Requirements

In order to accomplish this educational goal, students will audit the Master’s Seminar Series Certificate in Professional Coaching program and complete all of the required coaching labs, learning the same principles as taught in our live instructor-led version. Students work at their own pace as long as they follow their Student Advisory Roadmap which the student will develop with the help of their ELTU Student Advisor following the guidelines and policies on Performance and Satisfactory Progress. To earn the Personal Ministry Coach Graduate Certificate, students take up to 6-weeks to audit each course in the program by reviewing the course textbook and class materials, completing any exercises outlined in the course syllabus and workbook, including but not limited to the required coaching labs, and then completing a knowledge assessment of what was learned at the end of each course. Upon successful completion of all courses in the Personal Ministry Coach program, the student will be recognized by ELTU as a Personal Ministry Coach and receive the Personal Ministry Coach Certificate. Program completion requires a total of 211 program hours.

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Complete Listing of Subjects

ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TIME IN MONTHS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM:  

• Minimum # of months:   6 to 12 self-paced
• Suggested # of months: 12 to 18
• Maximum # of months: 24
• Students are encouraged to follow the assignment timing guidelines outlined in the policy on Progress Standards and Academic Probation.
• All labs are required for this program or seminar series.

A Complete Synopsis of each Subject offered for this Program is shown above and found in the Course Catalog.

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Program Objectives & Purpose

• To equip Christian faith-based groups, churches, pastors, leaders, and lay members with the tools, training, and skills needed to become established faith-based leaders and practitioners through use of core competencies in coaching.
• To teach and train others to reach their full potential in the Kingdom of God by excelling in coaching skills and practices.
• To motivate, inspire, and empower individuals to become more effective and fulfilled personally, professionally, socially, and spiritually through coach-specific training, best-practices, ELT-recognized certificates, and instruction.

Tuition & Expenses

Students will graduate from the program, earn the degree, receive a completion certificate or transcript when all fees are paid in full to the School’s Financial Office.

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How it Works

The Personal Ministry Coach Program allows students to audit the Master’s Seminar Series Certificate in Professional Coaching (M-CPC) Program. By audit, we mean that the student can take the course by reviewing the materials on their own without having to attend a live instructor-led class. When finished reviewing each course in the textbook, the student will take an online assessment to determine the knowledge gained. When all assessments have been completed satisfactorily, and the student has completed all of the required coaching labs, then the student earns the Graduate Certificate Personal Ministry Coach.

Core Course Lectures

Using the D.I.A.M.O.N.D.S. CORE COMPETENCIES FOR COACHING curriculum developed by Dr. Merle Ray, this program is presented via textbook. No course papers are required. The material is covered in a workbook based upon the International Coach Federation Core Competencies and is estimated to take as little as 3 months and as much as 24 months depending on the student’s  pace. To complete the training hours for the program, the student must review all textbook material and complete the assessments. The first 136 hours of the program consists of completion of the Course Numbers G-CPC 101 through G-CPC 108 based upon the International Coach Federation Core Competencies, and the ICF’s definition of coaching. The remaining 66 hours of the program are the M-CPC continued in the D.I.A.M.O.N.D.S. CORE COMPETENCIES FOR COACHING curriculum with Courses M-CPC 109 through M-CPC 112. The Personal Ministry Coach program is for individuals who are looking to maximize their ministry potential through utilizing advanced mastery in not only coaching but mentoring and discipleship as well.  There is an approved textbook for this program which covers all 11 courses, and a minimum of 20 performance evaluation coaching labs are required for the program. Each course is worth 16 course time hours. Course M-CPC 112 Independent Study is worth 15 course time hours. To become a Personal Ministry Coach, students must audit all of the courses, pass the online coach knowledge assessment, and perform the accompanying 20 coaching labs as discussed below. The combined total of 211 course time hours is required in this program.

Labs

During the program period, the student will setup, record, and complete two coaching sessions worth 1 clock hour each for Courses in this Program (Course Number G-CPC101-A through Course Number M-CPC110-A) for a total of (20) required coaching sessions. Including any prep work, the coaching sessions may last up to 60 minutes.  The sessions may take place online or offline at his/her convenience working with the person being coached. The student, not the school, is responsible for acquiring, setting up, recording, and completing the coaching session with his/her client or persons being coached. The student must complete each of the required coaching labs for each course within the timeframe allowed for each course on the Student Advisory Roadmap (typically two coaching labs completed every 4 to 6 weeks) in order to complete all (20) of the required coaching sessions. At the end of each 4 to 6 weeks course period, the student must submit each coaching session to be evaluated by the instructor and complete the online knowledge assessment. Performance evaluation for the coaching session is focused on the person being coached and what he/she is presenting for their coaching conversation. The student will record the session with permission being granted on the recording from the person being coached. Session can be a coaching engagement with an individual who is or is not a student in the program. The session may not be with a coach already (unless the person is a regular client of the coaching student). The session may be a paid or pro-bono coaching session. These sessions should enable the student to practice learned coaching principles, methods, and techniques from the lectures and identify strengths and weaknesses, highlight areas for personal, professional, and/or spiritual formation and improvement as a Christ-Centered coach, and track and monitor performance. The performance evaluation labs become a source of motivation and reward for the student to use as a tool to assist in obtaining their Coaching Certificate and planning for their development and growth.

