Level 3 Award in Coaching

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Course Introduction

The Level 3 Award in Coaching aims to equip practising and potential team leaders and first line managers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to perform effectively as workplace coaches as part of their normal work role.

This programme will provide delegates:

Topics designed to give candidates an understanding of workplace coaching through three mandatory units:

  • Understanding good practice in workplace coaching
  • Organising workplace coaching
  • Undertaking supervised coaching in the workplace

Objectives

This program aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:

  • Describe the effective workplace coach’s role, responsibilities, characteristics and behaviours
  • Explain the importance of assessing learning styles, agreeing learning outcomes and overcoming potential barriers to ensure that workplace coaching is effective
  • Assess own ability to use a variety of interpersonal communication strategies and give effective feedback to learners on their performance to coach them in the workplace
  • Know how to identify resources to support safe and effective coaching in the workplace
  • Know how to monitor, assess and record learners’ progress towards their goals
  • Know how to use coaching records to identify areas for improvement in own workplace coaching practice
  • Plan and organise workplace coaching sessions
  • Undertake coaching in the workplace
  • Monitor and review own workplace coaching performance

Course Outline

Day 1: Day One

  • Nature and role of coaching
  • Development goals that can be met through coaching
  • Characteristics of effective coaching using a recognised model (eg: GROW or similar)
  • The coaching relationship, how it gives power to a coach, and the responsibilities associated with the role
  • Importance of equality working in a diverse workforce, nature of values and attitudes and potential for offence in the coaching process
  • Concept of learning styles and a practical model for coaches to use
  • Use and interpretation of an appropriate learning needs and styles assessment tools
  • Appropriate coaching approach to use with different learning style preferences
  • Nature and purpose of, and best practice in agreeing, learning outcomes
  • Personal factors which can inhibit responsiveness to coaching (eg previous experiences, expectations, attitudes to being coached)
  • Strategies to overcome personal barriers to coaching
  • Practical barriers to coaching in the workplace (physical environment, managerial attitudes, time, work pressures, etc)
  • Strategies to overcome workplace barriers to coaching (negotiation, alternative locations, etc)
  • Basic difference between training (telling) and coaching (asking) and implications for appropriate communication skills
  • Relevant oral communication skills for coaching (range of questioning techniques, active listening, summarising, reframing and reflecting, etc)
  • Interpretation of body language (posture, gesture, proximity, facial expression, etc)
  • Giving and receiving feedback, and encouraging learners to give feedback

Day 2: ILM Induction

  • Range and value of different learning resources and facilities available to support coaching
  • Accessing learning support services
  • Range of resources that might be used in coaching, their preparation and use
  • Layout and location of coaching environment
  • Potential hazards and risks associated with coaching environment, coach’s responsibility for ensuring a safe environment
  • Recognition of learner needs beyond coach’s competence (personal, social or psychological problems, learning difficulties or disabilities) and available support services
  • Nature, purpose and importance of coaching records (diagnostic outcomes, development goals, coaching plans, coaching sessions, progress reviews, etc)
  • Progress monitoring methodologies and records
  • Assessment techniques and purpose (formative, summative, competence, knowledge, etc)
  • Nature, purpose and importance of feedback in supporting learning
  • Range of possible learning opportunities
  • Strategies for reviewing own performance
  • Importance of informing decision makers about any organisational impediments to learning
  • Individual tutorials

Day 3: Unit: Understanding good practice in workplace coaching

  • Types of coaching record, their purpose and significance
  • Importance of confidentiality and security in recording coaching
  • Using coaching records to inform own development – issues and patterns to look for, etc

Day 4: Day Two

  • Good practice in coaching
  • Learning styles and barriers to learning
  • Communication skills in coaching
  • Monitor and evaluate the use of resources available to support coaching
  • Monitor and evaluate communication skills in coaching
  • Record and assess learning through coaching
  • Use of a coaching diary to record coaching activity and reflect on own performance
  • Role of supervisor to support coach’s development
  • Review and conclusions

Day 5: Unit: Organising workplace coaching

The assessment process requires each delegate to complete a work based assignment covering two units (Understanding good practice in workplace coaching & Organising workplace coaching). There is a final assessment consisting of a Coaching Diary following completion of a minimum of 6 hours’ workplace coaching. Both of these assessments are completed back in the delegate’s organisation.

Day 6: Day Three

Day 7: Role play scenarios

Day 8: Assessment leading to ILM Qualification Certificate

Certificate

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course.
  • ILM Qualification Certificate will be provided to delegates who attend and pass the required assessment either at a pre-determined time or after the conclusion of this ILM Qualification.

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