ICA Community Bulletin

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

A reminder to all our students who are planning to graduate December 2009.

Graduation is set to take place Monday, December 7 and we would like to take this opportunity to remind those students who have registered for graduation, that all assessment requirements need to be submitted to assessment@icoachacademy.com by October 26. This will allow the assessment team the necessary time to assess your submissions.

If you have not registered as yet and are planning to graduate this December, please register by clicking the link below or by visiting our Supervised Coach/Graduation page on the learnsite.

Register for December Graduation

A note of clarity and support from the assessment team:  Below is a short description of what we are expecting from the Power Tool Assessment.  We hope this will support you as you move ahead with the creation of your Power Tool.

Power Tool

For this assessement you are required to create you own powertool.  This tool should be based on the same conceptual model as the ICA powertools where two opposing perspectives are presented in a way that clients can use as part of the coaching process.  The aim is to use the tool to explore and enable empowered change for people and to add to your coaching toolbox as part of your evolving coaching practice.

This means that the tool that you create should:

• Explain/outline the two perspectives - what they are and how they inform our lives.
• Include activities, questions etc that you would use with clients to help them with this process
• Be practical and explain the two perspectives and how they inform what we do in a language that is accessible for clients.

Your powertool should build on what you have learnt from studying the powertools.  It can be useful to design your powertool to add to your overall coaching approach and coaching model.

The powertool is a pass/fail assessment.  In order to pass it is essential that you address all these issues and present it in clear and accessible language.

Powertools are usually between 3-4 pagesin length.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate those students who have successfully completed their program here at ICA, and are now about to graduate and join our wonderful Alumni community.  It is truly an exciting time for everyone and celebrations are just around the corner.

This month 125 students will end their journey, as students here at ICA and begin a new journey as certified coaches and ICA Alumni.  Each student has worked hard to achieve their success. 

Congratulations to you all!

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

Details for these ceremonies are as follows:

Ceremony 1 - December 5, 2pm NY ET
Ceremony 2 - December 5, 7pm NY ET
Ceremony 3 - December 5, 9pm NY ET
Ceremony 4 - December 8, 11am NY ET

Bridgeline: +1 512  597 6253
Access Code: 668983#

Our graduating students for December 2008 are: Read more »

SOME CHANGES TO DECEMBER GRADUATION AND GRADUATION FOR 2009.

December Graduation

It is truly amazing and wonderful that ICA will see over 150 students graduate this December, and due to this and also in response to feedback received from students and ICA staff alike, we have decided to offer a 4th Graduation for December only.

This additional graduation ceremony will take place on Monday, 8 December at 11am NY ET.  Students will be given the opportunity to register and nominate which ceremony they will be attending, when they receive their invitation.  Invitations will be sent out closer to the date.

Dates and times for December Graduation are:

Graduation Ceremony 1 - Friday, 5 December, 2pm NY ET
Graduation Ceremony 2 - Friday, 5 December, 7pm NY ET
Graduation Ceremony 3 - Friday, 5 December, 9pm NY ET
Graduation Ceremony 4 - Monday, 8 December, 11am NY ET

2009 Graduations

Again with our wonderful global community in mind, we have decided to change the day of graduation for 2009, to a Monday as opposed to a Friday. Graduation ceremonies will now take place on the first Monday of March, June, September and December at 2pm & 8pm NY ET.

We are hopeful that the day and times scheduled, offers flexibility for all students from around the world and to all members of our ICA community.

Please refer to the Academic Calendar for further details.

ICA is committed to providing a program of the highest quality and flexibility, and in keeping with this commitment we have decided to expand our Supervised Coach program.

Presently we offer Supervised Coach and the opportunity to graduate twice a year.  To provide our students with more options, we will now offer not only an increased number of Supervised Coach classes, but also these classes will now run continually throughout the year.  Along with this we will now offer graduation 4 times a year, which will allow students who have completed their program, to graduate earlier should they choose to do so.  Students will still stay within the same group thoughout the program and will be required to attend all 12 sessions as before.  Students will be required to register for both Supervised Coach and graduaton via the learnsite. 

However, we do ask that before registering for Supervised Coach, students refer to the pre requisites for Supervised Coach eligibility.  The pre requisites can be accessed via the learnsite or by clicking here.

Beginning the first week of November we will offer:

• 6 new Supervised Coach classes beginning the first week of each month
• 6 weeks duration, attending twice weekly
• 6 time and day options each month
• 4 graduations per year 

Read more »

Just a reminder to our students planning to graduate in December 2008. As Supervised Coach is now well underway, we take this opportunity to remind everyone concerned that all Graduation Submissions are due on or by Friday October 24, 2008, with graduation set to take place on Friday December 5, 2008.

We encourage our graduating students to make their submissions gradually as this not only alleviates the stress of ‘getting’ all submissions in on time, but also allows time for our assessment team to assess these submissions.

