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2020 Nabi Coach Academy Online Graduation Ceremony Held

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Jo) held the 2020 Nabi Coach Academy online graduation ceremony on the 11th.

The ceremony was conducted via online Zoom video conference in the following order: ▲congratulatory remarks from the mayor and faculty ▲1-minute talk sharing impressions ▲display of certificates and gifts for graduates ▲special musical performance by graduates.

Seventeen graduates of the 5th advanced course and twenty-three graduates of the 6th basic course, along with Professors Hyekyung Im, Jeonga Kim, and Byungjin Ryu from Hanyang Women's University, attended and brightened the event.

This year’s education was held online via video conference from September to early December, with the theme “Turning Crisis into Opportunity, the Path to Becoming a Digital Mom,” conducting the advanced course in the first half and the basic course in the second half simultaneously due to COVID-19.

Yang Seungnam, captain of the 5th Seocho Nabi Coach Team, said, “Taking the Seocho Nabi Coach Academy course gave me pride as a Seocho resident, and I want to make good use of the coaching I learned to repay the world with positive results.”

Hyejin Park, a student of the 6th basic course, expressed, “Coaching education has brought changes to my life, and I am already looking forward to the advanced course.”

Since 2015, the district has established the ‘Seocho Nabi Coach Academy’ education program in collaboration with the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Hanyang Women’s University to help women who had paused their dreams due to marriage and childcare to rediscover their dreams and take on social roles.

The name ‘Nabi Coach’ was given with the meaning of ‘Stories of Seocho Women Soaring to Find Themselves,’ supporting the development of hidden potential through coaching to improve life balance, satisfaction, and interpersonal relationships.

Additionally, the district formed the ‘Seocho Nabi Coach Team’ to support social participation in various fields such as external volunteer activities.

Through the ‘Seocho Nabi Coach Academy,’ now in its fifth year, about 189 graduates (based on the basic course) have been produced. Approximately 50% of the graduates have successfully re-employed by resuming their previous careers. They are active in various fields such as parent coaching experts, career coaching instructors, character education instructors, psychological counselors, writers, and nonprofit organization activists.

The district plans to operate the 6th advanced course of the ‘Seocho Nabi Coach Academy’ in March next year.

In particular, the advanced course is a ‘Parent Coaching Specialist Course,’ which includes theoretical classes covering understanding children’s temperament and psychological states, along with customized practice and training to develop parent coaching skills together with the coaching staff.

Seocho Mayor Eunhee Jo said, “I put my heart into ensuring that the difficulties I experienced as a woman who had a career break will not be repeated by Seocho women,” adding, “We will continue to spare no support so that Seocho women can find their dreams and soar high.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.