RIVKA MALKA'S
SCHOOL Of
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ICF Accreditation FAQS

The coach certification training meets on Sundays and Mondays.

The following is included in the training:

20 live Zoom classes on Mondays. These Zoom classes are 2 and a half hours each. The classes are from 1:00 – 3:30 PM EST. (If there are enough students interested in 8:00 – 10:30 PM EST classes, we would take that into consideration. However, as of now, we are only offering the 1:00 – 3:30 PM EST classes.) 

25 pre-recorded lessons averaging approximately half an hour each 

22 pre-recorded sample coaching sessions

20 hours working with Coaching Buddies. Coaching Buddies take place in the final hour of the Monday Zoom classes. After one and a half hours of everyone being together on Zoom, the students then get divided up into groups of 2 or 3 (in Zoom breakout rooms) to practice coaching with each other. 

6 Observed Coaching Sessions for each student. These coaching sessions will take place in a group setting that is no larger than 10 people. Each student will receive written feedback for four out of the six sessions. The groups will meet over nine Sundays for two hours each. There will be a choice between joining a group starting at 11:00 AM EST or 1:30 PM EST. If additional groups are needed, we will arrange another time slot for them. 

10 Mentor Coaching hours for each student. Seven out of the 10 mentor coaching hours will be done in a group setting. The groups will meet over nine Sundays for two hours each. Three out of the 10 mentor coaching hours will be done one-on-one with Rivka Malka.  

Once a month Deep Dives –  These immersive classes are a deep dive into specific coaching tools or healing subjects. They are 4 1/2 hours each. The Deep Dives involve a full, hands-on exploration that brings our coaches to true expertise. Topics include:

The Healing Model, Perspectives, Saboteur, Life Mission, Process Work, and Business and Marketing Training. 

Four and a half hour Workshop at the end of the first module. 

Four and a half hour Graduation/workshop at the end of the 2nd module. 

Each student gets an online “Coaching Accountability Form” to keep track of their coaching.

There are various resources that come as part of the course. They include videos, articles, documents, and more. These resources are on the course page of the Coaching School.

There is a Private WhatsApp group for all of the Coaching School students to discuss ideas, celebrate victories, ask questions, share, and learn more.

A final Performance Evaluation will be administered to each graduating student. The final performance evaluation contains an actual observation of coaching at least one half-hour to one hour in length. Students will receive written feedback/scoring for their performance evaluation that provides information regarding their performance on each of the ICF Core Competencies.

Please read the other FAQs to see what else is needed for either ICF certification or our own CTLC certification. 

The In-Depth Workshops are an amazing experience of fun, growth, learning, self-discovery, and more. They are a deepening and integration of your inner work. You'll journey together through a series of powerful personal exercises and celebrate who you are. It’s a like a mini retreat that equips you to take your clients to brave new territory.

Our Advanced Coach Training with Certification Track has 128 contact hours.

To understand this more, here is a quote from the ICF website defining what contact hours are. “Contact hours: Clock hours spent in synchronous (real-time) interactions between faculty and participants and asynchronous or clock hours spent outside of real-time interaction between faculty and participants. Synchronous contact hours can include time spent in direct instruction, real-time discussions, observation and feedback or practice coaching sessions, and mentoring participants. Asynchronous contact hours can include outside reading, writing, research, journaling, practice coaching and various other activities that may occur outside of the synchronous setting.”

Our 128 contact hours are made up as follows:

Yes. This probing training will stretch your skills at whatever level you are at. We have had many therapists and classically trained coaches tell us that despite their previous experience they learned entirely new approaches at the Coaching School. We are proud to say that one of the most common feedback we receive from our students is that out of all the many training programs they attended, this one was the best. Our goal is to continue making it better and better.

The school is for women only, so we do not accept men into the program. Our prerequisite for enrollment is that the student is female and that they are 18 years old and above. However, we do reserve the right in certain instances, to not allow for specific potential participants to join the course. For example, if we feel that the course would not be good, healthy, or safe for someone, or we feel that they would not be a good fit with the other students in the course, we exercise our right to not allow that person to join. We also reserve the right to remove any student from a course if they are having a deeply negative impact on the rest of the participants or on the learning environment.

