Coach Training Schedule
Western Seminary offers 15 unique classes, each tailored to grow your understanding of coaching and your competency as a coach.
Online classes are taught live via Zoom and delivered in a variety of formats:
- two-day intensive formats, starting at 8:30 AM and ending at 4:30 PM on both days. Typically, these are a Friday – Saturday or two consecutive Saturdays
- over 6 consecutive weeks, with each session lasting 2 hours
- one or one and a half hour sessions each week for the duration of the course
- individual meeting times/dates determined with your instructor over the duration of the course
Spring 2022
| Dates / Times | Course | Instructor | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15 & 22 8:30-4:30 PT (2 Saturdays in a row) | Introduction to Coaching | Linda Miller/Ben Olsen | Online |
| Feb 18/19 8:30-4:30 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Linda Miller/Ben Olsen | Online |
| Mar 18/19 8:30-4:30 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Linda Miller/Ben Olsen | Online |
| Jan 29 & Feb 5 8:30-4:30 PT (2 Saturdays in a row) | Coaching Through Conflict (concentration elective) | Bill Graybill | Online |
| Feb 4/5 8:30-4:30 PT | Coaching Change, Transition, & Transformation (core elective) | Jessica Clark | Online |
| Feb 11/12 8:30-4:30 PT | Coaching Spiritual Transformation (concentration elective) | Paul Thome | Online |
| Mar 1 - Apr 5 (6-week Tuesdays 5:30-7:30pm PT) | Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship (core elective) | Jerry Essary | Online |
| Mar 26 & Apr 2 8:30-4:30 PT | The Language of Coaching (core elective) | Jessica Clark/Ben Olsen | Online |
| Jan 11 - Apr 12 (weekly Tuesdays 12-1:30pm PT) | Group Mentor Coaching (must meet prerequisites) | Perry Rhue | Online |
| Jan 17 - Apr 8 (2 group & 4 individual meetings scheduled w/instructor) | CTC Competencies Assessment Final (must meet prerequisites) | Ben Olsen/Paul Thome | Online |
| Jan 11 - Feb 15 (6-week Tuesdays 10-Noon PT) | ACTC Growing Your Coaching Business (ACTC students only) | Jerry Essary | Online |
| Jan 17 - Apr 8 (6 meetings over 12 weeks scheduled w/instructor) | ACTC Coaching Supervision (ACTC students only) | Perry Rhue/Paul Thome | Online |
| Jan 17 - Apr 8 (2 group & 3 individual meetings scheduled w/instructor) |
ACTC Research Project (ACTC students only) | Evan Burns | Online |
Summer 2022
| Dates / Times | Course | Instructor | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13/14 8-1 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Linda Miller/Ben Olsen | Online |
| June 10/11 8-1 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Miller/Olsen | Online |
| *July 15/16 8-1 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Miller/Olsen | Online |
| May 13/14 8:30-4:30 PT | Assessments, Inventories, & Tools in Coaching | Paul Thome | Online |
| *June 3/4 8:30-4:30 PT | The Neuroscience of Coaching | Bill Graybill | Online |
| June 24/25 8:30-4:30 PT | Coaching Change, Transition, & Transformation | Jessica Clark | Online |
| July 8/9 8:30-4:30 PT | Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship | Jerry Essary | Online |
| July 29/30 8:30-4:30 PT | The Language of Coaching | Clark/Olsen | Online |
| May 17 - August 2 (weekly Tuesday 12-1:30 PT for a max of 12 weeks) | Group Mentor Coaching (must meet prerequisites) | Perry Rhue | Online |
| May 16 - August 5 (2 group and 4 individual meetings scheduled w/instructor) | CTC Competencies Assessment (must meet prerequisites) | Olsen/Thome | Online |
| May 17 - June 21 (6-weeks Tuesdays 10-Noon PT) | ACTC Growing Your Coaching Business (ACTC students only) | Jerry Essary | Online |
| May 16 - August 5 (2 group and 4 individual meetings scheduled w/Instructor) | ACTC Coaching Supervision (ACTC students only) | Rhue/Thome | Online |
