IDT1005 Developing your professional coaching identity
- Course codeIDT1005
- Number of credits5
- Teaching semester2025 Spring
- Language of instructionEnglish
- CampusElverum
- Required prerequisite knowledge
No prerequisites.
- Self and identity
- Role(s) of the professional coach
- Career transition and re-identification
- Resonance in performance and life
- Coach wellbeing and self-care
- Professional coach philosophy
Learning Outcome
Upon completion of the course, the student must have acquired the following learning outcomes:
The student has knowledge and understanding of
- own identity
- professional, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills of the coach
- professional coach role
- professional coach values
- coach wellbeing
- role of resonance in performance and life
The student can
- resonate self with the professional role of the coach
- cope with the demands and uncertainty of professional coaching role
- practice self-care to safeguard wellbeing
- can lead own development as a professional coach
Self-awareness facilitated teaching via synchronous and asynchronous digital
- lectures
- group work
- individual work
- journaling
- Reflection note 1: who am I, the person (500-750 words)
- Reflection note 2: who is the professional coach (500-750 words)
- Reflection note 3: who am I, the coach (1000-1500 words)
| Form of assessment | Grading scale | Grouping | Duration of assessment | Support materials | Proportion | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oral examination | Passed - not passed |
Individual online oral exam: Meta-reflection on reflection note 3 followed by a discussion
Evaluated as Pass/Fail based on two criteria: depth and width of student’s meta-reflection and of answers during the exam discussion.
Reading list
No reading list available for this course