​SeattleCoach and the
International Coaching Federation (ICF) 

"The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in
​a circle of those who are." C.S. Lewis
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Since 2008, the SeattleCoach Professional Training and Development Company has been approved as a provider by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). This designation is awarded to programs that follow the ICF's Definition of Coaching, Code of Ethics, and Core Competencies, and that meet professional standards for coach training programs established by the ICF.

Our Level 1 Track: Our Modules I and II "Flagship" Cohorts

SeattleCoach Module I and Module II (aka our Flagship Cohorts) fulfill the ICF's Level 1 requirements:

1. The foundational 60 contact learning hours plus another 29 hours of peer coaching and independent study
2. 10 hours of Mentor Coaching, and
3. We administer a performance evaluation/assessment at or above the Associate Certified Coach credential.

Our Level 2 Track: Our Module III Advanced Cohorts

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​For SeattleCoaches who are renewing their ACC certification or "up-leveling" to Professional Certified Coach (PCC), our Module III Advanced Cohorts fulfill the ICF's Level 2 requirements. Read more about our relationship to the ICF and professional credentialing at the bottom of this page.

​ICF FAQs

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​For both levels,   SeattleCoach faculty members   will help you to navigate the process of your professional development. And as the value of a coaching certification grows, the following information underscores our professional work in the preparation of the best coaches and coaching leaders on the planet.

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​Note: For leaders who are not seeking professional credentialing, but are seeking to become better leaders and, and to build coaching cultures, we've developed executive education: Our Coaching for Leaders Track
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The Overview/Further Information

• Our intended participants and pre-requisites
• Offerings and the training hours we document towards certification: Module I, Module II, and Module III Cohorts

• Our tuition and fees and refund policy
• What happens if you leave your training cohort early?
• Transferring credit
• When it snows or you get sick
• By agreement with our participants, SeattleCoach Cohorts are taught both virtually, and at our offices on Lake Union in Seattle. Both are rigorously face-to-face.

​Our faculty

Our Mentor Coaches

Our coach training agreement
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• Reflecting on your potential and possibilities
• How it works
• How to reserve your seat
• Withdrawals and refunds
• Related costs
• How we do scheduling
• Expectations of coaches-in-training
• Upcoming start dates​

How we ethically market

SeattleCoach commits to acting with integrity and transparency. We hold ourselves and our participants to the highest level of integrity. We work to provide fair pricing for all of our programs and to ensure access and quality in coaching education. To date we have trained over 500 coaches, many of whom are now internationally credentialed. These coaches are the key to our word-of-mouth expansion.

Our disability/non-discrimination/diversity, inclusion, justice statement

• SeattleCoach supports each of our coachable participants with integrity and transparency. 
• Through their grit, hard work, courage, and attention to the niche they want to serve, our coaches-in-training determine—and own—their outcomes. 
• Among the 500+ coaches we’ve graduated, we have welcomed participants from 5 continents, multiple races, ages, gender identities, sexual orientation, partner status, political affiliations, faith backgrounds/traditions, veteran status, and people with disabilities. 
• As we move forward with the wise leadership of our faculty, we are unwavering in our organization's commitment to upholding our diversity, inclusion, and justice operating principles and are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, in compliance with our city, country, state and federal laws. 
• In addition, as members of the ICF community, we ascribe to the core values of integrity, excellence, collaboration and respect, and the ICF Code of Ethics, including of course our "Responsibility to Society” (Part 4).  
• At SeattleCoach we talk about how human brains and human systems metabolize and move through change. Sustainable change is never through commands for compliance. Instead, sustainable change comes in stages that are undergirded by connection, good faith, and what we see now as good coaching behavior.  Great coaches are always open to what they don't know.
• We give visibility to the “SeattleCoach Rules”  that continue to guide us in our conduct. We know they align well to the ICF ethical standards and core competencies.  
• All prospective and active participants are invited to bring their concerns and requests to a faculty member. We will address any concern to the best of our ability to make accommodations whenever possible. ​

Click here to review our convictions about  "belonging, equality, and opportunity." 
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Our complaint/grievance policy​

​SeattleCoach seeks to ensure fair treatment of each of our participants and to attempt to solve any concerns in a timely manner. Concerns about our content, faculty, and virtual and brick-and-mortar classrooms will be addressed to the best of our ability. Here’s our process: ​

1. ​A participant should first take their concerns directly to their teaching team. If they prefer, they are also welcome to . . . 
2. Contact our Director of Training within five working days. The Director of Training will review the issue and then contact the participant within 48 hours to begin to explore the most generative ways of resolving the issue. It is our practice to keep confidential documentation of this process. 
3. If a participant still does not feel the issue is resolved, they are free to continue the conversation with the Director of Training who will then provide a final written response within five working days. All appeal decisions are final. ​

The language we use in training 

English
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​ Patricia Burgin, MA, MCC
Founder, CEO of SeattleCoach