Comments on: ICF Foundation Expands Efforts to Support Pro Bono Coaching http://coachingcommons.org/featured/icf-foundation-expands-efforts-to-support-pro-bono-coaching/ Where Radical Possibilities are Explored & Pursued Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Loudon Keir http://coachingcommons.org/featured/icf-foundation-expands-efforts-to-support-pro-bono-coaching/comment-page-1/#comment-8038 Loudon Keir Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:11:17 +0000 http://coachingcommons.org/?p=8063#comment-8038 Great to see the ICF getting into action. I set up a charitable trust here in NZ over two years ago that supports leaders in schools and not-for-profits. At the time ICF was keen for the publicity, and initially offered some funding, but then withdrew the offer due to a lack of funds. So it is good to see this come good! At the time I tried to get ICF to change the policy that only paid work counts towards getting a credential, but failed. This should be reviewed. The Trust has pro-bono and paid coaches all having to work to the same standards, but only those being paid are allowed to count their hours towards getting their next level. Great to see the ICF getting into action. I set up a charitable trust here in NZ over two years ago that supports leaders in schools and not-for-profits. At the time ICF was keen for the publicity, and initially offered some funding, but then withdrew the offer due to a lack of funds. So it is good to see this come good!

At the time I tried to get ICF to change the policy that only paid work counts towards getting a credential, but failed. This should be reviewed. The Trust has pro-bono and paid coaches all having to work to the same standards, but only those being paid are allowed to count their hours towards getting their next level.

]]> By: Janice Learmond-Criqui - CPC, Trinidad and Tobago http://coachingcommons.org/featured/icf-foundation-expands-efforts-to-support-pro-bono-coaching/comment-page-1/#comment-7938 Janice Learmond-Criqui - CPC, Trinidad and Tobago Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:21:22 +0000 http://coachingcommons.org/?p=8063#comment-7938 Is the above support applicable outside of the USA? If so, Mark can you assist me with a contact name and email address so that I can have a conversation about the pro bono coaching for schools, teachers and administrators. Look forward to your response. Janice Is the above support applicable outside of the USA? If so, Mark can you assist me with a contact name and email address so that I can have a conversation about the pro bono coaching for schools, teachers and administrators. Look forward to your response.

Janice

]]> By: betty clemens http://coachingcommons.org/featured/icf-foundation-expands-efforts-to-support-pro-bono-coaching/comment-page-1/#comment-6137 betty clemens Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:26:05 +0000 http://coachingcommons.org/?p=8063#comment-6137 Academic and pedagogical coaching have been my focus since 1973, when I took a reading specialist fellowship experience, combined it with a private sector entrepreneurial effort, and embarked on a life-changing applied research decade in search of unidentified truths in public education. Utilizing classroom teaching experience in grades one through twelve and a clinic approach to diagnosing, prescribing, and evaluating skill development, I offered a full year curriculum for underachieving students, limited class size to ten, and used motivational goal-setting for improved scores on nationally normed tests. My intent was to return academically overhauled students to public school classrooms. Instead, I found opportunity to lobby for state level curricular change, to influence business and industrial perspectives regarding academic and pedagogical accountability, and to help parents better assess their roles as watchdogs and educational change agents. My journey in coaching has been an all encompassing success. Academic and pedagogical coaching have been my focus since 1973, when I took a reading specialist fellowship experience, combined it with a private sector entrepreneurial effort, and embarked on a life-changing applied research decade in search of unidentified truths in public education. Utilizing classroom teaching experience in grades one through twelve and a clinic approach to diagnosing, prescribing, and evaluating skill development, I offered a full year curriculum for underachieving students, limited class size to ten, and used motivational goal-setting for improved scores on nationally normed tests. My intent was to return academically overhauled students to public school classrooms. Instead, I found opportunity to lobby for state level curricular change, to influence business and industrial perspectives regarding academic and pedagogical accountability, and to help parents better assess their roles as watchdogs and educational change agents. My journey in coaching has been an all encompassing success.

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