Courses
Foundations – Level I Training
Description
Trainees will learn the Seven Core Principles and practice steps of the Fostering Success Coach Model. Participants will learn a primary set of coaching skills that are designed to promote real-time collaborative engagement and empowering solutions with young people in everyday problem-solving.
Format
This course is an online training that consists of 16 sessions that are 1.5hrs each for a total of 24 hours. This typically happens over the course of 16 weeks (meeting once a week) during traditional work hours. However, there are times we have trainings where we shorten the amount of weeks by meeting more than once.
Trainees are expected to be present for at minimum, 21 hours of the 24 hours. There are three times coaches will be expected to complete practice coaching sessions for review (during class), and all of these are required.
Total hours: 24
Applications – Level II Training
Description
Trainees will build on the knowledge, principles, and skills learned in the Foundations course by solidifying primary skills and developing advanced skills including coaching to evoke awareness about common beliefs held by young people who experienced a childhood of adversity, coaching highly stressed or distressed young people, and accelerating action planning and accountability.
Format
This course is an online training that consists of 23 sessions that are 1.5hrs each for a total of 34.5 hours of synchronous participation. There will be an additional 10.5 hours of asynchronous work for a total of 45 hours.
There are two times coaches will be expected to complete practice coaching sessions in front of their peers, and two times you will be coached in front of your peers. The asynchronous work consists of reading material, and watching/reflecting on practice coaching sessions. All asynchronous work is self-paced, but needs to be completed within two weeks of the last in person training session.
Total hours: 45
Mentor Coaching
Description
Mentor coaching is focused on strengthening knowledge and skills learned in the FS Coaching coursework. During Mentor Coaching, coaches will have an opportunity to hone their coaching skills through direct feedback, reflection, and scaffolded learning sessions. Participants will fully integrate the FS Coach Model with the ICF Core Competencies, towards applying effective coaching practice with young people.
Format
Duration: 12 weeks
Sessions: Five group sessions, 90 minutes; three 1:1 sessions, 60 minutes.
Integrating Adolescent Brain Development Into Child Welfare Practice with Older Youth
Description
The Adolescent Brain Development Training focuses on how the adolescent brain continues to develop, and how that knowledge can provide guidance on how practitioners work with older youth, especially those who experience the child welfare system. Participants will learn the emerging science of the adolescent development period, how physical changes in the brain impact behavior, the ways trauma impacts brain development, and ways to meet adolescents with pro-social practice strategies to support youth development. This training was developed by the National Association of Social Workers, in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The curriculum can be viewed in more detail on the NASW website.
Format
This virtual course consists of six 2-hour sessions for a total of 12 hours.
Trainees are expected to be present for at minimum, 10 hours of the 12 hours. This course offers 12 approved social work CEU's. A post test and survey upon completion are required in order to receive the certificate of completion and CEUs. The survey and post test will be administered on the last day of training.
Total hours: 12
Equity Grounded Coaching
Description
The Equity Grounded Coach Training is offered through a partnership with Fostering Success Coaching Institute and Equity Grounded Coaching! Through individual reflection and discussion in large and small groups, you will explore the ways power dynamics play out in your coaching and think about the opportunities you have to move towards greater accountability, interdependence, and authenticity in your relationship with yourself and those you coach. Join us, we would love to meet you!
Format
This course is an online training that consists of 4sessions that are 2 hrs each for a total of 8 hours. This typically happens over the course of 2 weeks (meeting twice a week) during traditional work hours.
Total hours: 8