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Association for the Coaching & Tutoring Profession

Engage. Educate. Empower.

3rd Annual

ACTP Training &
Certification Institute

Pittsburgh, PA

September 17 - 20, 2023

Four days of training....

Knowledge to make a difference

For new and experienced academic coaches who have not yet been certified or need refresher training.  

Institute Access

Academic Coach Information

Member Price

$600

Includes

  • 30 Hours of Training
  • Feedback on Coaching Methods
  • Take Home Resources
  • Certification Certificate
Registration Full

NonMember Price

$800

Includes

  • 30 Hours of Training
  • Feedback on Coaching Methods
  • Take Home Resources
  • Certification Certificate
  • ACTP Membership
Registration Full

Venue Information

espitt23

Embassy Suites

Pittsburgh Downtown

(412) 338 - 2200
535 Smithfield St
Pittsburgh, Pa 15222
All rooms for the conference hotel have been claimed. Additional rooms are available at our partner hotel below.
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Even Hotel Suites

(412) 301 - 2277
425 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, Pa 15219
Room Rate:
$199.99/nt (For rooms booked prior to 8/25/2023)
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Training Topics

  • The difference between counseling, coaching, and mentoring
  • Coaching Foundation
  • Five Habits
  • 7 Pillars
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Arthur Chickering
  • Ethics
  • Partnership Roles
  • Informed Consent
  • Cognitive Behaviorism
  • Appreciative Inquiry
  • Solutions-Focused Coaching
    • OSKAR
  • Positive Psychology
  • Disarm – Recognizing the importance of first impressions, create a safe, welcoming environment for students. 
  • Discover – Utilize positive open-ended questions to draw out what they enjoy doing, their strengths, and their passions. Listen to each answer carefully before asking the next positive question. 
  • Dream – Help students formulate a vision of what they might become, and then assist them in developing their life and career goals. 
  • Design – Help students devise concrete, incremental, and achievable goals 
  • Deliver – The students follows through on their plans. The advisor is there for them when they stumble, believing in them every step of the way and helping them continue to update and refine their dreams as they go. 
  • Don’t Settle – The advisor challenges the student to proactively raise the student’s internal bar of self-expectations

 

  • Confidentiality
  • Code of Ethics
  • Documentation
  • Tracking
  • Profession Development
  • Coaches Self-Assessment
  • Student/Coach Assessment
  • Outcomes
  • Building Trust
  • Active Listening
    • Nonverbal behaviors
  • How to Ask questions
  • Goal-Setting
  • Strategies in Working With Diverse Populations
  • Establishing Trust and Rapport
  • Beginning and Ending a Session
  • Collaborative: Working in partnership with the client. A partnership within which style is quiet, accepting, attentive, respectfully curious, and directive rather than overtly persuasive.
  • Evocative: Listening than telling; eliciting rather than installing. Motivation to change is found within the person, and it is the practitioner’s role to elicit this. 
  • Respectful: Respecting the person’s autonomy, resourcefulness, and ability to choose. 
  • MBTI
  • Holland and the SDS

Institute Schedule

Sunday

9:00am – 12:00pm
     Training Session

12:00pm – 1:30pm
     Lunch On Your Own

1:30pm – 5:00pm
     Training Session

5:00pm – 8:00pm
     Dinner On Your Own &
     Supplemental Institute
     Assignments
 

Monday

9:00am – 12:00pm
     Training Session

12:00pm – 1:30pm
     Lunch On Your Own

1:30pm – 5:00pm
     Training Session

5:00pm – 8:00pm
     Dinner On Your Own &
     Supplemental Institute
     Assignments

Tuesday

9:00am – 12:00pm
     Training Session

12:00pm – 1:30pm
     Lunch On Your Own

1:30pm – 5:00pm
     Training Session

5:00pm – 8:00pm
     Dinner On Your Own &
     Supplemental Institute
     Assignments

Wednesday

9:00am – 12:00pm
     Training Session

FAQs

Will I receive my certification at the Training Institute?

You will receive all the required training for the Academic Coach Certification. 

What non-training materials are required for certification?

Certification requirements outside of training include, but are not limited to: experience, references, and ACTP membership.

For detailed list of certification requirements please see our certification pages

Institute Refund Policies

Requests for refunds of the Institute registration must be made in email on or before August 15, less a $50 processing fee.  Requests for refunds of the Institute emailed after August 15, will not be honored unless they are requested as a result of serious illness or death in the family.  After August 15, there will be no cash refund but a seat in the next years Institute will be reserved.  Requests made 5 days prior to the Institute date will not be considered.

Payments by institutions will be refunded to the institutions and payments made by individuals will be returned to the individual.

Embassy Suites - Downtown St. Louis

Hotel rates can be found directly on the hotel's website

Book here

A limited number of discounted rooms are available through phone hotel registration:

Jennifer Walker
(314) 678 – 2903

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