When I obtained my Certified Team Coach from Scrum Alliance, never for a minute did I think it would be retired so soon. There are big changes happening within the coaching certifications with the Guide level certifications (Certified Team Coach and Certified Enterprise Coach) being phased out in favour of a new Certified Agile Coach certification. The CAC will be aimed more at the practitioner level of the Agile Coaching Growth Wheel.
With that, Guide level coaches will still be allowed to use their advanced coach certification badges but we will be given the CAC badge also. I haven’t been briefed about what the CAC process will entail but Scrum Alliance have now released a few self led micro-credentials based on coaching topics like Introduction to Agile Coaching and Becoming an Agile Coach to let people learn at their own pace.
Recently Scrum Alliance reached out to the coaching and training community to give us the chance to take part in a pilot that would allow people to teach these modules in person as part of the Certified Scrum Alliance Trainer (CSAT) programme. I applied and I was accepted onto the pilot!
I now have a Training Assessment Course to look forward to with members of the TAC Team which I will admit, I am really nervous about. Being able to train confidently was on my personal improvement list as I am usually more comfortable working with teams and practically showing how things are done rather than providing training to large audiences. It is something that I need to overcome to grow as I know all of the content better than the back of my hand, I just need to overcome the lack of confidence to push myself forward.
As I have done with my CTC, I will thrown myself in at the deep end with this one and document everything as I go along. I am looking forward to the feedback and builds that will no doubt come my way to make me a better trainer.
Here goes! Wish me luck!
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