Coaching Institute

Times for both days:

8:00-8:45am - Breakfast/Registration
9:00am - Conference begins
4:00pm - Conference ends

Coaching Institutes prepare participants to serve as poverty coaches in their organization. A poverty coach is trained to conduct “Poverty 101” sessions as well as “Communicating and Working More Effectively” sessions for in-house staff. Coaches serve as local experts for breaking poverty barriers and improving outcomes. Communication Across Barriers Coaches will be trained to conduct Poverty Competency Assessments, help organizations and communities to develop one-year action plans, and assist with follow-up on those action plans.

To be certified for one-year as a Communication Across Barriers Coach, participants must attend a two-day Poverty Institute, the two-day Coaching Institute, and subscribe to a free bi-monthly newsletter. After one-year, participants are invited to attend a recertification session. Participants receive Dr. Beegle's “See Poverty...Be The Difference” resource book, a tool kit that includes a two-hour, five session dvd training and a companion workbook.