Coaching in Context

Currently, JCRS 760 and JCRS 762 are offered during the fall semester, and JCRS 761 and JCRS 763 are offered during the spring semester.  Students can take these courses concurrently or sequentially. Depending on demand, Dr. Potvin may offer JCRS 760 each semester and JCRS 763 also in the summer. 

This APC is entirely online, and the majority of the work is asynchronous. Working with others in the course is required and scheduled at mutually agreeable times. Synchronous work is scheduled as a class approximately every two weeks for 1.5 hours.

There are no examinations in the Coaching in Context APC. 

The books used for the APC are available at the library and purchasing them is not required.

You are awarded a graduate certificate in Coaching in Context. The graduate courses (a total of 12 credits) are stackable and are on a transcript.

• There are four graduate courses, 3 credits each, that meet the rigorous criteria set by the college and university curriculum committee. The material is always updated with the most current information.
• All of the material (readings, links, resources) are made available on Canvas (our electronic platform).
• You are introduced to coaching in the first course, and we use a scaffolding approach throughout the courses to build your knowledge and comfort using Coaching in Context with fidelity within your practice.
• You have access to the university library for all resources and materials. 
• All course instructors are certified coaches. Experienced instructors are teaching all 4 of the coaching certificate courses. This means that the educators are embedding state-of-the-art teaching-learning strategies into the design of the courses. Every activity within the course has been curated to maximize your learning.