Please submit a travel request and select coaching as type of request and follow the template to include:


Fellow’s Full Name: Please provide Last Name, First Name


Agency of Fellowship: Select the agency your fellowship is in from the drop down list


Vendor:  Please provide the name of the approved Coaching Services from the list found on FellowsCentral (must be logged into FellowsCentral to access) https://www.aaaspolicyfellowships.org/resources/career-professional-development-resources

 

Service Description: Please provide appropriate support items for your situation. Here are a few examples:


  • Guidance & Support
    • Providing fresh perspectives; acting as a sounding board;
    • Enhancing personal growth and building self-confidence;
    • Providing on-going support to change ingrained habits and behaviors, encouragement to stay motivated;
    • Providing reinforcement for learning;
  • Relationship Building & Collaboration
    • Developing trusting and open relationships;
    • Strategic questioning and attentive listening;
    • Collaborating to set leadership and business goals and steps for reaching them;
  • Setting Goals & Challenges
    • Challenging the person to move beyond accustomed ways of looking at issues;
    • Challenging the person to achieve more than he/she would ask of him/herself;
    • Encouraging self-discovery and generation of solutions and strategies;
  • Analysis & Feedback
    • Holding individuals responsible and accountable for achieving their leadership and business goals through coaching sessions.
  • Other
    • Managing Career Change
    • Maintaining work-life balance


Unallowable Services: Resume services, cover letter support, employment/job searches - anything related to future employment 


Coach Name (Key Personnel): First and Last Name of the coach


Goals: Please list your expectations.  Here are some examples:


Goal 1: Strategic questions and attentive listening

Goal 2: Building confidence

Goal 3: Managing career change


Timeline and Sessions: Please specify the number of sessions you expect to complete. Note the required completion dates.


Third-Party Tools: Third-Party Tools are allowed, but they must be:


  1. Independent products not associated with the vendor
  2. Limited to no more than $500 in cost
  3. Listed as a separate line on the invoice to be reimbursed


Costs: The maximum allowable coaching services charge for a single SOW is $2000, with an additional $500 allowed for third-party tools. An additional SOW is required if a fellow would like more sessions that would result in exceeding these limits.


Revisions: Any changes to the SOW, including requesting more sessions, require the submission of a new SOW.


The fellow is responsible for paying the vendor for services.  Please be sure to review the terms with the vendor. You will then submit a TER for reimbursement just as you would for any other travel or training.