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  • Welcome to the Association Of Coaching Supervisors

    AOCS is formed by people who care passionately about supervision. We believe there is a need for an association purely focusing on supervision, as supervision is still at its pioneering stage and a platform is needed to enable coaches and buyers of coaching to understand supervision better. The leading associations and academies acknowledge that supervision has been on the back-burner for awhile and has not been given wider exposure. We want to change that perception and give supervision greater publicity and a larger 'share of voice' in the coaching community.

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  • AOCS Strategy Group meet in London

    AOCS Strategy Group met in London to review the latest trends in supervision. We identified some themes including ethics, standards, core competencies; sharing and collaborating with coaching organisations; transfer of accreditation; team versus group supervision; internal and external supervision; research into coaching supervision; CPD for coach supervisors; buyers of coaching supervision are a target for us; and events and conferences to attend. Report is available to read in the News section. Attendees included Alison Fletcher, Liz Macann, Jenny Bird, Jean Woollard, Henry Campion, Dorothy Larios - AC, Kathryn Pope - ICF, Leanne Lowish, Robin Shohet – AOCS Honorary Member, plus AOCS board members Peter Welch, Neil Williams and Jackie Arnold, founder Karen Skehel.

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  • AOCS attend many leading conferences

    We actively attend as many relevant conferences as possible to keep abreast of current issues, to display our banner, hand out flyers to recruit new members. Do let us know what conferences or events you are planning to attend in 2012. Here's a list to get started on. Maybe you could write up a brief report for the Newsletter, or hand out some fliers for us! Contact: our marketing team: marketing@associationofcoachingsupervisors.com

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  • Robin Shohet's advanced workshop

    Last summer Robin Shohet, experienced author, supervisor, and AOCS Honorary Member, led a small workshop for AOCS members on the 'Use of Parallel Process in Group Supervision – getting to the heart of supervision’. “By far the best £90 I have spent on my professional development in a very long time – incredible value for money!” – was a comment by one happy attendee at this workshop. A workshop report is available for members in the Member's Area under CPD resources. Robin has supervised for over thirty years and was co-founder of the Centre for Supervision and Team Development in 1979. Robin kindly donated his time and expertise to run this workshop for AOCS as a fund-raiser.

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What's new?

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New supervision workshops: Fear and Love in Supervision - London, 2nd July. 'Early bird' offer ends June 1st

Robin Shohet has offered to run another popular workshop for us (and non-members) on 2nd July in London. You can download a workshop flyer and booking form here. 'Early bird' offer ends June 1st so don't delay!

Parallel Process - getting to the heart of supervision - Edinburgh, 11th June

There are huge benefits to be gained from the application of the 7 eyed model as described in ‘Supervision in the Helping Professions’. We will focus more specifically on modes 5 and 6 which refer to parallel process, and at applications in your work. You can download a workshop flyer here. Workshop fee £50 for AOCS members; £60 for non-members. You can still book so email the booking form to gwynnethrees@btinternet.com

2nd International Conference in Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brookes

Oxford Brookes University is hosting this conference on the 23rd June building on excellent feedback received from all participants of the 1st International conference in coaching supervision last summer. 

There's an exiting programme with a number of international speakers and

workshops: http://business.brookes.ac.uk/commercial/coaching-mentoring/coaching-supervision-conference/ Tatiana Bachkirova is host.

 

  Nancy Kline joins AOCS as an Honorary Member!

  We are delighted to welcome Nancy, who pioneered the development of the theory and process called The Thinking Environment®. An internationally published author and public speaker, Nancy is excited about supporting our aim for wider recognition in the field of coaching and we look forward to her articles. A number of you are already Time to Think advocates and trainers so we know you'll be pleased to know that Nancy is joining us. Her profile is here.

Newsletters

The Spring Newsletter is available here.  

Blogs, articles & research

  • 3 new blogs from members to check out - Mike Munro Turner on the 'Felt Shift' concept, Shirley Wardell on 'Listening to be understood' and 'How do we supervise an eclectic group of coaches?'; 'Reachback and Afterburn' by Keri Phillips. Have you got a blog to share with other member's? Login, go to Blog and upload it there.

  • Jan Brause has contributed two helpful book reviews - one of Paul Gilbert's 'The Compassionate Mind', which she cites as a thought-provoking read and a highly useful resource. Read Jan's 1st book review here and the second is 'Group and Team Coaching - the essential guide' by Christine Thornton, which Jan describes as "practical, insightful and now well thumbed". Read Jan's 2nd book review here 

Is your insurance cover due for renewal soon? Check this offer out before you renew!

We have negotiated a competitively priced insurance package, via Sennocke International, to provide our members with Professional Indemnity insurance, plus an option for Public Liability cover - important if you see clients at your home/office. Please visit the Member's Area to read more about this package, especially if your cover is due for renewal soon.

Coaching at Work magazine subscription offer

AOCS have negotiated healthy discounts worth between 10-20% for subscribing to this excellent and informative publication (in printed and digital editions). To take advantage of the offers, please visit the Member's Area and click on Benefits.

Video

We have a super-vision video to give insight as to what can go on in a supervision session. Do you have a video that demonstrates supervision in action to share? (needs to be free-to-air)

 

 

 

 

 

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Upcoming special events

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Events, conferences, tele-forums and workshops are great for networking, updating your CPD, and being at the cutting-edge of supervision trends. Do check out what we have on offer as it's constantly changing!

Fear and Love in Supervision workshop - 2nd July

Robin Shohet is running another popular workshop for us (and non-members) on 2nd July in London. You can download a workshop flyer and booking form here. You can still enrol now.

Tele-forums - free to members

We are scheduling a new series of tele-forums on a diverse range of topics of interest to supervisors, as a free benefit to members. Please propose any future topics you'd like to see to  
education@associationofcoachingsupervisors.com

Tele-forums are free to members and are normally run on the second Monday of each month, from 18.00 GMT for approximately 45 minutes. Numbers are limited to 12 to ensure quality of input and discussion. CPD certificates are available too.

  • Working Cross-Culturally – this is a second Tele-forum on this popular topic run by Anne Roques, bilingual executive coach and supervisor, with support from Jackie Arnold, on Monday, 9th July, from 18.00 GMT to 18.45 pm.

Register your interest now for a tele-forum by emailing 

education@associationofcoachingsupervisors.com

 

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Finding a supervisor

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Coaches often cry: "where can I find a good supervisor?" and "how do I know they're any good?".

Well, we've done some of the hard work for you by finding some excellent, qualified supervisors who can provide cost-effective coach supervision to meet your needs! We seek current references from their supervisors and review their qualifications, training, profile and testimonials, so that you can be reassured of their quality.

Buyers of coaching supervision concerned about the quality of supervisors and their qualifications to supervise, can be assured that our supervisors are well-placed to support them. Buyers may also need multiple supervisors to resource an internal coaching initiative such as creating a coaching culture; if so please contact us at marketing@associationofcoachingsupervisors.com to discuss your requirements. If you would like to download a flyer summarising what AOCS is all about, please do so here: AOCS introductory flyer

New members are joining all the time, some located abroad, so please check out our supervision map

Different ways to join as a new member - new members are joining from a wide range of disciplines:

  • L&D specialists - building a coaching & learning culture; HR generalists - ensuring quality of coaching services; OD specialists  - using coaching as part of an OD strategy - please contact us at: marketing@associationofcoachingsupervisors.com

Join us as a supervisor online! Click on the 'Join us' banner above.

 

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