COSC Coaching Support July C
COSC Coaching Support Sessions are designed to maintain endorsement for Classroom Coaches and with continued practice to deepen fidelity to the COS coaching model. These live, interactive sessions provide a structured space for continued learning, reflection, and connection within a community of peers. Sessions are scheduled on a regular basis.
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Description
Each COS Classroom™ Coach enters this work with a different life journey and different areas of expertise, training, and work experience. For some, attending the Coach training begins a journey toward a deeper understanding of the Circle of Security®. We recognize how much of a struggle it can be to develop an in-depth understanding of core concepts on your own. We all need Hands and access to ongoing support.
Our Coaching Support Sessions are designed to help COS Classroom Coaches maintain endorsement and, through continued practice, deepen fidelity to the COS coaching model. These live, interactive sessions provide a structured space for continued learning, reflection, and connection within a community of peers, offering both coach consultation and relational support grounded in the COS Classroom approach.
We hope that each of you find the Coaching Support Sessions helpful as you continue the journey of self-discovery and deepen your understanding of Circle of Security. And welcome to the club!
What each session includes
- Coaching Session Fidelity Journal: start each call by sharing reflections from your journal and learn more about your own and others' strengths and areas for growth in coaching
- Time for Q&A: participants are invited to share coaching topics or questions
- Practice-Based Coaching: coach mentors offer the parallel process to model the coaching approach
- Coaching in Action: collaborative learning of the COS coaching model
- Network Building: connect and build community with fellow coaches
About coach consultation
Sessions also offer opportunities for coach consultation centered on a specific situation rather than the broader development of any one coach. Key characteristics include:
- Problem-solving around a particular example, stuck point, or coaching challenge
- Can be peer-to-peer (not necessarily hierarchical)
- Does not carry the same ongoing accountability or evaluative function as supervision
- Focused on a particular case, rather than on the coach's own developmental edges
- May be sought as needed rather than as a regular commitment
Details
Recommended ongoing participation in individual or group reflective consultation or peer consultation.
COSI recommends but does not require completion of professional development relevant to COSC practice. Any mandatory COSI™ updates, as communicated through endorsement communications are required.
Annual renewal submission of attendance at coach support calls is required as specified in the coach's endorsement agreement with COSI™.
Active endorsement status requires renewal of endorsement in accordance with COSI™ timelines and requirements. Coaches who allow endorsement to lapse must not represent themselves as endorsed.
Coaches are expected to review updated versions as issued by COSI™ and maintain ongoing compliance with these Standards of Practice.
A lapsed endorsement means you are no longer authorized to use the title Endorsed COSC Coach
Grace period (0–90 days lapsed): Complete endorsement application and pay a late fee ($40)
Lapsed (More than 90 days): Endorsement application required with late fee ($40), plus registration and attendance in COSC Classroom Workshop (offered quarterly).
Anyone who received Coach training prior to March 2026 is considered a legacy Coach and automatically receives endorsement through the end of 2026. To continue endorsement after 2026, you will need to complete requirements and renew by February 1, 2027.
