2024 Learning Groups
Learning Groups offer great opportunities to receive support for your development as a professional coach, deepen your mastery of coaching, connect with your colleagues, and explore new territory ... and many of them offer CCEs! (Note that you must be registered for the learning group in order to participate AND you need to be present at the group sessions [in-person or virtual] to be eligible for receiving your CCEs.) For 2024, there are eight Learning Groups to choose from. All of the groups are included with your ICF-CO annual fee - no matter how many you join!
As you prepare to register for 2024 Learning Groups, please keep in mind that unlike one-off a la carte events (such as our webinars and monthly chapter meetings), many of these groups are designed to be ongoing. Given that participants build on their development and their connection to the group over the course of the year, attendance at all sessions is essential in order to get the most out of the experience. Your ongoing presence in the learning groups to which you commit truly matters, so if you sign up, we ask that you plan to show up on a regular basis. Most of the groups meet virtually (on Zoom), some groups may do a hybrid combo of virtual and in-person (depending on current health precautions and other factors).
*Group Size is limited and most groups are designed as a continuing cohort for the year, so we suggest that you grab your spot quickly and plan to attend on a regular basis! Once you have registered, you will receive confirmation of group details and logistics.
All Learning Groups are included with your ICF-CO membership fee.
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Here is a list of the 2024 Learning Groups and Leaders:
Coaching Demonstration Learning Group - Suzanne Qualia (drop ins welcome)
Core Competencies Learning Group – Joanne Larson (drop ins welcome)
Business Design: Your Practice, Your Story – Allyson Breyfogle & Stan Ajemian
Team Coaching – Nancy Benthien and Linda Rad
Coaching Supervision - Laurie Weiss and Jenya Kuvshinova
Question Your Beliefs - Barbara Alfors and Jami Gazerro
Restorative Retreats – Ruth Sharon and Jim Sharon
NoCo (Northern Colorado) Continuing Coach Development - Donna Sullivan
If you have any questions regarding Learning Groups, please email info@icfcolorado.org
Call For Learning Group Proposals
Are you an ICF Colorado member, and if so, do you have an area of expertise, a coaching skill set you’d like to share, a Mastermind Group you would love to lead, or an area of professional development that you think would be a source of enrichment for coaches? If so, please consider becoming one of our Learning Group Leaders! You can submit your proposal here. If you know someone else who would bring great value for our members as a Learning Group Leader, please encourage them to submit a proposal.
Coaching Demonstration Learning Group
Facilitator: Suzanne Qualia, PCC
ICF Colorado Credentialing Committee
Dates: 2nd Friday of each month (January - December)
Time: 11:30am - 12:30pm MT
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs: 1 in Core Competencies for each meeting
Drop-ins welcome! Come when you can.
The Coaching Demonstration Learning Group is for those who desire to strengthen their own coaching skills through observation and reflection.
MCC and PCC credentialed coaches will be exhibiting their coaching skills via live coaching demo with a participant from the meeting.
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Core Competencies Learning Group
Facilitator: Joanne Larson, ACC
Dates: 4th Friday of each month, January - October with a pause in May for Memorial Day holiday
Time: 1:00 - 2:00pm MT
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs: 1 in Core Competencies for each meeting you attend
Drop-ins welcome! Come when you can.
This group is designed to focus on a Core Competency and its associated PCC Markers as developed by our professional association, the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Beginning with Competency #1: Demonstrates Ethical Practice and ending with Core Competency #8: Facilitates Client Growth, we will take an in-depth look at a different competency each month. Each session will feature 20-25 minutes of content with the remainder of the hour devoted to breakout groups where we will coach one another and discuss our coaching, using the associated PCC Markers.
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Business Design: Your Practice, Your Story
Facilitators: Allyson Breyfogle and Stan Ajemian
Dates: Starts January 23rd; Monthly meetings through May (4th Tuesdays?)
Time: 5:00-6:30 pm Mountain Time
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs: 1.5 Hours of Resource Development CCE’s per group meeting that you attend.
Isn't the hardest part of being a coach attracting new clients? And what about having a practice that reflects your values from the first interaction to the last? This learning group is geared towards participants who are getting started with their business and / or are wanting to refine their brand.
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Team Coaching
Facilitators: Nancy Benthien and Linda Rad
Dates: 3rd Monday (January - December)
(January meets on January 22nd; then the 3rd Monday of each month)
Time: 3:30pm - 4:45pm MT
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs: 1.5 in Core Competencies (TBD)
Team Coaching is a new and burgeoning field in coaching and now recognized formally by ICF as of April 2023 when they created their new Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC). This group is for anyone who is interested in learning about- or is already practicing- team coaching.
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Coaching Supervision
Facilitators: Laurie Weiss and Jenya Kuvshinova
Dates: 3rd Tuesday (January-June, September-November)
Time: 1:30pm - 3:00pm MT
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs: 1.5 in Core Competencies
Coaching Supervision is a collaborative space of support, self-discovery and professional development for coaches, which consists of reflecting together on various topics of our coaching practice. You will be invited to share your challenges in a safe environment on your journey to becoming masterful in the way you work with your clients.
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Question Your Beliefs
Facilitators: Barbara Alfors and Jami Gazerro
Dates: 4th Tuesdays (January - June)
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm MT
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs: 1.5 in Resource Development
In this discussion group, we will boldly dive into issues of identity, culture, differences, and how our own blind spots may create an uncomfortable or even unsafe space for our clients. Raising our own awareness of these issues can be awkward or painful, and are worth it to help us better serve our clients.
Restorative Retreats
Facilitators: Ruth Sharon and Jim Sharon
Dates and Times:
Friday, March 22 from 11am - 1pm MT (Zoom Meeting Room)
Friday, September 20 from11am - 1pm MT (Zoom Meeting Room)
Saturday, June 8 from 10am - 5pm MT (In-Person DTC area and Zoom Meeting Room)
Location: Zoom Meeting Room
CCEs:
March 22, 2024 Meeting
0.5 in Core Competencies and 1.5 in Resource Development
June 8, 2024 Meeting
2.0 in Core Competencies and 5.0 in Resource Development
September 20, 2024 Meeting
0.5 in Core Competencies and 1.5 in Resource Development
If your spark of life energy is running low or you want to prevent burning out, pull back for a few moments! Learn some powerful practical ways to restore your well-being.
NoCo (Northern Colorado) Continuing Coach Development
Facilitator: Donna Sulllivan
Dates: 4th Thursday of each month except for July and November
Time: 7:00 - 8:30pm MT
Location: Virtual Meetings via Zoom (but may also meet in-person or hybrid, if group desires)
Minimum: 3; Maximum: 15
CCEs: 1.5 Core Competencies Requested (per group meeting you attend)
The Northern Colorado Continuing Coach Development Learning Group meets monthly via in-person or Zoom meeting format to discuss a topic relevant to coaching, then triad coaching with feedback given in a coaching format. Group meeting agenda generally includes 15 minutes of networking, 30 minutes presentation and discussion, 60 minutes of dyad or triad coaching practice (usually for 15-20 minutes each cycle, so that all or most participants can coach, be coached, and/or be the observer to provide feedback) and completing with 15 minutes of large group debrief and discussion.