class will commence, March 18, Thursdays @ 7am NY ET

Leon VanderPol, LL3,  Leon’s first class will commence March 17, Wednesdays @ 10pm NY ET

Maria Gu, joins us as a new trainer in the Chinese Program.

Registrations for April Supervised Coach are now being taken and classes will commence the week beginning Monday April 5, 2010.

Supervised Coach classes run for 6 weeks with students required to attend the same 2 sessions per week, a total of 12 classes. Each Supervised Coach class is limited to 6 students and a minimum of 4 students is required for the class to go ahead. You will receive confirmation of your registration once your preferred time option has received the necessary 4 registrations.

Please visit the Supervised Coach page via the learnsite for more details.

To register for April Supervised Coach you need to:

1. Refer to the Academic Calendar, April 2010, for available times.
2. Nominate 2 time options that are suitable for you.
3. Register now by clicking here.

As we are about to celebrate our first Graduation for 2010, ICA would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the students who have successfully completed their program and are about to graduate and join our wonderful alumni community. This is a very exciting time for all and celebrations are about to begin.

On March 1, 50 students from 17 countries will graduate from the CPC program and will begin a new journey as certified coaches and ICA alumni. Each student has worked hard to acheive their success and we congratulate them all.

To provide the opportunity for all of our students, along with their family and friends, to celebrate this achievement we will be holding two graduation ceremonies. Students have been officially invited to attend one ceremony, but are more than welcome to join in the other celebrations with their peers.

Details of the ceremonies are as follows:

Ceremony 1 - March 1, 2pm NY ET

Ceremony 2 -  March 1, 8pm NY ET

Bridgeline : +1 512 597 6253

Access code: 893765#

Our graduating students for March 2010 are: Read more »

We are excited to announce that the remaining few new modules and updates to our curriculum are now complete. 

Many of our modules have been rewritten along with many completely new modules being added to our programs.   Most of these were updated to our Learnsite prior to our return from the 2 week break over December and January, with the exception of a few.

The list below outlines the recently added modules and updates.  These updates will be loaded to our Learnsite within the next 24 hours. If you have already completed the module prior to the update you do not need to repeat the class, although you are most welcome to do this.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact support@icoachacademy.com 

Updates - 26 February, 2010

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Learning Level 1

Coaching Theory - New module and curriculum replacing Trial Session
Power Listening - Same name, new curriculum
Being a Coach - New module and curriculum

Learning Level 2

Developing Tools - New module and curriculum replacing Creating Structures
Creating Action - Same name, new curriculum
No Single Model - New module and curriculum replacing Coaching Model
Underlying Beliefs - New module and curriculum replacing Underlying Automatic Commitments

Learning Level 3

Commitment Vs Trying - Same name, new curriculum
Respect Vs Invalidation - Same name, new curriculum
Lightness Vs Insignificance - New module and curriculum replacing Game Vs Significance

Learning Level 4

Diversity - Same name, new curriculum
Your Model - New module and curriculum replacing Using Your Coaching Model

Learning Level 5

Visualisation - New module and curriculum
Tools and Assessment - New module and curriculum
Self Management - New module and curriculum replaces Moving Forward

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Registrations for March Supervised Coach classes commencing March 1, have now closed.

Registrations for April Supervised Coach will open soon, once class times have been finalised.

Please stay tuned for more information.

There have been a number of changes made to the Academic Calendar.  Most of these updates are trainer changes to classes and the details can be found below.  In addition, a new calendar has been added for our Getting Connected calls.  These calls are for our new students to connect with ICA Trainer, Nick Bosk and ask any questions they may have.  Also, registration for March Supervised Coach is now open and the 5 new time options, with classes commencing the first week of March,  have also been added to the Academic Calendar.  Registration for Supervised Coach can be made via the Community Bulletin (see earlier post), or via the Learn site.

All Academic Calendar changes are effective immediately. Read more »

Registrations for March Supervised Coach are now being taken and classes will commence the week beginning Monday March 1, 2010.

Supervised Coach classes run for 6 weeks with students required to attend 2 sessions per week, a total of 12 classes. Each Supervised Coach class is limited to 6 students and a minimum of 4 students is required for the class to go ahead. You will receive confirmation of your registration once your preferred time option has received the necessary 4 registrations. Please visit the Supervised Coach page via the learnsite for more details.

To register for March Supervised Coach you need to:

1. Refer to the Academic Calendar, March 2010, for available times.
2. Nominate 2 time options that are suitable for you.
3. Register now by clicking here.

Due to low numbers, we are removing the Health & Wellness CoP, Tuesday 10 am from the calendar.

The Health & Wellness CoP, Wednesday 7 pm remains.

As we say goodbye to two trainers this month, please join us in wishing them the very best! Thank you Sherry Read and Alexia Michiels for all you have brought to ICA. We will miss you!

Sherry will be moving forward focusing on her own business and her family, whilst Alexia is moving to Switzerland and will be focusing on her much loved Yoga.

We wish both Sherry and Alexia all the best!!

Registration for February Supervised Coach classes commencing February 8, have now closed.

Registration for March Supervised Coach will open soon, once times and dates have been finalised.

