Coaching Supervision is a collaborative learning practice to continually build the capacity of the coach through reflective dialogue for the benefit of both coaches and clients.
Coaching Supervision focuses on the development of the coach’s capacity through offering a richer and broader opportunity for support and development. Coaching Supervision creates a safe environment for the coach to share their successes and failures in becoming masterful in the way they work with their clients.
ICF supports Coaching Supervision for professional coach practitioners as part of their portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD) activities designed to keep them fit for purpose.
Coaching Supervision is sufficiently different from coaching, so training to provide the knowledge and opportunity to practice Coaching Supervision skills is needed. As such, all Coaching Supervisors should receive Coaching Supervision training.
ICF recognizes Coaching Supervision as an important element of a coach’s professional development, learning and growth.
ICF Credential-holders may submit up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (delivering or receiving) as core competency Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units toward their credential renewal.
Coaching Supervision may include:
Due to the complexities of team coaching practice and the intensity of team dynamics, research indicates that supervision and guided reflective practice is an important element for the development and support of team coach practitioners. As such, candidates for the ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching are required to document completion of at least five (5) hours of coaching supervision or guided reflective practice with a coach who is trained in coaching supervision.
An increasing number of books and academic articles on the topic of Coaching Supervision are being published. ICF is actively contributing to this growing body of research, including its recent publication in International Coaching Psychology Review, (Volume 12, No. 1, March 2017), which identified key benefits for coaches who receive Coaching Supervision. These benefits include:
ICF publishes annual updates on the state of coaching supervision.
ICF has created a downloadable, one-page resource that outlines our position on Coaching Supervision and highlights our research on this professional development modality. We encourage members of the ICF community to download this resource and share it with key stakeholders in their own communities.
Discover the difference between mentor coaching and coaching supervision with the help of our ICF Coaching Supervision Community of Practice Co-Leaders, Leen Lambrechts-Noel, MCC, and Kathryn M. Downing, PCC. In this conversation Kathryn and Leen describe the overlap and distinctions between these two forms of reflective practice. To learn more about our ICF Coaching Supervision, please visit the Learning Portal Coaching Supervision Community Page.
Visit the ICF Learning Portal to access virtual learning offered by ICF on the topic of Coaching Supervision.
The ICF Coaching Supervision Community of Practice will be a great resource for learning and connecting with peers on the subject. Visit the Communities of Practice page to learn more about this and all of our communities of practice.
An increasing number of books and academic articles on the topic of coaching supervision are being published. ICF is actively contributing to this growing body of research, including its recent publication in International Coaching Psychology Review, which identified key benefits for coaches who receive coaching supervision.
These benefits include:
No. Coaching Supervision and Mentor Coaching are distinct activities from coaching. Therefore, Coaching Supervision and Mentor Coaching hours may not be used toward the client coaching experience hours required for ICF credentialing.
Up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision and Mentor Coaching hours (receiving or delivering), however, may be used to meet the Continuing Coach Education (CCE) requirements for credential renewal.
Not at this time. Given Coaching Supervision’s broader focus to include supporting the coach and sharing wisdom as compared to Mentor Coaching’s focus on a coach’s skill in the ICF Core Competencies, only Mentor Coaching is accepted to meet the Mentor Coaching requirements for an ICF Credential.
ICF offers a Training Program Search Service (TPSS), a searchable directory of the ICF-accredited training providers. The TPSS includes Coaching Supervision training programs that have earned an ICF accreditation. The TPSS can be found on the ICF website at coachingfederation.org/tpss.
Courses on Coaching Supervision are also available in the ICF Learning Portal at learning.coachingfederation.org/professional-development/supervision.
Yes. A coach may submit up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (receiving or delivering) toward the Core Competency Continuing Coach Education requirements for credential renewal.
No. Credentialed coaches may submit up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (either receiving or delivering) for Core Competency credits toward the 40 Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units required for credential renewal.
ICF-credentialed coaches may count up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (either receiving or delivering) as Core Competency credits toward the Continuing Coach Education (CCE) requirements for credential renewal.
ICF-credentialed coaches may count up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (either receiving or delivering) as Core Competency credits toward the Continuing Coach Education (CCE) requirements for credential renewal. Coaching Supervision does not have to be delivered in a certain format (e.g., group or individual) in order to be accepted for CCE units for credential renewal.
Coaching Supervision is not a requirement for an initial ICF Credential at this time. A credentialed coach may use up to 10 hours of Coaching Supervision (receiving or delivering) to meet the Continuing Coach Education (CCE) requirements for credential renewal.
ICF does not currently have requirements for Coaching Supervisor qualifications, nor do we currently offer a directory of Coaching Supervisors. One way to find Coaching Supervisors, however is to search for “supervisor” in the Name/Keyword field on the ICF Credentialed Coach Finder.
ICF defines Coaching Supervision as a collaborative learning practice to continually build the capacity of the coach through reflective dialogue for the benefit of both coaches and clients.
ICF supports Coaching Supervision for professional coach practitioners as part of their portfolio of continuing professional development (CPD) activities designed to keep them fit for purpose.
To claim Coaching Supervision hours toward the Continuing Coach Education (CCE) requirements for credential renewal, a candidate will simply provide the coach supervisor’s name and email address, the total number of hours of supervision provided, and the start and end date of the supervision.
A Mentor Coach primarily supports a coach in achieving the levels of coaching competency and building skills in the Core Competencies. Coaching Supervision offers a coach a richer and broader opportunity for support and development. In Coaching Supervision, there may be a greater focus on reflective practice and the being of the coach. Coaching Supervision provides a wide-angled lens to review one’s coaching practice with a fellow practitioner.
At this time, there is no specific training requirement for a coach to provide Coaching Supervision. ICF recognizes that Coaching Supervision is sufficiently different from coaching, so training to provide the knowledge and opportunity to practice supervision skills is needed. As such, ICF strongly encourages all Coaching Supervisors to receive Coaching Supervision training.
Currently, ICF does not offer a Coaching Supervision training program accreditation, primarily because of a lack of Coaching Supervision competencies upon which such programs can be reviewed and accredited. While ICF has accredited several Coaching Supervision training programs, the accreditation has focused on the programs’ coverage of the ICF Core Competencies.
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