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CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM PLAN FOR COACHING PROGRAMS
Presented by Laura Bierema and Allie Cox
The purpose of this session is to introduce and defines GSAEC Academic Standard 6.0: Curriculum and Program Plan. This interactive session will model effective adult learning practices to achieve intended outcomes of: (1) Exploring how the standard addresses coaching program design and implementation that is congruent with adult learning theory; (2) Incorporating content and methods supporting coaches’ development of meta coaching skills of self-regulation and lifelong learning; and (3) Ensuring quality and assessment as evidenced by course syllabi, course content, instructional delivery, and learning and program outcomes.
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The Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC) is pleased to invite you to a series of Campfires, which are 90-minute webinars that focus on key and emerging issues in coaching and coach education. Join us as we host thought leaders for discussions, presentations, and live panels designed to help keep you up to date with the latest developments in coaching and coach education. These events are exclusive opportunities to focus directly on Graduate Level Coaching Education and examine and explore some of GSAEC's Academic Standards for Excellence in Coach Education!
This session will be recorded, and available to GSAEC Members after the meeting.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Dr. Laura L. Bierema
Professor, executive coach, company president, author, AHRD past-president, Lukas’ Fund co-founder, former faculty senate president, volunteer, avid runner sidelined by injury, ex-executive, cyclist, nonprofit board member, former dental assistant, disastrous waitress, rusty choral singer, failed pianist, aspiring potter, fumbling knitter, skilled vegetarian cook, bread maker, world traveler, Fulbright scholar, and a decent leader on her good days.
Laura L. Bierema is Professor, University of Georgia (UGA), College of Education (COE). Her academic program is in Adult Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development. Previously, Dr. Bierema was Assistant Professor in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University where she also led faculty development in the College of Human Medicine. Prior to her career in academia, Dr. Bierema held a variety of human resources management and executive positions in the automotive industry with AlliedSignal, Inc. (now Honeywell). From 2013-2016 Dr. Bierema was the UGA COE Associate Dean for Academic Programs.
Dr. Bierema’s research interests include workplace learning, career development, women’s development, organization development, executive coaching, leadership, and critical human resource development. Dr. Bierema holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Michigan State University and a doctorate in adult education from UGA. She has published over 170 book chapters and articles that have appeared in both research and professional publications. Dr. Bierema’s books include:
- Women’s Career Development across the Lifespan: Insights and Strategies for Women, Organizations, and Adult Educators
- Philosophy and Practice of Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change
- Critical Issues in Human Resource Development
- Implementing a Critical Approach to Organization Development
- Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice (AHRD and UPCEA Book of the Year)
- An Introduction to Organization Development: An Action Research Approach, 1st and 2nd edition (“Texty” Winner)
- Connecting Adult Learning and Knowledge Management: Strategies for Learning and Change In Higher Education and Organizations.
- Human Resource Development: Critical Perspectives and Practice (AHRD Book of the Year)
- Rethinking Adult Career Development
- The Inquiry Action Coaching Process (forthcoming)
- Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition (forthcoming)
Dr. Bierema has won multiple research, teaching, mentoring, and leadership awards. Notable awards include: the Cyril O. Houle Scholar Grant in Adult and Continuing Education; the Richard A. Swanson Excellence in Research Award; 2012 winner of the University of Georgia College of Education Russell H. Yeany, Jr. Research Award; 2012 recipient of the Sherpa Trailblazer of the Year Award in recognition of innovation application of the Sherpa Coaching Process; 2013 winner of the Academy of Human Resource Development’s Outstanding Scholar Award; 2014 winner of the Academy of Human Resource Development’s Book of the Year; 2015 winner of the University, Professional, and Continuing Education Association Phillip E. Frandson Award for Literature; 2017 recognition as a Master Executive Coach by Sherpa Coaching; 2018 US Fulbright Research Scholar; 2018-2019 UGA Senior Teaching Fellow; 2019 recipient of the Ira Aaron Mentoring and Collegiality Award; 2022 Inductee into the Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame; 2022 UGA Aderhold Distinguished Professor; 2023 Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Human Resource Development Scholar Hall of Fame; 2023 AHRD Forward Award for leadership as President from 2020-2022, and 2024 AHRD Wayne Pace Book of the Year Award.
Lest Dr. Bierema take herself too seriously, she balances her left brain by learning Italian, talking to her dogs, riding her bicycle around the world with her spouse Mark, tasting fine wines, collecting original art, cooking gourmet vegetarian meals, reading great literature and trashy novels, traveling to interesting places near and far, indulging in gastronomic adventures with friends, and hitting the beach whenever possible, preferably in Onekama, MI.
Allie Cox, PhD
Allie Cox, PhD is a clinical assistant professor of Adult Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development (LLOD), co-director of the Graduate Certificate in Organization Coaching, and affiliate faculty member with the Generative Learning and Complexity Lab at the University of Georgia (UGA).
Prior to joining the LLOD faculty at UGA, Allie held positions leading learning and development programs in public health, information technology, and higher education. She was the founding director of the UGA Women's Staff Leadership Institute and has over 20 years of experience in training and professional development, leadership development, organization development, program administration, instructional design, and group facilitation.
Allie is co-founder and principal of Collective Growth Endeavors (CGE), a coaching and consulting firm dedicated to developing women leaders. CGE works with individual women, professional associations, and organizations committed to creating a pipeline of women leaders.
In all of her work, Allie seeks to create conditions for deep learning to help adults grow and flourish in their work and lives. She has earned a BA in English from Vanderbilt University, an MPA from the University of Georgia, a PhD in adult education from the University of Georgia, and is a certified Sherpa executive coach.
