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| Learn about Mentor Coach policy changes starting on October 1, 2011. General Credentialing Information Coaches interested in obtaining an ICF Credential should closely review the following information:
Definitions and Terms: Coach Specific Training Training that is predominantly marketed as teaching coaching skills and not something else and where the major emphasis is on coaching skills or applying technical skills as a coach and in a manner consistent with the ICF Core Competencies. Client Coaching Hours For purposes of individual credentialing for ACC, PCC, and MCC, a client coaching hour is 60 minutes coaching time with a person who has hired you as a coach, with whom you have a formal coaching agreement, and who you coach rather than providing any other service such as consulting or therapy. If you perform coaching and other services for a client, you may only count the actual time spent coaching toward certification. You may not count time providing other services. More Information/Questions 
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Renew Your Credential
2011 ICF Credential Renewal Session
If your ICF Credential was due for renewal by December 31, 2011, you still have time to turn in the renewal application. A grace period has been extended to February 29, 2012. If you mail your application by this date, it will be accepted. The renewal application is located at the bottom of this page.
2012 ICF Credential Renewal Session
If your ICF Credential is due for renewal on December 31, 2012, you will receive specific information on renewal by email in late summer 2012. If you do not receive this information, check this page for updated information.
*See information on the updated Mentor Coach policy.
Renewal Period
ACC, PCC, and MCC credentials are valid for the three-year period following the coach's initial certification or latest renewal. Credentials must be renewed by December 31 of the year the credential expires. For example, a credential awarded in 2009 must be renewed by December 31, 2012.
- Submit renewal application with appropriate documentation.
- Documented participation in a minimum of 40 hours of Continuing Coach Education (CCE) over the three-year period since initial certification or last renewal.
- A minimum of 24 CCE hours must directly relate to the ICF Core Competencies.
- The remaining 16 CCE hours must relate to either the ICF Core Competencies, Personal Development, Business Development, or Other Skills and Tools.
- In addition, ACC renewal candidates must also submit proof of an additional 10 hours of Mentor Coaching above those hours required for their initial certification. Please see the renewal application for more details.
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 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.
Continuing Coach Education Units (CCEUs)
The following qualify for CCEUs:
- CCE Approved Providers. These are listed in the Training Program Search Service.
- Individual courses which the applicant has not previously completed within an ICF Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) or Approved Coach Specific Training Hours (ACSTH). Please note: Coach training schools must apply for and be awarded CCEUs for courses not included in an ACTP or ACSTH. ACTP and ACSTH programs are listed in the Training Program Search Service.
- ICF Virtual Education.
- ICF Conference breakout sessions, pre-conference and post-conference workshops that have passed the ICF Conference Education Steering Committee program selection process.
- ICF Chapter and SIG events.
- Non-ICF approved courses or seminars for which the individual applicant member can clearly prove: i) the member successfully completed the course work; and ii) there exists a direct relationship between the course objectives and the ICF Core Competencies; or iii) the course material relates to Personal Development, Business Development, or Other Skills and Tools.
The following do not qualify for CCEUs:
- Individual and group coaching.
- Courses and seminars taught from a therapeutic perspective.
- Undergraduate or post-graduate university classes unless they fall within the CCE categories
