Renew Your Credential

ICF maintains high standards for professional coaches worldwide, and requires ICF Credentials to be renewed every three years.

Review the renewal requirements below.

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ACC
- Submission of the online credential renewal application with appropriate documentation. You can access your renewal application by logging into your online profile and clicking “Edit Profile.” You will see a link to your credential renewal application under “My Credentials.”
- Receiving 10 hours of Mentor Coaching over a minimum of three months, completed in the three years since the initial award of your credential or since your last credential renewal.*
- Participation in at least 40 hours of Continuing Coach Education (CCE) completed in the three years since the initial award of your credential or since your last credential renewal
  - At least 24 hours must be in Core Competencies.
    - At least three (3) of these hours must be in coaching ethics. (Coaches can obtain coaching ethics hours by completing ICF’s free online course.)
    - The required 10 Mentor Coaching hours can be counted toward CCEs in Core Competencies.
  - Remaining hours can be in Resource Development.
*If your Mentor Coach holds an ACC Credential, they are required to have completed at least one full, three-year cycle of their ACC Credential with renewal. Any Mentor Coaching for ACC renewal taking place on or after August 1, 2018, must be delivered by a coach who holds an MCC, a PCC or an ACC that has completed at least one full cycle with renewal.

Mentor Coaching Information
PCC
- Submission of the online renewal application with appropriate documentation. You can access your renewal application by logging into your online profile and clicking “Edit Profile.” You will see a link to your credential renewal application under “My Credentials.”
- Participation in at least 40 hours of Continuing Coach Education completed in the three years since the initial award of your credential or since your last credential renewal
  - At least 24 hours must be in Core Competencies. At least three (3) of those hours must be in coaching ethics. (Coaches can obtain coaching ethics hours by completing ICF’s free online course.)
  - Remaining hours can be in Resource Development.
MCC
- Submission of the online renewal application with appropriate documentation. You can access your renewal application by logging into your online profile and clicking “Edit Profile.” You will see a link to your credential renewal application under “My Credentials.”
- Participation in at least 40 hours of Continuing Coach Education completed in the three years since the initial award of your credential or since your last credential renewal
  - At least 24 hours must be in Core Competencies. At least three (3) of those hours must be in coaching ethics. (Coaches can obtain coaching ethics hours by completing ICF’s free online course.)
  - Remaining hours can be in Resource Development.

Renewal Fees

ICF Members: $175 USD
Non-members: $275 USD

Estimated Timeline

The estimated timeline for review of your application is four to six weeks.

Renewing Your Credential – December 31, 2020 Expiration Date

Given the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our communities, countries and world, the ICF Credentials and Standards Board met in August 2020 to evaluate the temporary measures and consider additional steps to support ICF Credential-holders and candidates during these times.

ICF values ongoing professional development for credentialed coaches, which is why we require ICF-credentialed coaches to renew their credential every three years. We acknowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt access to Continuing Coach Education opportunities, particularly for individuals required to submit additional CCE units to renew a lapsed ICF credential.

If your ICF Credential’s expiration date is December 31, 2020 but you are unable to renew on or before that date, your credential will remain active until February 28, 2021, after which it will be considered lapsed. You may still apply to renew your lapsed credential through December 31, 2021 – your Continuing Coach Education requirement will be capped at 41.2 Continuing Coach Education units (an additional 1.2 instead of the former 1.2 additional units per month of lapse). 24.72 units in Core Competencies is still required for renewal, three (3) of which must be completed in coaching ethics.

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Renewing Your Credential – 2019 or Earlier Expiration Date

If your ICF Credential expired on or before December 31, 2019, it is now fully expired. In order to hold an ICF Credential, you will be required to submit a new credential application rather than completing a credential renewal application.

Please contact our Credentialing Services team at support@coachingfederation.org if you have any questions about submitting a new credential application.

Upgrading Your Credential

It is not possible to upgrade to a higher credential via the credential renewal application. If you wish to pursue a higher credential, you must complete an initial application for that credential.