Continuing Education

Initial VALWOOD Christian Coaching Certification is valid for one year. In order to maintain your certification you will need to complete 10 hours of continuing education each certificate year, beginning with the receipt of your certificate.

We offer several ways to accomplish this:

• One-day skills course on-site at Hollifield Leadership Center (8 hours **Combine this option with two 1-hour teleclasses.)
• Continuing Ed Teleclasses (1 hour each) * See schedule below
• Advanced Classes such as Coaching Teams, The Language of Coaching, and Coaching Change, Transition, and Transformation (16 hours - you may spread these hours over two years with 2 Teleclasses each year to reach the 10 hour requirement) *See schedule below
• Elective and Advanced Classes such as Coach Approach to Evangelism and Discipleship and Personal Coaching (16 hours - you may spread these hours over two years with 2 Teleclasses each year to reach the 10 hour requirement) *See schedule below
• Audit Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching(16 hours - you may spread these hours over two years with 2 Teleclasses each year to reach the 10 hour requirement)
• For those who live out-of-state, we allow you to transfer in 5 hours of non-Valwood credits. Forms and additional information available from Kim Duncan.
• We now have Coaching Feedback Sessions available. These telephone sessions are one hour long and are worth one hour of continuing education credit. For a full description of this learning experience and a registration form contact Kim Duncan.

One-Day Skills Courses

Topics for One-Day Skills courses include:

• Establishing a Coaching Culture in Your Church (March)

These classes are held on-site at Hollifield Leadership Center.

Schedule for One-Day Skills Courses (BSCNC Affiliated)

Date	Cost	Registration Deadline	Register
March 12, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$99.00	February 28, 2008
June 5, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$99.00	8May 22, 2007
September 11, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$99.00	August 28, 2008
November 20, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$99.00	November 6, 2008

Schedule for One-Day Skills Courses (Non-BSCNC Affiliated)

Date	Cost	Registration Deadline	Register
March 12, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$129.00	February 28, 2008
June 5, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$129.00	May 22, 2008
September 11, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$129.00	August 28, 2008
November 20, 2008 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	$129.00	November 6, 2008

Continuing Education Teleclasses (No registration required.)

Date	Subject	Facilitator	Register
June 30, 2008 11:00 a.m. - Noon (EST)	Coaching and the Brain: Know Yourself and your PBC Webinar	Bill Copper
July 8, 2008 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (EST)	Coach Approach to Creating a Safe Space Webinar	Eddie Hammett
August 11, 2008 11:00 a.m. - Noon (EST)	Coach Approach to Leadership Team Management Webinar	Eddie Hammett

Elective and Advanced Courses

Coach Approach to Evangelism and Discipleship

This learning experience will focus on understanding how coaching impacts our attitude, approach, and expectations for evangelizing and disciple-making. Participants will develop personalized definitions for evangelism and discipleship and deepen their commitment to these Christian practices.

VALWOOD's Coach Approach to Evangelism and Discipleship class includes:

• The art of dialogue as useful for coaching faith movement
• Understanding faith development in terms of shifts in belief and behavior as well as in terms of assent, fidelity, and trust
• Exploring forgiveness, grace, and mercy as key coaching concepts

Schedule for Coach Approach to Evangelism and Discipleship at Hollifield Leadership Center

Date	Cost	Register
March 12-14, 2008	$549
June 4-6, 2008	$549
August 20-22, 2008	$549
November 19-21, 2008	$549

Pre-requisites for this advanced class include Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching and Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching.

Personal Coaching

In this course students will develop the six basic components of personal coaching: goals, tolerations, needs, values, boundaries and standards.

Schedule for Personal Coaching at Hollifield Leadership Center

Date	Cost	Register
April 2-4, 2008	$549
June 4-6, 2008	$549
September 10-12, 2008	$549
November 5-7, 2008	$549

Pre-requisites for this advanced class include Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching and Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching.

Coaching Congregations

This learning experience develops congregational consulting/ coaching skills around the Spiritual Strategic Journey process developed by Dr. George Bullard. The Spiritual Strategic Journey process is a coach-focused transformation process for local churches.

Schedule for Coaching Congregations at Hollifield Leadership Center

Date	Cost	Register
March 12-14, 2008	$549
May 21-23, 2008	$549
September 10-12, 2008	$549
November 19-21, 2008	$549

Pre-requisites for this advanced class include Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching and Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching.

Advanced Courses

Coaching Teams

Much of the work that we do within organizations and churches is with teams of people. Coaches use the same foundational skills to coach individuals and teams but if you've ever tried to coach a team of people, you know that it is much more complex than coaching an individual.

VALWOOD's Coaching Teams class includes:

• Guidance that scripture gives us about teams and coaching teams
• Coaching groups to become teams
• Coaching teams to become more effective teams
• Assessing the dysfunctions of a team (using The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni)
• Plenty of skills practice and case study work
• Lots of fun!!

Schedule for Coaching Teams at Hollifield Leadership Center

Date	Cost	Register
March 31-April 2, 2008	$549

Pre-requisites for this advanced class include Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching and Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching.

The Language of Coaching

This learning experience introduces the concepts of metaphor, storytelling, and formulas to promote discovery. Participants will learn to recognize distinctions, yellow flag words, and how to synthesize the other person's words for the benefit of the other person.

Schedule for The Language of Coaching at Hollifield Leadership Center

Date	Cost	Register
May 19-21, 2008	$549
November 5-7, 2008	$549

Pre-requisites for this advanced class include Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching and Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching.

Coaching Change, Transition, and Transformation

This learning experience helps participants distinguish between these levels of change and the most appropriate coaching skills for helping people navigate through them.

Schedule for Coaching Change, Transition, and Transformation at Hollifield Leadership Center

Date	Cost	Register
August 18-20, 2008	$549

Pre-requisites for this advanced class include Introduction to Christian Leadership Coaching and Foundations of Christian Leadership Coaching.

HLC is a ministry owned and operated by Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, and financially supported through fees for services and by the generous Cooperative Program Missions Giving of affiliated congregations.