ICA Community Bulletin

The Academic Calendar has now been updated to include all classes until the end of the year.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind students that the ICA three week program break will take place from December 19, 2010 to January 8, 2011.

Classes will resume January 9, 2011.

We take this opportunity to say goodbye and best wishes to Joanne Waldman, Angela Bird and Augustine Chow, who are completing with ICA this week.

We thank these excellent trainers for their outstanding service and wish them all the very best in the future!

Registrations are still open for the next ‘Learning Leader’ course - starting Tuesday, 13th July, 2010, for 8 weeks.

Accredited by the ICF, this program offers 24 Continuing Coach Education Units (CCEU’s) needed for ACC, PCC or MCC credentialed renewals.  It is also highly relevant for anyone wanting to grow their business by adding the art of group facilitation to their professional skills.

Information Audio –> http://tinyurl.com/ica-learn-lead

Our current Learning Lab, facilitated by Kathy Munoz on Monday evenings at 9pm will conclude next week.  The final learning lab will be held on May 24 at 9pm NY ET.

Stay tuned for an exciting opportunity that will be offered very soon to replace the current Learning Lab.

Your ICA Team!

We are very excited to announce the return of the Small Business CoP.  ICA trainer, Leon VanderPol will lead these classes twice a week, scheduled for Tuesday at 8am and Thursday at 8pm. 

These classes will commence the week of May 24.  For full details and schedule, please refer to the Academic Calendar.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind our student community of some important dates and events on our calendar for 2010.

Graduation is always an exciting time here at ICA.  It is a wonderful celebration of achievement shared by not only our graduating students, but their family, friends and peers alike.  These celebrations are open to our community, and with that in mind here are the dates for each graduation taking place this year.  Bridge line details for these events will be posted closer to the date.

June 7 @ 2pm & 8pm NY ET
September 13 @ 2pm & 8pm NY ET
December 6 @ 2pm & 8pm NY ET

In addition we would also like to remind our students, that as with last year, there will be NO Program break in July.  Our annual program break for this year will commence Monday, December 20, 2010, with classes recommencing, Monday, January 10, 2011.

Your ICA Team!

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.

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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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 »

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.

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

Earlier this week, our CEO, Browyn Bowery Ireland, invited our community to come along and listen the the exciting plans ahead in 2010 for ICA.

There were many students, alumni and staff who attended and heard Bron share the future journey planned for ICA,  For those of you who were unable to attend, the audio is now available and you can listen by clicking on the link below.

Listen –> Whats Planned for ICA in 2010?

Thank you and happy listening!

Due to low attendance of some of our CoP classes we have decided to discontinue some current classes.  We are however, planning to add new CoP classes soon so stay tuned. 

In addition there have been several changes to the times of a few classes and there will also be some change to the trainers of a few classes.  Full details of these changes are listed below.

All changes are effective the week beginning, 23 November, 2009. Read more »

Bronwyn Bowery Ireland, ICA’s CEO, would like to invite all of you to a teleconference to learn about what’s planned for ICA in 2010.

When: 23 November, 2009
Time: 7pm NY ET
Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253
Access code: 893765#

We hope to ’see’ you all there!

We would like to welcome Kurt Stewart as the newest member to our training team. Whilst Kurt is new to the training team he is certainly not new to ICA.  Kurt is a graduate of ICA, and as our Community Manager has been a member of our team here, since July 2007.

Please join with us in welcoming Kurt to the virtual classrooms.

Kurt will be taking two of our Power Tool classes currently facilitated by Sherry Read, details as follows:

PT | Time Option 6 | Wed 7am NY ET

PT | Time Option 4 | Tue 2pm NY ET

Our Academic Calendar has been updated to reflect these changes which become effective the week beginning November 23, 2009.

Come along to a couple of new times for the Learning Labs and hear our trainers present the New Curriculum modules in the forum of a Learning Lab.  You will get the chance to be an audience for the trainers as they create the new classes.  It’s a peek behind the scenes at ICA/Lobii as we practice and prepare to roll out our new modules.  Your first opportunity to join one of these special labs is scheduled for this Thursday, 22 October @ 7pm NY ET.

Very Exciting!  We would love to see you there!

When:
Tuesdays, 11.30am NY ET (for a limited time)
Thursdays, 7pm NY ET (for a limited time)
Bridge line: +1 512 597 6253
Access code: 711602#

NB: These New Curriculum Labs are only scheduled for a limited time.  For full details of times and exclusion dates please visit the Academic Calendar

Reminder: The Labs are not a part of your curriculum, but an added bonus for you to experience the environment of a Learning Lab.

ICA would like to extend a warm welcome to the newest member of the ICA training team, Anouschka Van den Bosch.  Anouschka is a graduate of ICA and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge with her.  Anouschka will initially be taking over the CoP Career classes on Thursdays, previously facilitated by Joanne Waldman. 

These classes will also be moving to a new time slot. Previously scheduled at 5pm NY ET, effective immediately, these classes will now be scheduled at 8pm NY ET. We believe this time will prove to be suitable for many students from differing time zones.  For full details of bridge line and dates please refer to the Academic Calendar. 

To learn more about Anouschka, read her profile below: Read more »

We have made some changes to our program dates and updated the Academic Calendar in regards to the ICA Program Break.

There will no longer be a Mid Year break during the month of July but instead there will be a three week break, the last two weeks of December and the first week of January.

This year our break will begin Sunday December 20, 2009 through January 9, 2010 with classes resuming Sunday January 10, 2010.

We feel confident this schedule will better support our students with consistency and rhythm as we go forward.

Your ICA Team.

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