Please stay tuned for more information.

Read more »

In response to students’ requests for added rigor to our curriculum, we are happy to announce one change to Assessments.

Beginning on February 1, 2010, students will be required to post their answers to the reflection questions in the modules onto the Forum/Discussion Board.

A couple of questions you may have about this:
1. Will anyone be giving me feedback and responding to my posts?
While you will not receive formal feedback from the assessment team, you will be sharing your ideas with your peers. Students and trainers will have the opportunity to read your answers. This is about your own self-reflection and learning. There are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers.
2. How will anyone know that I’ve done this?
Again, this is for you and your individual learning. We invite everyone to be self-responsible and assess your own learning. You will find that, when you get to Supervised Coach toward the end of your program, you will be more prepared if you have taken full advantage of this self-assessment.

Please let us know if you have other questions and we look forward to reading your posts!

Thank you for continuing to make ICA the most exciting and excellent coach training school that it is!!

Very best,
Jamee Tenzer, PCC, Assessment Coordinator
jamee.tenzer@icoachacademy.com

We area excited to welcome everyone back from break and hope that you all had wonderful holidays.

If you were unable to listen in to the special call on Monday, Jan 11 with Karen Cappello and Nick Bosk, please listen to the audio as Karen and Nick go over the new calendar and curriculum and answer students’ questions.

Info Call Audio - > http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WtrqvPhS

(click here for MP3 download) - > http://tinyurl.com/infomp3

New Calendar -> http://tinyurl.com/y8m5xjv

FAQ Document - > http://tinyurl.com/ylak7xv

CPCP Overview -> http://tinyurl.com/yzbqcf7

ACCP Overview-> http://tinyurl.com/ylohpcm

We are always here to support you. Let us know if you have any questions by writing to: support@icoachacademy.com.

We have one new change to assessments that will be announced next week.

I will be posting here each week as well to keep you up to date and share thoughts.

Thank you all for returning to class with full enthusiasm and energy for 2010!!

Here’s to you and thanks for being a magnificent coach!

Sheri Boone, Global Training Manager

Registration for March 2010 Graduation is now open and we would like to invite those students who are planning to graduate in March to register now.

Registration allows students to choose which ceremony they wish to attend, along with completing details for certification. A formal invitation containing further information pertaining to graduation will be sent out to each student who registers 2 weeks prior to the graduation date.

Graduation will be held on Monday, March 1, 2010 with 2 ceremonies for students to choose from.

Ceremony (1) 2pm NY ET

Ceremony (2) 8pm NY ET

You can register for graduation by clicking on the link below, or via the Supervised Coach/Graduation page on the learnsite.

Register: March 2010 Graduation

Registrations for February Supervised Coach are now being taken and classes will commence the week beginning Monday February 8, 2010.

Classes run for 6 weeks with students required to attend 2 sessions per week. Each Supervised Coach class is limited to 6 students and a minimum of 4 students is required for the class to go ahead. You will receive confirmation of your registration once your preferred time option has received the necessary 4 registrations. Please visit the Supervised Coach page via the learnsite for more details.

To register for February Supervised Coach you must:

1. Refer to the Academic Calendar, February 2010 for available times.
2. Nominate 2 time options that are suitable for you.
3. Register now by clicking here.

We would like to invite our ICA Community to share in the celebration of our recent graduation, their friends and family along with ICA staff, by listening to our graduation ceremonies.

Join our host Nick Bosk and members of ICA’s management team as they lead the celebrations. Our graduating students were invited to participate and share this wonderful occasion with family and peers alike.

Congratulations to you all once again!

Listen Graduation Call 1 - 2pm, 7 December, 2009

Listen Graduation Call 2 - 8pm, 7 December, 2009

The next round of Supervised Coach classes will commence the week of Monday, February 8, 2010

Due to the ICA Program Break from December 20 to January 9 there will be no Supervised Coach commencing January 2010.

Registration for February Supervised Coach will open January 11, after the Program Break, and the available time options will be posted to the Academic Calendar at this time.

We will be taking a three week break from classes at ICA, beginning Sunday December 20, with classes resuming Sunday January 10, 2010.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone within our ICA community a happy holiday season and the very best for the coming year. We look forward to welcoming you back to the corridors of ICA in 2010.

Your ICA Team!

With our last graduation for 2009 just a week away, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate those students who have successfully completed their program and are about to graduate and join our wonderful alumni community. It is a very exciting time for everyone and celebrations are just around the corner.

On December 7, 77 students from 17 countries, will graduate from the CPC program and begin a new journey as certified coaches and ICA alumni. Each student has worked hard to achieve their success and we congratulate them all.

To provide the opportunity for all of our students, along with their family and friends, to celebrate this achievement we will be holding two graduation ceremonies. Students have been officially invited to attend one ceremony, but are more than welcome to join in the other celebration with their peers.

Details of the ceremonies are as follows: 

Ceremony 1 - December 7, 2pm NY ET

Ceremony 2 - December 7, 8pm NY ET

Bridgeline  +1 512 597 6253

Access code  893765#

Our graduating students for December 2009 are: Read more »

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