There is no minimum length of time required for the performance evaluation coaching session. Sessions should be long enough for a coaching conversation. These sessions will be observed by an instructor/observer who is responsible for providing written feedback to the student, noting the student’s use of the ICF Core Competencies in the coaching session. These sessions may be observed live by the instructor/observer or after the fact, so they must always be recorded. The coaching sessions count as part of the total instructional hours of the program. ELTU may submit recorded observed coaching sessions, and the corresponding written feedback for the submitted recording to student sponsors, court or governmental agencies, or outside agencies upon student’s written request, specifically for program purposes.

Confidentiality must be maintained in coach training lab sessions. ELTU will only submit recordings for which ELTU has received explicit permission from the person being coached and the student for review purposes and performance evaluation assessing the quality and methods of the coaching. Students will keep a copy of all their recorded coaching files. The maximum # of recordings a student may submit for performance evaluation purposes to the instructor is 2 recorded coaching sessions for each of the courses in this graduate program. When ready to submit the performance evaluation coaching sessions, the student will upload each recording and a typed transcript electronically using the student’s secured user login ID and password. Feedback will be provided in the form of a written performance evaluation report from the instructor and this information may also be provided to the International Coach Federation or other agencies for program or school accreditation purposes.

Lab File Guidelines

• In MP3, WMA or MP4 (audio) formats. Other formats will not be accepted. 95 megabytes or less for each file. Use a lower bit rate to decrease file size, if needed.
• Student will provide a word-for-word verbatim transcript of the coaching session and label the recorded files with student’s name and a number, i.e., JoeSmith1.mp3.
• Providing a URL to download or stream audio recordings will not be accepted.
• Of a complete coaching session (not edited) lasting up to 60 minutes. Those that exceed 60-minutes will not be scored.
• From an actual coaching session between the student and a paid or pro bono client. The individual being coached may not be a coach unless they are a regular client of the student’s ministry or coaching practice.
• English language only is acceptable when coaching session is submitted for this course.

Discussion Forum Online

ELTU Instructors offer either a Live Group Discussion Forum Event or an ELTU Student Community Posted Discussion Forum Online. The Discussion Forum is the place for knowledge sharing with those who are enrolled at ELTU currently, or to hear from others who have been enrolled previously and have posted their experiences and comments in reply to the Instructor’s Questions covered in the Course Curriculum / Syllabus. These questions are typically regarding personal, professional, or spiritual transformation, leadership, coaching, change management, or any aspect of the given course or program. Where you see an icon labelled “Discussion Forum” or content labelled as such in your Class syllabus, your participation in the Discussion Forum is required and will be graded to successfully complete the program. Where indicated in your Syllabus, a student may attend a live Discussion Forum via ELTU events or ELTU live seminars offered in lieu of posting to the ELTU student community discussion board. If these live events are available, they will be posted to the ELTU student community discussion boards and listed on your syllabus. If a student has not attended either a Live Discussion Forum Event Seminar or Posted Discussion Forum Online to perform and complete the required weekly check-ins, the Instructor may recommend to the School Director that the student be withdrawn from the program (see policy on Satisfactory Progress and Academic Probation).

Adding on the Bachelor’s Degree

ELTU offers several ways to elevate your educational success. Students in the Personal Ministry Coach program, can elevate their brilliance by adding one course paper worth 20 contact hours to earn their Bachelor of Science degree in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change. These 20 program hours for the course paper are added to the above Personal Ministry Coach program. Your Course Paper would cover the foundational principles you have learned in the Personal Ministry program and should be no less than 20 pages and no more than 50 pages in length. In your course paper, you must cite the textbook and page number when you are drawing your conclusions or referring to statements, remarks or talking points you have read from the textbook. Your Course Paper must contain at least 20 cited references and must use APA formatting to properly structure your writing. Students would turn in this Bachelor of Science Bridge Course Paper at the end of their Personal Ministry Coach Graduate Seminar certificate for the paper to be graded and the credits to be given toward the Bachelor’s program contact hours. Upon successful completion, a student would have earned 211 hours (Seminar certificate) + 20 contact hours (in the Bachelor’s Degree Bridge) = 231 total program contact hours to be awarded both the Personal Ministry Coach and the Bachelor of Science degree in Christ-Centered Coaching, Leadership, and Change. See below for the Program Course Outline for Personal Ministry Coach plus the Bachelor’s Degree bridge.

