| Targeted audience: experienced coaches with an active coaching practice who already have postgraduate qualification in Coaching, Psychology, Counseling or equivalent.
Participants of the program will be engaged with a high level overview and critical analysis of the coaching field that would allow them as coaching supervisors to position their practice for the benefit of the coaching profession as a whole.
The program will introduce different discourses of coaching to enable such an overview. Participants will be exploring multiple perspectives on coaching in order to develop an approach to supervision that is professional, ethical and tailor-made for individual coaches using a wide variety of approaches. The program will provide an opportunity to enhance understanding and develop advanced skills in order to address various issues of the supervision process. The program is designed to use innovative and intellectually stimulating methods to take senior practitioners to a new realm or practice.
Stage 1: Preparation stage
Stage 1 consists of at least two months during which participants undertake preliminary reading, reflection and peer-supervision practice.
The minimum reading will include specifically designed materials and specific chapters from the book: Bachkirova, T., Jackson, P. & Clutterbuck, D. (Eds), (2011) Supervision in Coaching and Mentoring: Theory and Practice, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Participants will be paired for peer-supervision (at least three sessions) according to provided guidance that will include tasks for reflection and preparation for Stage 2.
Stage 2: Intensive 4-day course
Stage 2 provides an opportunity for participants to develop their own model of supervision by:
- Exploring conceptual issues, coaching discourses and theoretical perspectives on supervision
- Engaging with a deeper understanding of the supervision process and related issues
- Experimenting with variety of skills essential for coaching supervisors.
The course will engage participants in a range of innovative methods of study that include conceptual discussions, co-active reflection, experiential activities and group supervision. Participants are not initiated into a particular approach to supervision but are encouraged to experiment with the variety of approaches in order to identify their own model and style of supervision.
Participants could decide to stop this stage and receive a Continuing Professional Development certificate of attendance.
Participants who wish to receive a Professional Diploma in Coaching Supervision and to be accredited as a coaching supervisor by Oxford Brookes University can choose to take stages 3, 4 and 5 of the program.
Stage 3 (optional): Supervision on coaching supervision
Participants can choose to take two sessions (1.5 hours) of individual supervision from the program tutors on their supervision that will start after the intensive course. These sessions will allow participants to receive individualized developmental feedback on their model of coaching supervision in practice.
For participants who wish to receive the Professional Diploma in Coaching Supervision and to take part in accreditation as a Coaching Supervisor by Oxford Brookes University this stage is a requirement prior to undertaking assessment.
Stage 4 (optional): Assessment for Professional Diploma in Coaching Supervision from Oxford Brookes University
The assessment consists of one written assignment:
Description and analysis of the candidate’s model of coaching supervision
The assessment can be taken at any point within one year after completion of the intensive course.
Stage 5 (optional): Accreditation as a Coaching Supervisor Oxford Brookes University
This stage is conditional upon successful completion of the assessment at Stage 4 of the program. It will consist of an additional assessment that includes a written portfolio with the candidate’s analysis of two video/audio tapes: one of their ‘best’ and one of their ‘worst’ supervision sessions and an interview.
Accreditation can be undertaken at any stage within two years after completion of the intensive course.
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