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My call to coaching was ignited and has been nurtured through Professional Coach training by Auburn Theological Seminary and Coach Approach Ministries, the Coaching Skills program in the Presbytery of Geneva led by an ICF (International Coach Foundation) Professional Certified Coach, and participation in the Auburn Seminary Coaching Institute.   It is exciting and fulfilling to be part of a journey in which an individual or team finds clarity, focus, direction, and accomplishment.  In my coaching practice I especially enjoy working with Developing Coaches, Pastors, Presbytery Leaders, Lay Pastors, Seminarians, Church Leaders and persons in specialized forms of ministry as well as leaders who work for not-for-profit organizations and in other settings.

A pediatric intensive care nurse in my first career, for over 20 of the 30+ years that I have been in professional ministry I have enjoyed serving as an intensive care pastor (an Interim / Transitional pastor).  I have served churches that ranged from very small to very large in size;  been a solo church staff member and supervised a large church staff;  served churches happily engaged in ministry in their communities, those beset by internal conflict, those wounded by relationships with former pastors, those successfully navigating church growth and revitalization, and those feeling a bit lost and/or stuck between what has been but is no more and seeking to be open to the opportunities that Holy Spirit might be opening in their midst.  I have served churches in the Presbytery of Geneva, Presbytery of Genesee Valley and Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse as well as churches across Western, NY affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Reformed Church in America.  My coaching clients (individual ministry leaders and teams) have been based in tiny communities, larger towns and cities from Buffalo to Boston, New York City, New Jersey and Atlanta, small communities in the Finger Lakes of New York State to  rural Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, and from communities of various sizes in the Midwest to the West Coast. I also have been enjoying opportunities to serve as a Mentor Coach for coaches completing their training, coaches preparing for ACC certification or certification renewal, and coaches preparing for PCC certification. 

I have had  specialized training and experience in organizational diagnosis, conflict management, mediation and church transformation and continue to feed my soul and enhance my abilities as a spiritual leader through courses in the Spirituality programs at Columbia and Pittsburgh Theological  Seminaries. 


Education, Training and Certification:

Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
      International Coach Federation
Certified Mentor Coach
      MentorCoach (ICF ACTP accredited program)

Certified High Performance Pattern Coach
      Internal Impact
Narrative Coach Core Practitioner
      David Drake / Moment Institute

Professional Coach Training

      Auburn Theological Seminary
      Coach Approach Ministries
 
Coaching and Facilitation for New Faith Communities / Emerging Ministries
        Path 1, United Methodist Church


Doctor of Ministry  (D.Min.)
      Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary  (concentrating on churches in transition)

Interim Ministry Training phases I, II,  III
      Interim Ministry Network

Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
      Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Mediation Skills Training

      Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
Leading Change & Managing Church Conflict

      Union Presbyterian Seminary
Consulting with Severely Conflicted Churches
Church Conflict Resolution

      Alban Institute

Master of Science  (M.S.),
Pediatric  Nursing
      University of Rochester
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Nursing
      State University of New York at Plattsburgh 

Membership in Professional Organizations:

Synod of the Northeast Coaching Network  (Past Moderator)
International Coach Federation

Presbyterian Coach Network   (serving on Leadership Team 2016 - 2019)
Interim Ministry Network



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Rev. Dr. Janice Lee Fitzgerald
Janice Lee Fitzgerald Coaching
Rochester, NY
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