IU’s Coaching Conversations program has so many offerings in Spring 2025!  Whether you are new to our program, want to reconnect after time away, or have extensive experience with our program and coaching, there’s likely something for you on our Spring ’25 calendar of workshops!

The following sessions were just added today!

• 3 sessions of Coaching Lab!
  • Prerequisites:  Coaching Foundations, Coaching Tools, AND Coaching Communication
• 1 additional session of Coaching Communication!
  • Prerequisites: Coaching Foundations AND Coaching Tools

See our full training calendar and register for workshops by clicking on the following link – https://events.iu.edu/ocss/all

• Note: If you get a “No events found” notice when you click the link, don’t be discouraged!  Instead, look for the “IU Only Events Login” button above the image of the calendar.  Click on the “IU Only Events Login” button and enter your credentials.  Now, you should be able to see our whole listing of spring offerings.

To read workshop descriptions and learn more about IU’s Coaching Conversations program please click on the following link – https://studentsuccess.iu.edu/structure/nav-support/advising/coaching-conversations.html 

We hope to see you this spring!

Questions?  Don’t hesitate to email Emily McCord at navigate@iu.edu.

Check out the many Coaching Conversations workshops available in Spring ’25 by clicking on the following link – https://events.iu.edu/ocss/all.

• Don’t forget… If you get a “No events found” notice when you click the link, it just means you need to log in.  Look for the “IU Only Events Login” button above the image of the calendar.  Click on the “IU Only Events Login” button and enter your IU credentials.  Now, you should be able to see our whole listing of spring offerings.

Excited to register? 

Before you do, please take the following steps:

1. Check the prerequisites for the workshop you are interested in.  You can find prerequisites here: https://studentsuccess.iu.edu/structure/nav-support/advising/coaching-conversations.html.  Just look at the description of the workshop you want to attend.  Make sure you have completed the prerequisites before you register.
2. Double check your calendar to make sure you will be available for the entirety of the workshop.

Don’t see what you’re looking for?

New workshops, including Coaching Lab, are in the works and will be added in the coming months.  Keep checking back!

Questions?

Just email navigate@iu.edu and put “Coaching Conversations Question” in the subject line.

 Coaching Foundations I & II will be offered online three times this fall!  Click on the link below to find out more and register!

https://events.iu.edu/ocss/all

NOTE: If you get a “No events found” notice when you click the above link don’t be discouraged!  Just follow these steps:

1. Look for the “IU Only Events Login” button above the image of the calendar found at https://events.iu.edu/ocss/all.
2. Click on the “IU Only Events Login” button and enter your credentials.
3. Now, you should be able to see our whole listing of spring offerings.

Questions?  Reach out by email to eimccord@iu.edu.

Hope to see you in a Coaching Conversations workshop soon!

Emily I. McCord (she/her)

Training Specialist

Student Success Professional Development and Training

Office of the Vice President for Student Success

eimccord@iu.edu

We are pleased to announce that the Fall ’24 schedule of Coaching Conversations trainings is now live!  To see all the offerings and registration information, please click on the following link:

https://events.iu.edu/ocss/all

FAQs:

• I’m getting a “No events found” notice when I click the link; what should I do?
  • Don’t be discouraged!  Instead, look for the “IU Only Events Login” button above the image of the calendar found at https://events.iu.edu/ocss/.  Click on the “IU Only Events Login” button and enter your credentials.  Now, you should be able to see our whole listing of spring offerings.

• Which training is right for me?
  • I have not completed any Coaching Conversations trainings yet.
    • Welcome!  You should start with Coaching Foundations I & II.
    • Currently, seats in Coaching Foundations I & II are being held for undergraduate-facing academic advisors and career services professionals in need of training.  Once these individuals are registered, the remaining seats will be opened to all IU employees.

• • I’ve completed Coaching Foundations I & II.
    • You can now take Coaching Tools.

• • I’ve completed Foundations I & II and Coaching Tools.
    • It’s time for Coaching Across Cultures and/or Coaching for Career Development. These two trainings can be completed in any order.

• What if I have already completed all of the trainings scheduled for Fall ’24?
  • Additional advanced trainings will be available in Spring ’25.

Looking forward to seeing you in future coaching workshops!

All the best,

Emily I. McCord (she/her)

Training Specialist

Academic Support Services and Training

Office of the Vice President for Student Success

eimccord@iu.edu

We are excited to announce a job opportunity with OVPSS as a Training Specialist; this role will primarily work as a trainer for the IU Coaching Conversations program with opportunities to contribute to curriculum development and design for a variety of projects. The position is open both internally and externally, no coaching background required, but candidates should have at least 2 years of educating/teaching/training or related experience.

Please share widely. (Note, if someone is not a IU employee and/or not a subscriber to the blog, it may be easier to copy and paste this information into a message for them).

