ADVANCED STUDY IN COACHING SUPERVISION

Oxford Brookes University Professional Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision

  • Delivered in the USA by CEC Global under license from Oxford Brookes University
  • Led by CEC partners, experienced practitioners, academics and researchers
  • Available through in-person and online study

Deepen reflective practice and develop advanced supervision skills

The program provides experienced coaches with a progressive, rigorous pathway to develop as coaching supervisors, building the advanced skills, reflective capacity, professional judgment, and ethical grounding required for effective supervision practice.

It was originally designed by Professor Tatiana Bachkirova and Dr Peter Jackson at Oxford Brookes University, which has provided postgraduate education for coaching supervisors since 2006, and is independently accredited through the EMCC ESQA quality award.

Develop your coaching supervision skills

Build the skills and confidence to work effectively with complex supervision relationships and situations.

Build a professional and ethical approach

Strengthen your judgment, contracting, and professional practice across a range of supervision contexts.

Deepen your capacity for reflective practice

Develop greater awareness of your own practice, assumptions, and impact as a supervisor.

Extend your practice into coaching supervision

Build on your coaching experience to develop a credible and distinctive supervision practice.

Led by CEC partners, with contributions from leading practitioners, academics and researchers

CEC holds the license from Oxford Brookes University to deliver the Professional Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision in the USA.

The program is led by CEC partners Angela Wright and Sarah Tennyson, with contributions from Dr Peter Jackson and Professor Tatiana Bachkirova, who originally designed the program.

Angela Wright
CEC Partner
MSc, LLM
Works globally alongside C-suite leaders as a trusted advisor.
Former attorney – led international teams on cross-functional projects and disputes worth over $1bn. Award-winning coach supervisor
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Sarah Tennyson
CEC Partner
MSc, BSc, AS
More than two decades partnering with organizations on complex leadership, team, talent, and organizational challenges.
Led the global professional skills practice for Moody’s Analytics. Organizational psychologist bringing a systems perspective to organizational growth, transformation and change.
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Modular professional development pathway

A range of innovative methods of study that include conceptual discussions, co-active reflection, experiential activities and group supervision – taught in person over 5 full days, or online in 8 half days.

At each stage you can decide whether to sign up for the next stage – learning is recognized by a certificate of attendance at Stage 1 and a certificate of advanced study at Stage 3:

Stage 1

Preparation

2 month preparation stage:

  • Preliminary reading
  • Reflection
  • Action learning
  • Peer-supervision
  • Supervision practice
Stage 1B

Intensive program

Intensive 5-day course (or 8 half days online) – develop your own supervision model:

  • Explore conceptual issues, coaching discourses and theoretical perspectives
  • Engage with a deeper understanding of the supervision process and related issues
  • Experiment with variety of skills essential for coaching supervisors
  • Practice supervision in a group context facilitated 
by tutors.
Stage 2

Supervision 
on supervision

Practice as a supervisor and receive supervision on supervision.

  • Two (1.5 hour) or three (1 hour) sessions of individual supervision
  • Tutorials from the program tutors
  • Reflect on ongoing supervision practice
  • Individualized feedback on your supervision model
Stage 3

Professional Certificate assessment

Written assignment describing and analyzing your coaching supervision model.

  • Develop and articulate your own model of coaching supervision
  • Draw on your developing supervision practice and Stage 2 learning
  • Successful completion leads to the Professional Certificate

Professional Certificate of Advanced Study in Coaching Supervision

The Professional Certificate holds the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Global Quality Award for Coaching and Mentoring Supervision (ESQA).

Successful participants can also apply for individual supervisor accreditation with EMCC, subject to meeting the required practice hours and any additional EMCC fees.

Develop your practice as a 
coaching supervisor

Designed for experienced coaches with an active coaching practice and a postgraduate qualification in Coaching, Psychology, Counseling, or equivalent, the program does not prescribe a single approach to coaching supervision. Instead, participants explore different perspectives, theories, and ways of working – using reflection, practice, and feedback to develop an approach grounded in their own philosophy, purpose, and process.

Explore multiple perspectives

Examine different coaching discourses, supervision theories, and approaches to broaden how you understand supervision practice.

Learn through reflection and experience

Test ideas through discussion, experiential activity, peer supervision, practice, and feedback.

Shape your own supervision model

Bring together your philosophy, purpose, and process into a coherent, professionally and ethically grounded approach.

Designed for experienced practitioners

The program is designed for experienced coaches who:

  • Maintain an active coaching practice
  • Hold a postgraduate qualification in Coaching, Psychology, Counseling, or equivalent
  • Want to extend their professional practice into coaching supervision
  • Are ready for advanced reflective and practice-based learning

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