Apple Certified Coach
Coaching educators on getting more out of Apple technology.
On the path to Apple Certified Coach through Apple's free Apple Learning Coach professional learning program — about 43.5 hours across six units: self-paced lessons plus two virtual workshop days, a coaching journal per unit, and a final Coaching Portfolio. It carries the ISTE Seal of Alignment for Coaches.
Recognition confirmed — view profile. Required before acceptance into the program.
Into the Apple Learning Coach program.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026,
11:00 AM–12:00 PM ET, online.
Self-paced lessons and quizzes across six units, with a coaching journal submitted per unit. Unit 1 underway.
Two virtual workshop days — November 4–5, 2026.
Final submission at the end of Unit 6.
The credential.
After certification: Apple Distinguished Educator — Apple's application-based recognition program for education leaders.
Six sections, built as the certification progresses. Each opens when its work is real — nothing placeholder-published.
How I coach — the beliefs behind the practice.
ForthcomingWhat the coaching is for, and how I'll know it's working.
ForthcomingThe work itself: units, workshops, and coaching reps.
ForthcomingWhat changed for the educators coached — and the proof.
ForthcomingThe certification path, mapped against the program's units.
ForthcomingCoaching in action — artifacts from real sessions.
ForthcomingApple Certified Support Professional. Jamf Certified Expert (Jamf 400). Youth STEM and robotics lead. Advisor to the University of Michigan Center for Innovation.
Coaching journal notes from each unit, published as the certification progresses.
Unit 1 — in progress. Coaching motivations and goals, values and vision, creative-technology self-evaluation, audio reflection, professional-learning collage.
For coaching conversations, program questions, or educator collaboration.
A personal domain of Justin Spencer Smith — his Apple Learning Coach certification work, separate from Detroit Automation Academy programs and business.
Apple Teacher profile: education.apple.com/profile/DetroitAutomationAcademy
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