This program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.
The Life Skills Coach Certificate is designed to train and certify qualified individuals as Life Skills Coaches. A coach is a trained instructor and group facilitator, qualified to bring students to competency in a specific range of problem-solving skills for use in the following areas: self, relationships and family, education and employment, leisure and community.
Based on the Saskatchewan NewStart Model of Life Skills, coaches use structured lessons in combination with group dynamics to provide students with the necessary skills to both coach individuals and deliver community life skills programs. Training can be divided into four major areas of competence:
- Creative Problem Solving
- Structured Human Relations Training
- Coaching Techniques
- Life Skills Course Content
This program is also designed with a Personal Coaching section. The students will practice their skills in all of the Core Competencies as defined by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Students will learn about ethics, establishing agreements (contracts, guidelines, etc.), creating trust and mutual respect, and how to open and close a coach/client relationship.
Course Objectives
The principle objective of the Life Skills Coach Training Program is to facilitate students’ acquisition of the life skills required to develop and deliver programs in the community. Students must demonstrate a voluntary use of these required skills and the ability to transfer them into real-life situations.
Before the end of this course, students will demonstrate the following:
- Theory and Knowledge
- Defining Life Skills
- Understanding the theory, principles and methods of Life Skills
- The ethics of coaching
- Human Relations and Basic Communication Skills
- Becoming aware of one’s effect on others
- Displaying the ability to express and share feelings and self-disclose appropriately
- Demonstrating a positive self-concept
- Distinguishing own needs from those of others
- Remaining accountable for one’s own feelings, attitudes and beliefs
- Displaying fairness and lack of prejudice
- Recognizing own limits
- Individual Coaching
- Assisting clients to enhance self-concept and self-esteem
- Helping clients adjust to change
- Detecting a lack of understanding
- Identifying and resolving interpersonal problems
- Encouraging independence and self-confidence
- Facilitating resolution of clients’ issues
- Demonstrating skills using real-life problems
- Transfer skills to everyday life
- Group Dynamics
- Understanding and dealing with group dynamics effectively
- Planning group activities
- Delegating responsibility
- Lesson preparation and Presentation
- Understanding individual learning styles
- Communicating at the learners’ level
- Motivating group members
- Presentation of lessons in the five-phase format
- Sequencing lessons appropriately
- Adapting lessons to different groups
- Selecting appropriate techniques and learning aids
- Setting behavioural objectives
- Evaluation Skills
- Defining goals and expected outcomes
- Explaining evaluation process
- Analyzing student progress
- Terminating inappropriate trainees
- Assisting learners to devise self-evaluation strategies
Additional Information
Course Type: Daytime (FT)
Prerequisites: None
Other Requirements: None
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| Total Program Length | 12 weeks (270 hrs) |
| Number of Semesters | 1 |
| Total Tuition | $ 4,950.00 |
| Application Fee (Domestic) | $100 (non-refundable) |
| Application Fee (International) | $500 (non-refundable) |
| Textbooks & Course Material Fee* | $34 |
| Student Activity Fee* | $50 |
| Archive Fee* | $100 |
| Other Fees* | $70 |
| Delivery Method | In-person, online, blended |
| Language | English |
| Next Intake | Jan 6, 2025 – March 28, 2025 |
| Schedule | Monday – Friday 9am – 1:30pm PST |
*For a complete breakdown of each cost category, please see the dropdown menu below.
Textbooks & Course Material Fee*
This program includes a Course Material fee of $34 which includes all course notes and class resources such as course outlines, reading packages, and lecture notes.
There are no mandatory textbooks in this program.
Student Activity Fee*
Archive Fee*
Other Fees*
Other Fees ($70)
This program includes a Technology fee of $15 which provides access to all zoom classrooms, CampusLogin access and unlimited Moodle access up to one year after graduation. There is also a Graduation and Transcript fee of $55 which includes one official copy of the student's transcripts and one official copy of the diploma or certificate earned.
Program Admissions Requirements
- Successful completion of the admissions assessment process.
- Written personal statement.
- Personal and/or professional reference.
- Grade 12 graduate or equivalent or mature student status – 19 years or older with an established work history or relevant experience.
- International study permit if applicable.
In addition to the program admissions requirements, applicants must also meet the Rhodes Wellness College’s General Admissions Policy requirements detailed here.
Language Requirements
Before enrollment, each applicant will need to show proficiency in English as evidenced by a written personal statement and the Admissions interview. If English is not one of the applicant’s native languages, the applicant will also be asked to provide one of the following supporting documentation:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): minimum score 78 (internet-based).
- Canadian Academic English Language Assessment Test (CAEL): minimum score 70.
- International English Language Testing IELTS (academic version): minimum score 6.5 overall, and no one score less than 5.5.
- Alternative exams to the above may be accepted as Proof of English providing the exam is internationally recognized and has published official equivalencies to one of the above exams (TOEFL, CAEL, IELTS) and the student has achieved the equivalent scores consistent with what is required in the tests listed herein.
- Two years of high school where the language of instruction is English.
- Two completed full-time semesters at a post-secondary English-speaking institution.
Exemptions:
Students from the following countries are exempt from the English language proficiency requirements.
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- Refund Policy
- General Admissions Policy
- Language Proficiency Assessment Policy
- Attendance Policy
- Student Statement of Rights
- Dismissal and Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Dispute Resolution Policy
- Sexual Misconduct Policy
- Work Experience Policy (“Practicum”)
- Other Policies