| May 16 - August 5 (2 group and 3 individual meetings scheduled w/Instructor) | ACTC Research Project (ACTC students only) | Evan Burns | Online |
Fall 2021
| Dates / Times | Course | Instructor | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Sept 9/10 8-1 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Linda Miller / Ben Olsen | Online |
| *Sept 14-Oct 12 (5-weeks Wednesdays 6-8pm PT) | Introduction to Coaching | Miller/Olsen | Online |
| *Oct 14/15 8-1 PT | Introduction to Coaching | Miller/Olsen | Online |
| *Sept 10 & 17 8:30-4:30 PT (2 Saturdays in a row) | Life & Personal Coaching | Bill Graybill | Online |
| *Oct 21/22 8:30-4:30 PT | Coach Approach to Leading and Managing | Linda Miller | Online |
| *Oct 15 & 22 8:30-4:30 PT (2 Saturdays in a row) | Establishing a Dynamic Coaching Relationship | Jerry Essary | Online |
| *Sept 20-Oct 25 (6-weeks Tuesdays 6-8pm PT) | The Language of Coaching | Clark/Olsen | Online |
| *Nov 11/12 8:30-4:30 PT | Coaching Change, Transition & Transformation | Jessica Clark | Online |
| *Sept 6 - Nov 22 (weekly Tuesdays 12-1 PT for a max of 12 weeks) | Group Mentor Coaching (must meet prerequisites) | Marissa Gleason / Ben Olsen | Online |
| *Sept 12 - Nov 18 (2 group & 4 individual meetings over 10 weeks scheduled w/Instructor) | CTC Competencies Assessment Final (must meet prerequisites) | Ben Olsen / Paul Thome | Online |
| *Sept 13 - Oct 18 (6-weeks Tuesdays 10-Noon PT) | ACTC Growing Your Coaching Business (ACTC students only) | Jerry Essary | Online |
| *Sept 12 - Nov 18 (2 group & 4 individual meetings over 10 weeks scheduled w/Instructor) | ACTC Coaching Supervision (ACTC students only) | Perry Rhue / Paul Thome | Online |
| *Sept 12 - Nov 18 (2 group & 3 individual meetings over 10 weeks scheduled w/Instructor) | ACTC Research Project (ACTC students only) | Evan Burns | Online |
Prerequisites: Introduction to Coaching is the pre-requisite for all other courses. For more prerequisites and descriptions of classes, visit our Course Description page. *All courses and dates are tentative until officially posted for registration. Courses may be canceled if they do not meet minimum registration. All meeting times are Pacific Time.
Registration: Register from your account or set up an account by following the steps on our registration page here. Our trimesters follow a Spring, Summer, Fall model. Registration usually opens in Novemeber for Spring trimester, March for Summer trimester, and July for Fall trimester. Students have up until 8 days before a class to register, then registration for that course is closed.
Payment: All tuition is due upon registration. Students have up until 8 days before a class to drop the course. No refund wil be given after the drop deadline.
Students must complete the feedback coaching assignment outlined in the syllabus in order to receive credit for the course, unless the syllabus does not have that requirement. You will not receive a certificate of ICF approved coach specific training hours (ACSTH) if you do not complete all course requirements.
Online Global Coach Training
Western Seminary's online coaching classes provide high-quality training in a convenient and accessible format that lets you learn from the comfort of your home or office anywhere in the world. Here are more details:
- Online classes are taught in a live setting using Zoom, which allows for real-time interaction with your instructor and other participants.
- Online classes are taught in various formats: over a 6-week period with each session lasting 2 hours, or a 2-day intensive, usually Friday and Saturday or 2 consecutive Saturdays from 8:30-4:30 PST
- Additional homework outside of the courses may include: reading, skills practice, logging coaching hours, etc..
- Observed coaching with feedback is required for most classes.
- Register for classes through our registration page or your login page.