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As part of a self-regulating industry, ICF is committed to coaches providing consistent value to their clients. In order to maintain these professional standards, ICF’s position on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) keeps pace with industry expectations and emerging standards. Each distinct element of CPD is explored below.
This includes a variety of learning modalities that continually build the capacity of the coach through content exposure, to benefit his or her clients and the overall knowledge base. It focuses on the development of the coach’s competence with a wide range of rich opportunities for the support and development of a coach’s skill set. ICF is committed to providing opportunities for coaches to consistently develop and grow professionally through training and skills enhancement.
Various components of education include:
Many education activities are eligible for Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units coaches can apply toward renewal of an ICF Credential.
For each activity, required supporting documentation is listed in parentheses.
For each activity, required supporting documentation is listed in parentheses.
*You may only claim the number of hours taught for a one-time delivery of content
**We cannot accept time spend writing social media posts (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc).
Self-paced courses and other self-study fall in the category of Resource Development. Renewal candidates are limited to 16 hours of self-paced courses and other self-study.
For each activity, required supporting documentation is listed in parentheses.
Mentor Coaching for an ICF Credential consists of coaching and feedback in a collaborative, appreciative and dialogued process based on an observed or recorded coaching session to increase the coach’s capability in coaching, in alignment with the ICF Core Competencies.
When a coach brings his or her work to coaching supervision, the collaborative learning dialogue between coach and coaching supervisor may:
Research (including evaluation) is defined as any activity that involves the collection, collation, review or evaluation of data or information for the purpose of describing, maintaining or modifying activities, practices, interventions or treatments. Research may involve the manipulation of variables or environmental factors whereas evaluation more typically involves the review of information for the purpose of providing feedback about the function, productivity or efficacy of an activity. Evaluation includes but is not limited to needs assessment, process assessment, outcome studies, impact analysis, cost-benefit analysis and meta-analysis.
Teaching (being an instructor) is engagement in the production and delivery of content ensuring a holistic growth path that promotes the cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts where capacity truly exists.
These activities allow for one to take an in-depth look at a particular subject area within the coaching discipline to experiment and test the efficacy of different coaching approaches.
ICF strives to provide continuing coach education that is relevant across various aspects of a coach’s practice from coach skills to business development. Archived learning is offered on the ICF Learning Portal in various contexts including OnDemand sessions, and recorded in-person event sessions.
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