Personal Ministry Coach Certificate Plus Bachelor’s Degree Bridge

Complete Listing of Subjects

ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TIME IN MONTHS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM:

• Minimum # of months: 12
• Suggested # of months: 18
• Maximum # of months: 24
• Students are encouraged to follow the assignment timing guidelines outlined in the policy on Progress Standards and Academic Probation.
• All labs are required for this program or seminar series.

A Complete Synopsis of each Subject offered for this Program is found in the Course Catalog.

Adding on the Master’s Degree

ELTU students who desire to go beyond the Bachelor’s program may upskill into the Master of Science in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change once they have completed the Bachelor’s Add-on bridge. This is accomplished by adding just one additional coaching lab to the Course Numbers G-CPC-101A through M-CPC-110A in the  Personal Ministry Coach program as shown below in the Certificate Plus Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree Bridge Program Course Outline chart. Each coaching lab is worth 1 additional contact hour, making the total number of coaching lab program hours equal to 30 instead of 20 in this bridge or learning path for those students who are completing their Master’s degree along with the Personal Ministry Coach certificate. Students would turn in their Coaching Lab work at the end of each of their Personal Ministry Coach  program courses for the labs to be graded and the credits to be given completing the Masters’ degree program. Upon successful completion of all courses in both of these bridge programs, a student would have earned 231 hours + 10 additional coaching lab hours = 241 total program contact hours to be awarded all three :

• Personal Ministry Coach;
• Bachelor of Science degree in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change;
• Master of Science degree in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change

Personal Ministry Coach Certificate Plus Bachelor’s & Master’s Degree Bridge

Complete Listing of Subjects

ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TIME IN MONTHS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM:

• Minimum # of months: 12-14
• Suggested # of months: 24
• Maximum # of months: 36
• Students are encouraged to follow the assignment timing guidelines outlined in the policy on Progress Standards and Academic Probation.
• All labs are required for this program or seminar series.

A Complete Synopsis of each Subject offered for this Program is found in the Course Catalog.

Adding on the Doctoral Degree

The bridge to the Doctor of Philosophy specializing in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change is the ultimate learning experience for the ELTU student who desires to go into faith-based coaching private industry practice or faith-based entrepreneurship. To accomplish this elite standing, students will take everything they have learned in the Personal Ministry Coach program, Bachelor’s program, and Masters’ program and apply it into their research practice and dissertation or doctoral capstone in the Doctoral program. Student’s will use this information and research to formulate their Doctorate level dissertation or capstone project to complete their PhD.

By adding your doctoral dissertation or doctoral capstone to the already existing ELTU program bridges, the student will have satisfied program requirements for the Doctoral degree. The doctoral dissertation or project capstone is worth 15 program contact hours to be added to the existing Personal Ministry Coach, plus Bachelors’ and Masters’ degree bridge programs, making the total number of program hours in the bridge to the Doctor of Philosophy in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change to be 256 program hours completed. Students would turn in their doctoral dissertation or doctoral capstone project work at the end of the program for the dissertation to be graded. The Dissertation or Doctoral Capstone project must then be conferred by the Doctoral Dissertation Committee for the credits to be given completing the PhD program. Upon successful completion, a student would have earned 211 program contact hours (Personal Ministry Coach Program) + 20 program contract hours (Bachelor’s Degree Bridge) + 10 program contact hours (Master’s Degree Bridge) + 15 program contact hours (Doctoral Degree Bridge) = 256 total program contact hours to be awarded all four of the following:

• Personal Ministry Coach;
• Bachelor of Science degree in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change;
• Master of Science degree in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change.
• Doctor of Philosophy degree specializing in Christ-Centered Leadership, Coaching, and Change.

Personal Ministry Coach Certificate Plus Bachelor’s/Master’s/Doctoral Degree Bridge

Complete Listing of Subjects

ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TIME IN MONTHS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM:

• Minimum # of months: 12
• Suggested # of months: 24
• Maximum # of months: 40
• Students are encouraged to follow the assignment timing guidelines outlined in the policy on Progress Standards and Academic Probation.
• All labs are required for this program or seminar series.

A Complete Synopsis of each Subject offered for this Program is found in the Course Catalog.

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