Registration Open:

REGISTER TODAY! ORIENTATION CLASSES BEGIN April 11, 2026

Learn more about taking the first step on the most rewarding journey you’ll ever take. Start at C{R}A and take on the world with insights, deep learning, and a brain, body connection that you have been searching for.

Registration is now open for our Spring Session with Coaches {R}evolution™ Academy. REQUEST MORE INFORMATION

Registration Is Now Open & Closes April 10, 2026 or when class is full. Register Today!

Please contact Dr. Norwood directly to learn more about the C{R}A -Academy and how this program can benefit you. Each customized session last approximately 1 hour and will be held virtually through ZOOM. To schedule your personal consultation email Dr. Norwood at [email protected]
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Spring Classes 2026 SESSION CLASSES BEGIN April 11, 2026

 (Mon & Wed 2-4 PM PT or TBD based on group needs) + 3 weekends (Orientation, Fishbowl Intensive-half way through, and Graduation)

Hello to ALL professions, for those folks desirous of becoming a professional coach! Every organization, group, or individual benefits greatly from professional coaching. Join the growing profession!

We are ready to launch our next professional coaching academy this spring, April 11. We have been in operation since 2021. Students are graduating as highly impactful coaches and are taking the next step with ICF to be certified as either ACC or PCC coaches.

Informational Sessions Available Upon Request to Introduce a Coaching Pathway and Answer Questions

Geared toward the working adult

6-month certification program to prepare you in becoming a professional coach

To find out details, email Dr. Kathy Norwood directly using our contact form and she will follow up via email and provide a zoom informational session.

Classes Now Forming. Space is Limited.

International Academy of Professional Coaching

We awaken the genius and passion within—activating the Positive Core that transforms accomplished professionals into extraordinary coaches and leaders. Through a powerful integration of Appreciative Inquiry, coherence, and evidence-based practice, we blend tradition with innovation to cultivate the next generation of change-makers. Our coaches and leaders learn to inspire possibility, envision bold futures, navigate complexity with clarity, and communicate with intention—while generating resilience and coherence within themselves and the systems they serve.

The C{R}A Difference: Cross Fertilization of Research, Theory, Knowledge, Practice

At Coaches {R}evolution™ Academy, we honor a definition of “best current knowledge” that extends far beyond Eurocentric ideals. We draw upon diverse ways of knowing—modern research, timeless theories, and the wisdom traditions of cultures across the world. By cross-fertilizing research, practice, and lived experience, we believe coaching potential expands—not only within education, but across every professional and human context.

At the center of this journey is personal development. Participants are invited to reflect deeply: Who am I becoming, and how do I prepare myself to engage in transformational coaching that touches hearts, expands minds, and awakens possibility?

True transformation—whether in classrooms, boardrooms, communities, or organizations—requires cultivating the intellectual, emotional, behavioral, spiritual, and relational capacities that inspire lasting change. This work also calls us to hold equity and inclusion as guiding commitments, recognizing that profound coaching begins with the courage to embody change within ourselves.

Our program is designed to be flexible and responsive. Whether your context is early childhood, higher education, human resources, leadership, executive coaching, business, or beyond, you will be able to customize your learning journey. What unites us is not our title, but our shared calling to coach with presence, purpose, and impact.

Review Modules 1-5
Total 150 Coach Specific Education Hours

Depending on your goals this program may satisfy the needs of a training program or certification you wish to gain. See International Coaching Federation credentialing requirements BY CLICKING HERE.

Our Mission at C{R}A

We exist to bridge professional coaching into the fabric of personal and professional life, activating the Positive Core and cultivating coaches and leaders who inspire possibility, envision new futures, navigate complexity, and foster resilience and coherence within individuals and systems.

Our Vision at C{R}A

We envision a world where coaches ignite the genius and passion within every individual—elevating educators and professionals into brilliance and co-creating more equitable, human-centered, and inspiring environments for learning and work.

Teaching Philosophy at C{R}A

Our educational approach applies adult learning theory for the working adult customized to their context. The program is flexible, practice-oriented, competency-based, and grounded in educator-driven inquiry. We use a proven cohort learning model to create a vibrant, collaborative learning community built on inclusion and mutual respect. We apply the gradual release of responsibility model—To, With, and By—where instructors teach, model, walk along-side, and coach individuals through the differing aspects of the program toward a level of independence. Budding coaches discover their professional identity as coach, anchor their learning through the compilation of a portfolio that houses the full requirements of the course, and complete certification with C{R}A.

Evidence-Based Coaching

We use the term evidence-based to refer to an informed approach to coaching, which, as Stober and Grant (Evidence Based Coaching Handbook, 2006) stated, consists of “the intelligent and conscientious use of best current knowledge integrated with practitioner expertise in making decisions about how to deliver coaching to individual coaching clients” (p. 6). The value of this approach is that it “provides theoretical frameworks, information, critical thinking, and methodological rigor that the practitioner can use to navigate the ever-changing waters of the coaching intervention” (p. 6).

Join us as we lay out a coach training path that can work for you. 

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We Envision the creation of a world-wide movement that paves the way for transformational leaders and coaches to become highly qualified for professional coach credentialing with the International Coach Federation. As catalysts of change, these leaders are visionaries who embrace foundational evidence-based approaches while also transcending convention to achieve individual and systemic transformation.

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A FEW QUOTES FROM DR. NORWOOD’S COACH TRAINING SESSIONS

I was incredibly fortunate that Kathy Norwood was my coach and mentor during my coaching training. Kathy is a wise repository of coaching research and practice and she is kind and generous.  Throughout my training she was beside me, challenging me, cheering me on, and providing insights at just the best moments. She helped me find and cultivate my strengths and to coach to the unseen. Kathy is a fabulous coach and mentor.

Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, PCC, Instructional and Mentor Coach, NCSD

I have benefited from having Kathy, both as a trainer and as a coach. Having Kathy as a coach who walks with you in the moment is INVALUABLE. It is the gift of space and clarification that we need. In tough situations when I wish she were here, I then realize I have learned to internalize the process of coaching for myself. As a coach, I have learned to stop stealing learning opportunities from others–I am providing them wait time and have learned to reframe questions to help them discover answers on their own. The power from that single moment empowers and propels them forward.

Melissa Thurman, CEO, Educational Excellence, Oregon

Kathy’s coaching sessions have given me the ability to deepen my leadership skills as a new principal. Being an educational leader is a complex job and oftentimes I found that when I was in a difficult situation Kathy could help me pinpoint my thoughts and assist me in developing an action plan. Besides being an incredible listener and thoughtful person, she has the innate ability to ask the kinds of questions that allow me to gain insight about myself as a leader. I always leave a coaching session with Kathy feeling grounded, confident, and ready to tackle the next challenge.

Andrea Sande, Former Principal; State Consultant for Educational Excellence, Oregon

We must learn how to work with and guide adult learners toward new levels of competence, problem- solving capabilities, creativity, and higher levels of achievement, while honoring and respecting their humanity and capacity to find their own answers.  

(Norwood, 2007)