A Six-Week Online Course with Dr. Paddy Pampallis
March 21st to May 2nd
Effective coaching in all sectors - health, executive, performance, relationships - has a developmental dimension. In this way, the emphasis on development cuts across the sectors of coaching. However, attunement to the cultural context is key if developmental coaching is to avoid being formulaic and having a colonizing effect.
The course will explore theories and models of adult development as they apply to coaching practitioners. Most models currently in use emphasize cognition and are culturally centered around western modernity. This course provides a balancing emphasis on relational development by drawing on pre-modern cultural codes. This multidimensional understanding of development is essential to actualizing the possibilities of Metamodernity.
Faculty
Course Faculty
Paddy Pampallis
Course Modules
Module One
Developmental Coaching: A Process of Being and Becoming
- Cultural Evolution
- Ubuntu as a Cultural Code
- Indigenous Wisdom
Module Two
Reimagining Relational Development: The Mystery of “Self"
- Consciousness Journey: Self as Foreground
- Consciousness Journey: Self as Background
- Becoming: Self as Evolving
Module Three
Understanding Cultural Identity
- The I and the We: Individualism and Collectivism in Culture
- Narrative and Identity
- The Paradox of Cultural Identity: Attachment and Disidentification
Module Four
Exploring Cultural Identity
- Culture and Personal Narrative
- Beyond the Cognitive Dimension
Module Five
When Coaching is Culturally Attuned
- Narrative and Cultural Awareness in Coaching
- Harvesting Cultural Wisdom
- Prohibited Questions: Inquiry into Cultural Edges
Module Six
An Integral Approach to Coaching
- Listening for Story and Beyond Story
- Models of Structural Development
Module Seven
Compassionate Accountability and Developmental Coaching
- Working with the Coach’s Self-Awareness
- Enhancing the Coach’s Personal Capacity for Compassion
- Inquiring into the Coach’s Developmental Edges
Online Course Format
Course Structure
- Six-week online course from March 21st, 2023 through May 2nd, 2023.
- Six live 75-minute Zoom sessions with faculty held Tuesdays at 9:00 am PT (Pacific Time) and recorded for participants who cannot join every session live
- Resources, networking, and emergent community outcomes
- Content and collaboration via Meridian's social learning platform
Course Schedule
- March 21st at 9 am PT - First live course session
- March 28th at 9 am PT - Second live course session
- April 4th - No course session - Spring Break
- April 11th at 9 am PT - Third live course session
- April 18th at 9 am PT - Fourth live course session
- April 25th at 9 am PT - Fifth live course session
- May 2nd at 9 am PT - Sixth live course session
Course Fees
$250, including the synchronous course video calls (with access to recordings until one month after the course ends), online learning platform access, participation in the course learning community, and written course resources.
Accreditation
Meridian University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) - a higher education accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education. WASC is also the accreditor for Stanford University, UCLA, and the University of California at Berkeley.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is an Online Course?
Meridian's online courses are conducted via the University's own learning platform. Our online courses promote community learning, through strong interactive engagement with fellow students and faculty as well as live video sessions with faculty.
Q: What technology do I need to take an online course?
You will need an email account, a high-speed internet connection, and access to a computer, iOS or Android device. If you are planning to attend the course video calls live, you will need a webcam and microphone for your device. (Course video calls are conducted with participants video-enabled.)
Q: Do I need to be online at certain times for class?
Live 75-min video sessions with faculty and fellow students will be conducted throughout the course. Each week's live video call will be recorded and posted on the course platform. Video presentations, readings, discussions and learning activities will be accessible asynchronously and may be completed on participants' own schedule. Course resources and recordings will remain available up to 30 days after the close of the course.
Q: What is Meridian's refund policy?
Full refunds are available until two (2) days before the course begins, by request via email.
Q: Do I need to apply to Meridian graduate program to take this online course?
You do not need to apply to a Meridian graduate degree program to take this online course. This course is one of Meridian's open-enrollment courses.
Q: How can I reach course support?
The course support team will be available to assist from start to finish. Please send your questions/requests/issues to openenrollment@meridianuniversity.edu
Q: Who will teach each session?
Convening faculty generally lead each live session. Contributing faculty typically contribute in one of the live course sessions. Course resources address the work of both convening and contributing faculty.
Q: Is financial aid available for this public online course?
Meridian has institutional and federal financial aid options for our graduate degree programs. This open enrollment course does not have financial aid or payment plans available.