Coaching Practice and Practicum (PLC504)

PLC504 Coaching Practice and Practicum will bring together theory and skills used in coaching through a semester-long practice and practicum. As part of Coaching Practice, students will get to coach one another in class, follow through with a theoretical coaching framework, and put to practice coaching foundational skills, micro-skills, and influencing skills taught during the module. A key component of this course will be hands-on practice, observation of others’ coaching styles, and on-the-spot feedback on students’ own coaching style. A self-paced Coaching Practicum will provide students the opportunity to bring what they have learnt in class to the real world, allowing them to have more real-life coaching experiences to draw lessons from beyond the classroom.

• Attending Behaviours in Coaching
• Observation Skills
• Micro-skills in Coaching: Use of questions in coaching and how to make them work
• Micro-skills in Coaching: Potential problems of questions
• Micro-skills in Coaching: Strengths-based questioning
• Micro-skills in Coaching: Reflecting feelings in Coaching
• The Five-stages of a Coaching Session using Attending and Micro-skills
• Advanced Skills in Coaching
• Self-disclosure in Coaching
• Feedback in Coaching
• In-class scripted coaching role-plays 1
• In-class scripted coaching role-plays 2

• Develop further knowledge, critical skills, competencies and tools to coach others.
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills and competencies in a range of coaching techniques.
• Evaluate academic knowledge to inform and enhance personal coaching practice.
• Apply appropriate coaching models and theories and integrate them in their coaching practice
• Select and use appropriate techniques for life-coaching.
• Examine their personal coaching knowledge, skills and competencies.