If you have any questions regarding assessment or graduation please email support@ica.helpserve.com or assessment@icoachacademy.com

Laurene Vaughan, PhD and Research Paper assessor at ICA, hosted a very successful and highly attended information call in February 2008, 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

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

Come and join Laurene Vaughan, PhD, as she shares information about the Research Paper, which is one of the assessment tasks for graduation Laurene will answer any questions you have in a teleclass to be held on:

Date: Wednesday, 27 February, 2008

Time: 6pm NY ET

Bridgeline: +1 512 597 6253

Access Code: 449673

If you cannot attend and have specific questions that you want covered, please email the to laurene.vaughan@icoachacademy.com. This call will be recorded for those who cannot attend

Supervised Coach classes are due to start in two weeks time. If you are planning to graduate in June 2008 and you have not already registered for Supervised Coach you need to do so now before registrations close.

ICA student Suzanne Swartz has put this amazing list together with the thought that it may provide some support and guidance for our newbies as they begin their training at ICA.  Thank you Suzy for a wonderfully helpful tool.

SUZY’S 10 TIPS FOR LEARNING AT ICA

1.    Believe in yourself.  Acknowledge yourself for choosing such a unique ICF accredited coach training program full of supportive people.  Something like:

‘WOW, I am such a clever person, I am really on the cutting edge! After you calm down , read the information in the SUPPORT section.

http://ica.helpserve.com/index.php

Once you have reached this page, simply click Knowledgebase followed by FAQ’s.  After that, click Downloads and read the “Welcome to ICA” pages.  Once you have done this, introduce yourself on the Discussion Board in the Cafe and Social Area, under “Introduce Yourself to our Community”

Read more »

Just a reminder to our students planning to graduate in December 2007. As Supervised Coach is now well underway, we take this opportunity to remind everyone concerned that all ‘Graduation Submissions’ are due on or by Friday October 26, 2007, with graduation set to take place on Friday December 7,2007.

We encourage our graduating students to make their submissions gradually as this not only alleviates the stress of ‘getting’ all submissions in on time, but also allows time for our assessment team to assess these submissions.

If you have any questions regarding assessment or graduation please email support@ica.helpserve.com or assessment@icoachacademy.com

Registrations for Supervised Coach will remain open until August 1.  Two more time options have been added, so there are 11 places remaining. You must attend the same time option each week and must register via the link below.

The pre requisites for Supervised Coach registrations are:

1. Please read the Supervised Coach Orientation document and listen to the Supervised Coach Audio to determine your eligibility

2. Check the list of available times via the Academic Calendar

Register:

To register for Supervised Coach, please click on the link below. Please list your 3 preferred time options from the schedule above.

- > Registrations for August 2007 Supervised Coach are now closed.

The training team often receive questions about the best time to complete assignments. Many people find that leaving them to the very end of the program puts them into a last minute rush before graduation. Our advice is always to stagger your assessment tasks throughout the program as much as possible. Read more »

ICA student blogs have been up and running for several months now and it has been exciting to hear the powerful effects that online journalling can have on so many students’ learning journeys. We have received feedback from some students, however, that the assessment criteria of 3 - 5 links per week was rather excessive and didn’t fit with a natural flow of ideas and connections that made blogging such a powerful activity. We’ve changed the criteria to reflect this. Remember, the key thing with blogging is not so much the number of entries and links, but how effectively you have used your blog to support reflective practice, Read more »

New Bridge Line
As of the 2nd April, 2007, the Bridge number for all ICA Teleclasses will be

+1 512 597 6253

Access Codes
All courses will have their own access codes and these can be found on the Academic Calendar.
Moderator Codes
These new lines are moderator controlled.  This means that all callers will be placed ‘on hold’ until the trainer/moderator joins the call using a special pin code.  The moderator pin codes have been published on the Academic Calendar and should only be used by students in the case of a trainer not presenting for a class (see Emergency Bridge line below)

Emergency Bridge line
The Emergency Bridge line has been cancelled and instead, the moderator codes for all teleclasses have been published on the Academic Calendar.  A student should only dial in as a moderator if, after 5 mins into the scheduled call, the trainer has not presented for class.  By dialling in as a moderator you connect all callers waiting on hold and the class will then have the option to use the class time to network and connect with each other, or, continue on with a class discussion around the scheduled topic.

Important! If you dial in as the moderator you must be able to stay on the call for the duration of the class (if you drop off the call it will cancel the call and dump all callers).

You are invited to join Karen Cappello and Cassandra Rae for a follow up blogging teleclass on Tuesday, 20 February at 4pm NY on bridgeline 605-772-3744, access code 840099.  

We will continue our blogging journey covering topics, such as:

~ How to change your theme

~ Creating additional pages (you can use your blog as your website!)

~ Moderating comments

~ Manage your sidebar

~ Managing categories

~ Using photos in your posts

~ Subscribing to your blog

~ Adding your photo to your comments

As this is the follow up blogging class we are assuming that you already have a wordpress.com blog up and running.  In this Advanced class, we will access our blogs during class and walk through processes step-by-step.  We will get through as many topics as time allows while answering your questions.  

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