Certificate: Core Strengths Coaching
Core Strengths Coaching Certificate Application
Download the application below, or call 415.817.4247:
Core Strengths Coaching Certificate
To receive a certificate of completion in Core Strengths Coaching, participants must complete the following:
Required Courses: (Take Five)
Evidenced-Based Classes
- Cultivating Core Strengths, Resilience, & Optimism (18 hours)
- Understanding the Change Process in Yourself & Others (18 hours)
- The Science of Happiness: Pleasure, Engagement, & Meaning (18 hours)
- Hands-On Coaching: An Introduction (formerly Leading Change from Within: Hands-on Coaching) (24 hours)
- Integrated Skills and Applications (required final course for certificate students) (18 hours)
Elective Courses: (Choose Two)
Experiential Classes to Facilitate Multiple Ways of Knowing & Learning
- The Power of Ritual: Practices to Support and Sustain Positive Change (15 hours)
- Through the Lens of the Enneagram: Understanding Core Patterns of the Human Condition (15 hours)
- Courageous Happiness™: Creativity, Mindfulness, and Positive Psychology (15 hours)
- Somatics & Body Wisdom: Building a Relationship between Body Wisdom and Core Strengths (15 hours)
Electives with a Business Perspective:
- Creating a Thriving Coaching Practice (18 hours)
- Core Strengths at Work: Optimizing Individual and Organizational Performance (18 hours)
Required courses are either 18 or 24 hours. Electives are either 15 or 18 hours. To earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must take 7 courses (a minimum of 126 hours of instruction). Classes are offered in one of the following ways:
- at the SF State Downtown Campus
- at an off-site location
- a combination of the above
*Please note that graduates will receive a "Certificate of Completion" in Core Strengths Coaching, which is different from a professional coaching organization certification. The latter involves more extensive coursework and supervision, and will be discussed in Hands-on Coaching: An Introduction.
Faculty
Our faculty is made up of dynamic, inspiring professionals with extensive experience as educators, coaches, and therapists. Some faculty members were also involved in an international, evidence-based training program entitled, Authentic Happiness Coaching, led by Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., a renowned author and leader in the field of Positive Psychology. All are dedicated to supporting others in learning the principles and practices of the art and science of facilitating positive change.
Professional Credit: Continuing Education Units (CEU)
Core Strengths Coaching courses carry continuing education unit (CEU) credit, nationally recognized units of measurement for professional development and training. CEUs may be used when employers, agencies, and other authorities require a specified number of hours of study and where non-academic credit is acceptable. One CEU is equal to 10 hours of instruction.
Recommended Course Sequence
The preferred course sequence reflects the order listed under Required Courses, although it is possible for students to begin with any of the first three required courses. We recommend that students take no more than one positive psychology and one coaching course along with one or two electives in any given semester. Required courses should be taken consecutively rather than concurrently so that participants have adequate time to integrate and apply what they are learning from one class to the next.
Grades
Courses are graded on a credit/no credit basis, requiring active in-class participation and completion of all assignments. You must attend all class sessions of a course in order to earn a grade of Credit.
Course Cycle
A minimum of two required and two elective courses will be offered each semester. Courses will be offered on a rotating basis.
Admission & Graduation Requirements:
Certificate of Completion in Core Strengths Coaching
There are no admission requirements for this program at this time. Participants may complete the entire program or attend just those classes that are of particular interest, with the exception of Integrated Skills & Applications, the culminating course of the program, specifically designed for certificate students.
The Core Strengths Coaching certificate can be completed in three semesters; however, participants may take up to three years to complete their course work for the certificate.
Program Cost
Courses are 24, 18, or 15 hours long and are priced accordingly. The entire cost of the certificate, excluding text books and materials fees, ranges from $2,825 - $2,905, depending on the electives taken. Some courses have a materials fee built into the price of the course, while others ask that you buy a book. Check individual courses for exact costs. If no materials fee or text book cost is listed, instructor-designed materials will be provided at no additional fee to participants.
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