Health and Wellness Coaching
- Microcredential
- Department of Health and Physical Education
Shape Up Your Health & Wellness Coaching Career with MCC’s Innovative Microcredential Program
MCC’s Health & Wellness Coaching Microcredential can provide you with specific skills that help clients work toward a healthier lifestyle. Through this training program, you’ll learn how to build a less directive, more guiding communication style that is client-centered. You will also build your health coaching skills through interactive discussions and hands-on activities.
Armed with this credential, you’ll be prepared to work as a non-certified Health and Wellness Coach at such facilities where certification is not required. This allows you to gain valuable experience working in your field of interest while continuing to pursue an AS degree.
Once you earn the Health and Wellness Coaching microcredential, you can use those earned credits toward an AS degree. Upon earning your AS degree, you will be eligible to complete the MCC Health and Wellness Certification by taking the exam and submitting your coaching log. After earning the MCC certification, you can earn national certification by submitting additional coaching hours and passing the National Board Exam.
Take advantage of this valuable opportunity to kick-start your career in a growing industry. Enroll in our credential program today and pave the way for a successful future in a field you love.
KEEP CURRENT WITH THIS EMERGING FIELD
Keeping up with the latest trends is a vital component of the health and wellness industry. MCC’s Health & Wellness Coaching Microcredential allows students to remain current in an emerging field that addresses changes initiated by the Affordable Care Act.
Health and Wellness Coaching
Microcredential
Department: Health and Physical Education
School(s): Health Sciences & Physical Wellness
Health and Wellness Coaching is an emerging field that addresses changes initiated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as providers work on new ways to help patients change their lifestyles and stick to care plans. MCC’s 9-credit Health and Wellness Coaching Microcredential will provide participants with specific skills and a mindset that shifts to an approach that guides patients toward self-efficacy for healthier outcomes. Training involves change from a directive communication style to a guiding style that is client-centered and is grounded in behavioral theory with a hands-on approach to learning. Participants should be prepared to engage in discussions and complete hands-on activities as they build their health coaching skills. This interactive training can prepare individuals to work as a non-certified Health and Wellness Coach.
Upon successful completion of the coursework, students will have earned the MCC Health and Wellness Coaching Microcredential. Students who would like to also earn the MCC Certification as a Health and Wellness Coach must successfully complete assessments for Certification in the PPE 240 course and then Certification would be awarded upon confirmation of earned Associate degree or higher. MCC Health and Wellness Certification satisfies the local training requirement for students working toward national certification, approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).
Ladders into:
Care Coordination - Community Health Navigation - Certificate Program
Health Studies - A.S. Degree
Wellness Coaching And Health Management - A.S. Degree
Requirements:
HED 130 – Foundations of Health and Wellness (3 credits), grade of C or higher required
HED 210 – Integrative Health and Behavior Change Methods (3 credits), grade of C or higher required
PPE 240 – Practicum in Professional Skills (3 credits), grade of C or higher required