Observed Coaching sessions and Mentor Coaching are different in purpose and definition and cannot be conducted together or at the same time. So observed coaching sessions cannot also be considered mentor coaching hours.
By definition, observed coaching is a session in which a student is coaching any person (client, fellow student, other) as a method for practicing their coaching skills. These do not have to be full coaching sessions but should be long enough to establish a coaching conversation. The student should receive Core Competency feedback on the coaching moment from the faculty observer.
Mentor coaching is feedback on a full coaching session of a client with whom the coach has an established agreement. The student is given feedback on their coaching skills. Mentoring is intended to serve as a developmental process for the student that takes place in a repetitive cycle of feedback, reflecting on the feedback, and practicing new skills. The focus must be on the ICF Core Competencies.
One connection we have seen in utilizing observed coaching sessions in mentor coaching is that you can use the observed coaching session as the foundation of a mentor coaching session and the feedback you provide a student in developing their coaching skills. But the actual time spent in an observed coaching session would not also count as mentor coaching hours.
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