iPEC’s Coach Centric Leadership™ for Education Professionals Program Approved by the State of Pennsylvania

The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) has been approved to offer its research-based Coach Centric Leadership™ for Education Professionals program to K-12 school districts across Pennsylvania. The program is already an active model in service centers and school districts throughout the United States and Canada.

Based on the unique principles and skills that encompass iPEC’s proprietary Core Energy CoachingTM process, the Coach Centric Leadership™ for Education Professionals program is designed to help education leaders build cultures of engagement by learning coaching processes and tools that contribute to the long-term sustainability of improved student achievement.

“Studies show that cultures of engagement form the catalyst to change across all levels of an organization; inside an educational system, this means superintendants, principals, and vice principals, as well as teachers, students, and parents. The critical outcome is that students achieve much more than a grade; they perform at an increased level of effectiveness and performance,” said Susan Gonzales, Chief Operating Officer, iPEC.

Rick Alvarado, Executive Director, Education Service Center, Region 2 in Corpus Christi, Texas says, “I wish I would have had this skill set when I was a campus Administrator because it would have made a huge difference in the interactions I had with staff and with parents and students. I thought I was a really good Principal, and after going through this program, I’ve realized I could have been an amazing Principal if I could have had this skill set during that time.”

The Coach Centric Leadership for Education Professionals program is offered directly to school districts, both public and private, and through Education Service Agencies who license the program through iPEC. A train-the-trainer model is also available in partnership with iPEC, so that service agencies can choose the option that best meets their needs in terms of resources, timing, and budget.  

The Coach Centric Leadership for Education Professionals program includes a pre-and-post Energy Leadership Index™ assessment to measure progress, and consists of both live, “face-to-face” training, as well as experiential distance learning. The “face to face” training is conducted in three interactive three-day modules, while the distance learning is conducted over the course of the program. Key program components include peer coaching, group coaching, and mentor coaching.

The program is aligned with the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards and with the core propositions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Approved by PA Act 45, the Coach Centric Leadership for Educational Professionals program provides 102 hours of continuing education and is offered throughout the United States and Canada.

About iPEC Coaching

The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), an ICF-accredited coach training program provider, offers the most comprehensive and experiential coach training program in the world and is the originator of the Core Energy Coaching™ process – the most effective leadership framework and change process in use today. Founded in 1999 by Bruce D Schneider, MCC and Ph. D., the Institute graduates Certified Professional Coaches in the specialties of life, career/transition, health and wellness, relationship, teen, business, corporate, and executive coaching.