You do not need to be Jewish to attend the school. We welcome women of all faiths in our school. We stand deeply in the simple truth that we are all children of one G-d. The Torah values of the school create a kind, non-judgmental environment where women from all walks of life can learn from one another.

Rivka Malka teaches both the pre-recorded lessons and the live Zoom classes.

Rachel Wormeli, our school administrator, joins many of the Zoom classes and assists in the planning, teaching, and technical aspects of the class.

Debbie Grusd joins for some of the Zoom classes and is also involved with helping with the student coaching supervision.

You will receive a welcome email that contains all the information you need to know to be part of the school. The email also includes links to the school WhatsApp group, a short questionnaire, a form with the school confidentiality agreement, and other agreements. You will also have access to the first 3 introductory classes and the first lesson of the first module (Foundations 1). Those classes should be watched before the first live online Zoom class.

For the CTLC Certification, any coaching you do that is real coaching is counted as part of your 60 hours. Real coaching means that it is not just a regular conversation, it is a coaching session using the coaching tools. If you are doing real coaching in the breakout rooms during the Monday night live Zoom calls, you can keep track of that time and use it towards your 60 hours. If you coach someone in a public setting (let’s say in front of the class) during the Zoom call, you can count that as part of your 60 hours.

Please see the FAQs about ICF accreditation to learn more about what the ICF requires for their coaching hours.

As part of the coach certification training, there is a full “deep dive” Sunday where four and a half hours are dedicated to learning about business practices. This is in addition to a pre-recorded class about business, a Monday Zoom class, and various other teachings that occur during the rest of the training.

Examples of some of the topics that we cover are working with and collaborating with other professionals, payments, creating designed alliances with your clients, cancelations, how to advertise, basic marketing, resources for building a webpage, how to price yourself, when to refer out, what are red flags, boundaries, how to open and close a session,  and more.

Rivka Malka has been helping women step into their leadership for years. She created the Fun&Done Business Course and has abundant expertise and passion in helping women thrive. The Fun&Done Business Course goes in-depth on how to start a business, run a business, market yourself and find clients. Most importantly, Rivka Malka teaches how to make your coaching business a reflection of your own tafkid/purpose.

Although Rivka Malka did begin training students in person, currently, the school is fully online.

The pre-recorded classes and the other resources are all online at rivkamalka.com. The live classes are all done on Zoom. In addition, we use Google Sheets and Google Docs for different purposes such as the Coaching Accountability Forms and the Final Exam.

At this time, we are not able to accept partial course credit from other organizations or programs. Even if you have completed a Level 1 program, you must enroll for the entirety of a Level 2 program. Individuals with questions about this process should contact the school by emailing [email protected].

You will have access to all the videos and materials for 2 years from the start of school.

There are 2 semesters in the program. Each semester is approximately 3 months.

Live Zoom classes are on Mondays from 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST. 

Additionally, Deep Dives, Immersive Extended Workshops, Mentorship, and Supervision take place on Sundays. 

Please refer to the other FAQs for the full schedule.

The pre-recorded classes contain the core material of the coaching tools you will be using. Each one is targeted at a different topic and tool. They are mindfully and intentionally planned. In following all of the rules of the ICF, our school is required to keep track of every student making sure that all of the pre-recorded classes are watched as part of their curriculum.

Note: Most classes are only half an hour long. Generally, this is the only “homework” requirement that you will have during the week. And good news… our students enjoy them!

We take attendance in order to help you meet all your requirements both for us and for the ICF.  We do however know that sometimes it's necessary to miss. In the event that you have to miss, we ask you to let the school know in advance so that we can make sure that you catch up through the recordings. Let us know that you have heard the recording so that we can count your hours towards your certification. If more than 18 hours are missed, you will need to make further arrangements with the school for your certification.