TRAINING SPECIALIS

Job ID# 307962

Office of the Vice President for Student Success

Hiring Manager: Kate Goldstein

Salary Range: $55K – $60K

IU Employees , All External Candidates

Or, Go jobs.iu.edu, select search staff positions, and search for Training Specialist or 307962

Hello Colleagues,

I am pleased to let you know we have some room in Coaching Conversations Trainings that were scheduled for the IUB University Division which have room in them for additional participants. If you register for a Foundations course (in-person), please be aware that it is multi-part and has to be completed entirely in order to progress. If you have taken Foundations I & II (formerly known as Days 1 & 2), you are eligible for Coaching Tools! Coaching Tools (on Zoom) will also be multi-part.

Please feel free to share this opportunity with any IU employee! I anticipate more training opportunities to share soon!

Coaching Foundations I & II:

In this introductory sequence, which should be taken together, you will understand the core concepts and assumptions of coaching and identify the differences among therapy, advising, mentoring, and coaching. You will learn one specific model for guiding a coaching conversation and practice both generating and asking powerful open-ended questions, listening to and observing your coachee, transitioning in and out of coaching conversations, and applying the core concepts and the coaching model. Finally, you will get to observe coaching demonstrations, practice coaching in several contexts, and learn how to document your coaching conversations in IU systems. While the Foundations training starts this week, it’s entirely online. Coaching Tools is in person.

In-Person Foundations I&II: Feb 9 and 10 at IU Bloomington in the Indiana Memorial Union, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM with a lunch break from 12:30-1:30.

https://events.iu.edu/ocss/event/758556-1

Please remember to enroll in the canvas site and complete pre-work for this workshop. You will find the button to enroll on the lower section of section of this page. Expect to spend around 3 hours on the pre-work.

Coaching Tools (prerequisite — completion of Foundations I&II)

In this workshop, you’ll continue to develop a Coaching Way of Being, explore the roles of meta-awareness and intuition in coaching, and begin to cultivate the self-management and boundaries necessary to effective coaching. You will deepen your skills in building rapport, listening attentively, finding the themes in a coachee’s intentions and experience, observing a coachee’s responses, and giving clear feedback. You will explore the skills of championing, acknowledging, and challenging the coachee. In addition, you will analyze some coaching demonstrations, develop your capacity to be fully present, and practice coaching.

Zoom Coaching Tools. This event takes place March 2 and 3, 2023, 9 AM-12 PM.

https://events.iu.edu/ocss/event/758572-1

Please remember to complete the Pre-Work for Coaching Tools in the Canvas site. Expect to spend several hours.

contact OCSS@IU.edu for questions

Hello Colleagues,

I am pleased to let you know we have some room in Coaching Conversations Trainings that were scheduled for the IUB College of Arts and Sciences which have room in them for additional participants. If you register for a Foundations course (online), please be aware that it is multi-part and has to be completed entirely in order to progress. If you have taken Foundations I & II (formerly known as Days 1 & 2), you are eligible for coaching tools!

Please feel free to share this opportunity with any IU employee! I anticipate more training opportunities to share soon!

Coaching Foundations I & II:

In this introductory sequence, which should be taken together, you will understand the core concepts and assumptions of coaching and identify the differences among therapy, advising, mentoring, and coaching. You will learn one specific model for guiding a coaching conversation and practice both generating and asking powerful open-ended questions, listening to and observing your coachee, transitioning in and out of coaching conversations, and applying the core concepts and the coaching model. Finally, you will get to observe coaching demonstrations, practice coaching in several contexts, and learn how to document your coaching conversations in IU systems. While the Foundations training starts this week, it’s entirely online. Coaching Tools is in person.

Zoom Foundations I&II: 4 sessions. Jan 26-27 and Feb 2-3, 2023, 1:30 PM-4:30 PM.

https://events.iu.edu/ocss/event/794515-coaching-foundations-i-ii

Please remember to enroll in the canvas site and complete pre-work for this workshop. You will find the button to enroll on the lower section of section of this page. Expect to spend around 3 hours on the pre-work.

Coaching Tools (prerequisite — completion of Foundations I&II)

In this workshop, you’ll continue to develop a Coaching Way of Being, explore the roles of meta-awareness and intuition in coaching, and begin to cultivate the self-management and boundaries necessary to effective coaching. You will deepen your skills in building rapport, listening attentively, finding the themes in a coachee’s intentions and experience, observing a coachee’s responses, and giving clear feedback. You will explore the skills of championing, acknowledging, and challenging the coachee. In addition, you will analyze some coaching demonstrations, develop your capacity to be fully present, and practice coaching.

In-person Coaching Tools. This one-day event takes place in Bloomington at the Indiana Memorial Union, February 6, 2023, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM with an hour for lunch 12:30-1:30. Location details in the confirmation email

https://events.iu.edu/ocss/event/794523-coaching-tools

Please remember to complete the Pre-Work for Coaching Tools in the Canvas site. Expect to spend several hours.

contact OCSS@IU.edu for questions