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Foundation Coaching Skills training completed successfully in December 2024. Dates for the next course will be announced shortly. It is open to all those who are committed to developing themselves through learning the skills of coaching.
ADVANCED COACH TRAINING - March 2025
What is it?
A highly-regarded training programme for those wishing to develop their skills & knowledge, that follows on from the BWIS Foundation course. The training team is led by Steve Roche and Liz Proctor, assisted by other expert coaches and trainers. The teaching is supplemented with coaching practice & personal work in a small group with a focus on individual support. After the training you can join a facilitated peer group to practice and work on your own development. We also provide coaching supervision and practice-building support.
Who is it for?
It is ideal if you plan to create your own coaching business or to integrate coaching into an existing portfolio or career structure. It is also of great value for personal development, supporting successful relationships, and individual change and growth in all areas of life. You are eligible if you have successfully completed Foundation coach training with BWIS, or can demonstrate equivalent skills and experience.
Benefits
The course helps you build contacts, networks and community. New content will help you deepen and consolidate your knowledge and skills in coaching, and equip you to work professionally. It is practical and interactive, giving ample opportunity to hone your skills with feedback from experienced coaches, as you rapidly build confidence and proficiency.
Details
Costs for the programme
£650 paid by an organisation or grant (earlybird £600 in full by Feb 15th). £550 personal payment (earlybird £500 in full by Feb 15th). A £50 deposit secures your place. Payment by instalments can be arranged. Talk to us if cost is an issue.
What Next?
The trainers are available to talk individually with everyone who wants to join the course.
All admin will be handled by Sue from BWIS, so please contact her at sue@bwis.online to express interest, make a booking, ask questions, or arrange a one-to-one with Steve & Liz re course content.
To complete you booking when you are ready please complete this form
Between the online teaching sessions there will be assignments and practice sessions to consolidate learning. We also ask participants to identify a personal project to run throughout the training. After the course you will be able to meet in person, to join a practice group, and attend coaching workshops, and move on to advanced training.
The training will be delivered both online and in person. Classroom training days will be at a venue in Ipswich or Felixstowe. This is the timetable, subject to final agreement:
DATE
TIME
Where
What
Notes
Thurs 27 Feb
7.00 - 8.00pm
Online
Intro and Q&A
Open to everyone
Sat 22 March
10.00-4.00pm
Classroom
Session 1
Thurs 10 Apr
7.00 - 9.00pm
Online
Session 2
Sat 12 April
10.00-4.00pm
Classroom
Session 3
Thurs 24 Apr
7.00 - 9.00pm
Online
Session 4
Thurs 8 May
7.00 - 9.00pm
Online
Session 5
Sat 17 May
10.00-4.00pm
Classroom
Session 6
​Who comes to Coach Training? People who:
- have little or no experience of life coaching but do have a strong interest in their own personal development.
- have had some training in coach skills already, and want to deepen their understanding through practice and personal attention.
- have learned the value of being coaching as part of their work, or as a private client, or during some other kind of training.
- are trained in related areas (e.g. counselling, peer support, customer care, human resources, line management, health professionals).
What you need to bring:
A pleasure in learning and a desire to practise and develop your own skills in the company of others with the same values and interests. Curiosity about people and the way they work. Open-mindedness and non-judgementalism. Rapport-building and communication skills. Organised and secure enough to be able to finance your place. Acceptance that the ability to work with others involves developing awareness of your own issues.
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What you will get:
- meet interesting people, form friendships and develop professional contacts
- work on a personal project to achieve something worthwhile during the course and learn a lot about yourself
- acquire a set of transferable skills that can be used in many areas of life and enrich all kinds of relationships
- be stimulated intellectually and broaden your knowledge and awareness in many ways
- a professional quality course from trainers with extensive experience in the field
- a certificate of completion that demonstrates your coaching skills, and qualifies you for advanced skills training.
The Personal Project
This has always been a feature of our courses – and one of the things that makes us different.
The idea is to pick something that represents a significant and worthwhile goal or achievement for you personally, which you can work on during the approximately 3 months duration of the course.
You will develop and refine your project as you go along, applying the learning to see how it works in practice. The aim is both to learn to apply the techniques AND to complete a useful piece of work.
Examples of projects: Clearing out a backlog of unwanted stuff from the house. Renovating and redecorating a room. Setting up a home office. Creating a website and marketing plan for a new business. Resolving a long-standing conflict with a colleague. Increasing personal confidence. Preparing for an upcoming presentation.
Your Commitment
Complete a questionnaire and booking form and make the payment.
Attend eight online teaching sessions.
Do coaching practices in between, online or in person.
Contribute in the group, work on your own issues, treat all others with respect and care.
Give feedback on your progress and ask questions as they arise.
Attend an in-person gathering if possible.
Why choose us for Coach Training?
There are some excellent providers of training in life coaching skills. Most of them are large organisations with significant overheads, who often charge several thousand pounds for their courses. We often hear that while people get good theoretical learning from these big training firms, they rarely receive sufficient personal attention, and in particular are short of actual coaching practice.
At BWIS we know the value of personal interaction, one-to-one support, and lots of practice. Becoming a good coach can only be achieved by doing lots of coaching! Getting immediate feedback, watching and learning from others, being able to ask questions in the moment – our students highlight these as the most valuable things they get from working with us. We know that our Foundation course will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to move forward.
Coaching with BWIS:
- a tried and tested approach to learning coaching
- a team of experienced professional coaches
- expert facilitation and teaching
- eight online sessions
- teaching notes, slides, techniques, and supporting materials
- plenty of opportunities to practise, online and in person
- working on a personal project
- experiential applied learning to back up the theory
- access to Q&A sessions to resolve queries
- chance to join an ongoing community to continue your learning path
- a certificate to validate successful completion of the course
- entry to BWIS coaching groups and qualification for advanced training.
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Contact Steve or Sue on sue@bwis.online with any queries.