We understand that things come up, weddings, trips and things like that. If you miss class, it's not a problem. It's part of life and we just ask you let us know in advance. Additionally, we are a Torah observant school which means that we get plenty of flexibility in the calendar for the Jewish holidays. For example, we have two weeks off before Pesach (Passover) and one week off after.

Each semester has at least 10 pre-recorded video classes and at least 10 live online Zoom classes. The pre-recorded classes teach the core information and tools about a subject.

The live online class goes deeper into explaining and exploring that subject.

The live online class will be a lively interactive class including live coaching demonstrations, coaching observation and feedback, different exercises, answering any questions, understanding the tools and teachings and lots of self-discovery.

During the Zoom classes, everyone attending must have their video turned on. This is the required level of participation.

If there is an emergency that does not allow you to have your video turned on, we ask that you please let the school know in advance so we can be sensitive to your needs. 

There is no option to sign up for just one semester.

Foundations 1:1 Monday Feb. 10, 2025

In-Depth #1: Sunday Feb. 16, 2025

Foundation 1:2: Monday Feb. 17, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #1: Sunday Feb. 23, 2025

Foundations 1:3: Monday Feb. 24, 2025

In-Depth #2: Sunday March 2, 2025

Foundations 1:4: Monday March 3, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #2: Sunday March 9, 2025

Foundations 1:5: Monday March 10, 2025

Foundations 1:6: Monday March 17, 2025

In-Depth #3: Sunday March 23, 2025

Foundations 1:7: Monday March 24,2024

Supervision/Mentorship #3: Sunday April 27, 2025

Foundations 1:8: Monday April 28, 2025

Foundations 1:9: Monday May 5, 2025

Foundations 1:10: and In-Dept #4: Sunday 11:am-3:30 May 11, 2025

End of Module Workshop: Monday May 12, 2025

In-Depth #5: Sunday May 18, 2025

Foundations 2:1: Monday May 19, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #4: Sunday May 25,2025

Foundations 2:2: Monday 26, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #5: Sunday June 8, 2025

Foundations 2:3: Monday June 9, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #6: Sunday June 15, 2025

Foundations 2:4: Monday June 16, 2025

Foundations 2:5: Monday July 7, 2025

Foundations 2:6 Monday July 14, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #7: Sunday July 20, 2025

Foundations 2:7: Monday July 21, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #8: Sunday July 27, 2025

Foundations 2:8: Monday July 28, 2025

Foundations 2:9: Monday Aug. 4, 2025

In-Depth #6: Sunday Aug. 10, 2025

Foundations 2:10: Monday Aug. 11, 2025

Supervision/Mentorship #9: Sunday Aug. 17, 2025

End of Module Workshop, graduation AND In-Depth #7: Monday 12-4:30 EST Aug. 18, 2025

We created the schedule to accommodate as many time zones as possible. We are in the EST time zone.  

The full 6-month Coaching School program costs $5,000. We’re excited to announce our partnership with Klarna, offering a range of flexible payment plans, including options for up to 24 months.

Registration in a course is dependent upon receipt of the first payment. The first payment always occurs when the applicant registers. We accept payment via credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. For payment plans, we partnered with Klarna. All payments are in US Dollars.

Course registration may be canceled up to 7 days before the course begins for a full refund. If the course registration is canceled within 7 days before the course begins until and including the first 7 days of the course, the full amount paid besides $250.00 will be refunded. Beginning from 8 days into the course and on, there are no more refunds and the total amount for the course will need to be paid. If you are registered for the entire course but choose not to come, you will continue to be charged for tuition.

When necessary, one may transfer their course payment from one course to another without penalty up to 7 days before the purchased course begins. Any request made within 7 days of the purchased course beginning will incur a $150 transfer fee. Requests to transfer must be done in writing via email to [email protected].

We can not give any concrete answer about taxes. You must consult with your accountant or tax advisor. However, there is a good chance that it is tax deductible based on Treas. Reg. 1-162-5 which states that all expenses of continuing education undertaken to maintain and improve business and professional skills are tax deductible.