​Applying for Your ICF Credential

According to the ICF,  "Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that
​inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential"

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OK Coach. Are you ready?
​You've worked hard at "doing the craft and being the coach."
And now the goal of international credentialing is in sight. Here's what you need to have in order to apply . . .

1. You'll need the signed certificates we've given you that total at least 60 hours of coach-specific training.
​(Please keep track of these so Coach Grumpy doesn't have to go find copies for you 😉.)

​2. You'll need signed documentation of ten hours of mentor coaching over a minimum of three months. In Module II and with work as a CFL Triad Coach, your certificate documents seven hours of group mentor coaching (assuming you were present). You need three more hours of individual mentor coaching. (See below for a link to some    outstanding mentor coaches.)

3. You'll need at least 100 hours (or 200 half-hours . . . ) of coaching experience with at least eight clients. You can start counting these hours from the first day of Coach Training. Seventy of these hours must be paid or done as a part of your employment. (See below: "Logging Hours for Your ICF Certification")

4. You'll need to complete an audio recording and transcript of a coaching session. (See below: "Preparing Your Recording for the ICF Performance Evaluation")

5. When you've got all of that assembled,   click here    to purchase the application.

6. Then, you fill out the application, push "send" and wait a month or two (it varies). The ICF will review your documentation. And they will have an assessor listen to your recording. This is a tedious wait.

7. And once the ICF has reviewed all of that and given you a thumbs-up, they will send you a link to take   The Coach Knowledge Assessment (CKA). This is a multiple-choice exam (155 questions). You will have sixty days to open the exam. Once you do, you'll have a three-hour window to take it on-line. Once you have completed the test with a passing grade of 70% (no problem), you'll have completed your ACC.   (Once you've passed it, you never have to re-take the CKA.)
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THEN . . .

You receive a congratulatory message and your certificate from the ICF,

You let us know so we can make a big deal of it on our private Facebook group, and
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Patty smiles quietly to herself as she adds "ACC" to your name on the   ​SeattleCoach Network Page.

​We're already proud of you. So feel free to use the SeattleCoach Certified Badge (and the page it links to) as soon as you complete Modules I and II or Coaching for Leaders ​.

That's it! And scores of SeattleCoaches with ACC or PCC or MCC
​behind their names are cheering for you.

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These Linked Resources  Will Help . . . 

​Some outstanding Mentor Coaches (for your three hours of individual mentor coaching)

Logging Hours for Your ICF Certification

Preparing Your Recording for the ICF Performance Evaluation (and knowing in advance what those ICF assessors are listening for!)

Permission to Record a Coaching Session

Click here to review questions and answers about how ICF credentialing works for participants in Coaching for Leaders (CFL)

Hacking the Core Competencies (This version includes the revised 2020 Core Competences. As before, you can add your personal learnings to this copy. Just click "enable editing")

Renewing or Advancing Your ICF Credential

Advanced Supervision Cohorts with Patty

ACTP or ACSTH training programs. What's the difference?​