This qualification is designed for aspiring coaches seeking to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to coach people as part of their normal role. It is an ideal starting point for a career in coaching or for those in a job role where coaching skills are important, such as developing students, apprentices, colleagues or new employees in your organisation.
Benefits include:
All applicants must attend a bespoke information session and informal interview to discuss their qualifications, experience, workplace role, motivation and aspirations.
You need evidence of:
Independent study will be a core element of your learning and achievement on this course.
This course introduces you to effective practice in workplace coaching, enabling you to develop skills, knowledge and professional behaviours holistically. The specific units are:
Undertaking Coaching within an Organisational Context (4 credits)
Reflecting on Coaching Skills within an Organisational Context (3 credits)
The course is delivered using a range of classroom-based learning activities and an observation of you in your own practice.
Assessment is through coursework and a range of assessment methods is used. These include observations of your practice, self-evaluation, reflective tasks, written assignments, individual and group presentations and professional discussions. All assessment methods have been designed to focus on skills specific to the professional coach, while incorporating key transferable skills.
All assessments require you to apply theory to your own practice and you are expected to engage with academic research and learning theory in a manner commensurate with higher-level study.
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You could progress into a coaching or mentoring role in the workplace, including in an educational setting, or into a work-based teaching and learning role such as assessor-coach.
This qualification may provide progression opportunities to other ILM qualifications such as the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring or in Leadership and Management.
For those delivering training or teaching, it can lead to teacher training, such as the PGCE (Level 7) or Certificate of Education (Level 5).
* Tuition - This figure is the tuition fee to be paid - There are no concessionary fees available.
Rhiannon Elliott has not looked back since embarking on the PGCE.
Formal teacher training was critical for her role as a Travel and Tourism teacher at Derby College – and she feels particularly fortunate that she could achieve her ambitions through part-time study at the College itself.
She gained a nationally recognised qualification without having to move away from home. And so enjoyable was her learning experience that she has now begun studying for a Masters in Education with the University of Derby.
Derby College has offered me lots of support throughout my course. Sometimes working full time and studying can be quite challenging. However, the College has kept me on track and has been very open to helping me respond to any challenges. Reflecting on what I’ve learnt and how it has influenced my work is great.