Continuing Coach Education (CCE)

Continuing Coaching Education (CCE) courses further the ongoing development of the professional coach and can be used to satisfy the renewal requirements for credentialed coaches renewing their ACC, PCC, or MCC credentials.

ICF Chapters & SIGs
Apply for CCE approval for your meetings using the ICF Application for CCE - Chapters & SIGs. Download application .

Other Education Providers
If you conduct a training program, seminar, teleconference or other forum that provides education to coaches, you may apply for ICF approval using the ICF Application for CCE Providers. Download application .

Credentialed Coaches
Find a training program that offers CCEUs, or find other suggestions for CCEUs to renew your credential.

**Note: CCE courses can apply toward coach-specific training requirements for an ICF Credential, but completion of a CCE program alone is generally not enough to satisfy the coach training requirements for a credential.

Frequently Asked Questions
What is CCE?
Continuing Coaching Education (CCE) refers to formal courses and seminars that teach skills or tools directly related to ICF Core Competencies, the personal development of the coach, the development of the coach's practice, or other skills or tools that are directly applicable to coaching.

What is a CCEU?
A Continuing Coaching Education Unit (CCEU) is 60 minutes of direct educational contact with an instructor. Self-study shall not count toward the awarding of CCEUs, nor will non-educational time such as lunch breaks. CCEUs shall not be rounded up or down.

What are the CCE Categories:

• ICF Core Competencies: Instruction on coaching skills or ethics, or applying technical skills as a coach;
• Personal Development: Instruction on the development of the coach as a person rather than as a coach;
• Business Development: Instruction on the marketing, finances, technology or other business skills; and
• Other Skills and Tools: Instruction on skills or tools, such as NLP or personality assessments, that are not coaching skills but may be useful as a coach.

How do coaches use CCEUs?
The ICF offers credentials to individual coaches at three levels: ACC, PCC, and MCC. Credentials must be renewed every three years. The CCE requirement for certification renewal is 40 CCEUs over the three-year period. A minimum of 24 of the required 40 CCEUs must directly relate to the ICF Core Competencies. The remaining CCEUs may be from the following categories: 1) the personal development of the coach; 2) the development of the coach's practice; or 3) be skills or tools that are directly applicable to coaching.