We have put together a number of frequently
asked questions from our students. If you need help with
an issue that is not mentioned here, please
contact
us.
- What happens after the residential weekend?
- When do Telephone Tutorials take place?
- What happens if I can't listen to the live Telephone
Tutorial?
- What written work do I need
to submit before the end of the course?
- How do I reference my written
work?
- Can I submit my work electronically?
- Can I send it by email?
- What if I don't have access to a computer?
- How long does the marking process take?
- When do I take my Viva?
- What happens when I graduate?
- How would I upgrade from the Certificate programme to the
Diploma in Caching Practice?
What happens
after the residential weekend?
- You will be coached by your mentor
- You need to contact your telephone provider to set
up three way calling
- Join Premierline (Click
here for further details)
- Visit the student area on the cmiexcel.com website in order
to access the telephone numbers for the telephone tutorials
- Participate in the telephone tutorial on Tuesday
evening at 8:30pm
- Contact membership services
for details of your local Exchange meetings, e-mail: membership@cmiexcel.com or
phone 08707 567 444
- Plan how you are going to incorporate your studies
into your work/life balance
When do Telephone Tutorials take
place?
Telephone tutorials take place
every Tuesday evening at 8:30pm. There are 10 calls
to participate in, one per
module and one to help you whilst you are studying. The
calls provide valuable support in your distance learning part
of the course. Recording at least one learning
outcome from each call is part of your assessment.
You can download the forms here.
What happens if I can't listen
to the live Telephone Tutorial?
If you can't listen to the live tutorial
you can listen to the recording later. For a list of
archived Telephone Tutorials click
here.
What written
work do I need to submit before the end of the course?
The written submissions from the course
are presented for assessment at the end of the course
in the form of a Portfolio. The work in this portfolio
is accumulated from various sources:
- Post Modular Assignments from
the nine home-based study modules (a maximum number
of words accompanies each assignment).
- A reflective journal -
this is a journal which you keep on a weekly basis
to record your on-going reflections on your professional
development. Coaching is all about raising awareness
and accepting responsibility. You are encouraged
to adopt this process as a normal part of your own
development e.g. what have I become aware of this
week that is relevant to my development as a coach?
As a result of this awareness, my goal (responsibility)
is. . . The entire journal need not be submitted
simply copies of assignments that you have recorded
there.
- Records of coaching calls:
• Coachee appraisal sheet
• Coaching self appraisal sheet
• Listening coaching calls sheet
• Telephone tutorials sheet*
- A reflective essay -
6,000 words (Max)
How do I reference my written
work?
Coaching & Mentoring International uses
the Harvard method of referencing written work. When
preparing a report, essay or a dissertation you will
need to consult the published literature (books, journal
articles, conference reports, internet sites) on the
relevant topic. Your final written work must acknowledge
the sources from which you have obtained your information.
This is done in two related ways: firstly, by citing
authors’ names and their publication date in
the assignment itself whenever a reference is made
to a particular source; secondly, by listing all the
references in an alphabetical bibliography.
In the text
There are two main types of referencing within the text. The first is when
the sources of specific ideas used in the text are directly related to points
made by authors you have read. This is indicated by simply giving the author’s
surname followed by the date of the publication concerned (but not the whole
publication). This can be done either directly, for example:
Smith (1994) has suggested
that adult learners. . .
Smith (1994) maintains that adult learners. . .
Or indirectly:
It has been suggested (Smith,
1994) that adult learners. . .
Some experts believe (Smith, 1994) that adult learners. . .
The second main type of referencing
is related to direct quotations. For short quotations
of less than a sentence the procedure is as above,
for example:
When Smith (1994) wrote that ‘adult
learners often find greater difficulty in adapting
than younger learners’, he was suggesting
that. . .
In this case the quotation is clearly
part of the student’s main sentence. However,
for quotes of more than one sentence the whole quote
must be separated from the main text in an indented
paragraph at the end of which is written the author’s
surname, publication date and page number(s),
as follows:
In one way I am simply saying
that each person has a polite or socialised self,
and also a personal private self that is not
available except in intimacy. That is what is
commonly found, and we could call it normal.
(Winnicott D.W.: 1986:66.)
Note that inverted commas
or quotation marks are not used around indented
quotations of this kind.
Secondary sources are where an author you
have read mentions the work of yet another
author.
These have to be referenced in your assignment
too. This
is done by using the name of the original work’s author but
citing the name of the author of the work in which it was mentioned,
for example:
Supporting evidence appears
in a study by Black (cited in Robinson, 1994).
Only the Robinson source has
to be listed in the bibliography, although practices
vary on this.
For more information on referencing your
work, please refer to your Welcome Pack.
Can I submit my work electronically?
Yes. Coaching & Mentoring International operates a system of Electronic Marking for all student
work. This enables the student to submit work via e-mail
and therefore avoid the potential risk of large amounts
of printed material being lost or damaged in the post.
The documents are transferred into PDF format which
helps maintain page layout and intended presentation,
and the assessors mark the work on the document and
marking sheets, which are inserted into the document.
This means that the final marked work can be returned
by e-mail to the student and viewed on their PC or
Mac computer in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The assessors
make their comments and notes in blue type so the student
can easily see comments made.
This procedure also increases the level of efficiency
that Coaching & Mentoring International can achieve for presentation
of work for internal moderation and external verification.
In order to achieve this procedure students must submit
their work in the following format:
- On the first page include the students
name, e-mail address and telephone number
- Saved in RTF (Rich Text Format) or Microsoft
Word(If you do not have Word available then most
other desktop text applications can save documents in RTF)
- Use a font point size 12
- All body text to be black
- Choose a font that is clearly legible on
the page(e.g. Arial, Verdana,
Times New Roman)
- Use double line spacing(This allows for
the insertion of comments
on the page if necessary)
- Number all pages
- Save all work into one document and ensure that all
modules are in the correct order
- Clearly mark the beginning of each Module and Sub Section
- Work referred to from the Reflective Journal must be
typed and included in the document in the relevant position
- Create a Table of Contents (This can act as your own
checklist too)
Can I send it by email?
Work should be submitted by e-mail to assignments@cmiexcel.com or copied to CD-Rom or Floppy Disk and posted to Coaching & Mentoring International.
What if I don't have access
to a computer?
If you do not have access to a computer please contact
Student Services prior to the submission of any work
to make alternative arrangements. Please note any work
that is not submitted electronically can still be marked
although this may take longer.
How long does the marking process
take?
Please allow one month for the marking process.
When do I take
my Viva?
Your Viva is the last stage of the assessment process.
This will be arranged once your written work has been
marked and with confirmation from your mentor that you
have completed all your coaching calls.
What happens
when I graduate?
When you graduate you become a full member of Coaching & Mentoring
International. If you graduate before the 12-months-period of
your complementary associate membership,Coaching & Mentoring
International upgrades
your membership
status to full member free of charge for the remainder
of the year. Thereafter, you are required to renew your
membership on an annual basis.
As a full member of Coaching & Mentoring International you are required to
keep evidence of your Continuous Professional Development.
For more information on CPD click
here.
How would I upgrade from the Certificate programme to the Diploma
in Coaching Practice?
Students wishing to upgrade from the Certificate programme to
the Diploma in Coaching Practice would first need to have a discussion
with their Mentor before progressing. ontact with the Admissions
team would need to be made to discuss any upgrade fees involved.
Upon notification of course upgrade, the Membership and Student
Services team would then make the necessary arrangements for
calling partners and course materials.
