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Parent Coach Certification®Become a PCI Certified Parent Coach®. If you are a forward-thinking professional with an undergraduate degree and a deep calling to work with parents, welcome home. Our acclaimed one-year, graduate-level, distance-learning Parent Coach Certification® training program is offered in collaboration with Seattle Pacific University's Department of Education, independent of SPU's religious affiliation.
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About the InstituteThe Parent Coaching Institute is a not-for-profit corporation with headquarters in Bellevue, Washington. We view Parenting as a Living System™ and families as containers for dynamic growth, aliveness, creativity, and endless possibilities. This exciting foundational theory infuses all aspects of our collaborative work. The PCI provides on-going marketing support to PCI Certified Parent Coaches®, along with numerous continuing education options. We offer PCI Parent Coaching to moms and dads through referrals to PCI Certified Parent Coaches® and through agencies, businesses, and schools.
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Applications are now being accepted for entrance Winter Term for the Parent Coach Certification® Training Program with phone classes for Course 1 beginning the week of January 5, 2009. Phone classes are in the evening time to accommodate work schedules of our students, usually 5 PM Pacific Time.
Applicants who send in their applications before November 15, 2008, will recive a $500.00 discount off the basic tuition fee.
Please send in the basic application as your first step. Transcripts and letters of reference can follow the basic application by a few weeks. Download the application here. Send to the PCI at: 1400-112th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98004. Applications can be faxed to (425) 646-7569 or sent via email to gloria@thepci.org. Questions? Please call: (425) 753-8822.
Application deadline for Winter Term start is December 1, 2008.
Gloria DeGaetano, Founder and CEO of the Parent Coaching Institute, was interviewed on June 29 by Rick Kogan on his popular WGN Chicago radio program Sunday Papers. Listen to this interesting 12-minute interview (MP3 format).
PCI Chicago Weekend—A Big Success. Over 40 PCI students and graduates gathered June 26–29 for an exciting and interesting weekend of workshops, networking, and gracious sharing. Newly graduated PCI Certified Parent Coach® Dulcie Gretton from Calgary shared with us a beautiful poem she wrote, letting us know that it describes her experience at the PCI and her new vocation, parent coaching. Read and enjoy!
If You Are a Professional Looking For…
A New Career… you will find the Parent Coach Certification® Training Program offers you new skill sets, researched-based coaching strategies, and on-going support and guidance to build a solid foundation for an exciting new career. If you are looking to build a satisfying part-time or full-time career that will energize you beyond your expectations, the PCI Training Program is for you.
An Innovative Way to Work with Families… Where do moms and dads go after family counseling and family education? PCI parent coaching is an innovative way to offer on-going family support and parent education using the most advanced techniques from the growing coaching industry.
Exciting, Energizing, and Inspiring Ideas… the PCI training curriculum has synthesized ideas from the leaders in the coaching profession—Cheryl Richardson, Margaret Wheately, Robert Quinn, and David Cooperrider—are a few of the authors you will read and apply to your work in parent education through the PCI coaching model, as you work towards Parent Coach Certification®.
If You Are a Mom or Dad Looking For…
Practical Strategies to Help with a Parenting Challenge… PCI Certified Parent Coaches® are trained in a comprehensive family support program. Parent advice is one thing. What our coaches excel at, though, is helping you discover more of your own answers, providing the ultimate in family support and parent guidance that results in positive changes for the entire family.
More Enjoyment in Your Parenting… PCI Certified Parent Coaches® can help you slow down and start enjoying your children more. By making sure your self-care is on track, our coaches are there to listen, affirm, and nudge and nurture you in the direction of your dreams.