IDTD1005 Navigating the coaching identity

    • Course code
      IDTD1005
    • Number of credits
      5
    • Teaching semester
      2026 Spring
    • Language of instruction
      English
    • Campus
      Elverum
    • Required prerequisite knowledge

      No prerequisites.

Course content
  • Self and identity
  • Role(s) of the professional coach
  • Coach career transitions and re-identifications
  • 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:

Knowledge

The student 

  • has knowledge and understanding of own identity
  • has knowledge and understanding of professional, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills of the coach
  • has knowledge and understanding of professional coaching role
  • has knowledge and understanding of professional coaching values
  • has knowledge and understanding of coach wellbeing
  • has knowledge and understanding of the role of resonance in performance and life
Skills

The student

  • can work with self-awareness
  • can work with self-reflection
  • can work with self-development
  • can work with self-leading
General competence

The student

  • can resonate self with the professional role of the coach
  • can cope with the demands and uncertainty of professional coaching role
  • can practice self-care to safeguard wellbeing
  • can lead own development as a professional coach
Teaching and working methods
  • Self-awareness facilitated teaching via synchronous and asynchronous digital ectures
  • group work
  • individual work
  • journaling
Required coursework
  1. Individually written assignments (1, 2)
  2. 80% participation in class during the in-person gathering.
Assessments
Form of assessmentGrading scaleGroupingDuration of assessmentSupport materialsProportionComment
Oral examination
Passed - not passed
Individual
Form of assessment

Individual oral exam evaluated as Pass/Fail

Professional overlap
NameCreditsDateComment
IDT1005 Developing your professional coaching identity
10
1.8.25
Course name in Norwegian Nynorsk: 
Planlegga, gjennomføra og delta på éin studentstyrt praktisk økt
Course name in Norwegian Bokmål: 
Developing your professional coaching identity
Faculty
Faculty of Social and Health Sciences
Department
Institutt for folkehelse- og idrettsvitenskap
Area of study
Idrettsutdanning
Programme of study
Bachelor's Degree in Sport - with Specialisation in the Role of Coach
Course level
Foundation courses, level I (100-LN)