ICF CCE | CONTINUING COACH EDUCATION | ACC PCC MCC

What is the ICF CCE?

ICF CCE stands for International Coaching Federation Continuing Coach Education. This is not a program but a pathway to renew ICF credentials or to achieve credentials under portfolio pathway. It is an accreditation coach training institutes to be able to deliver training for those who want to renew their ICF credentials. As per ICF policy every coach should need to renew his/her credentials after every three years and need to undergo 40 hours of supplemental and advanced coach education. These 40 units can be acquired from an ICF CCE approved training institutes only.

ICF CCE Courses for ICF Credentialing

ICF CCE accumulated hours can be used for achieving credentials for ACC, PCC or MCC. If you have acquired a number of hours that meet the requirement of coaching training hours of any level, and if you have required mentoring hours and coaching experience hours as well you can apply to ICF under portfolio pathway to achieve credentials of that level. For example, if you have acquired 60 hours coaching training under CCE, undergone 10 hours of mentoring and have 100 hours of coaching experience as well. It means that you meet all the requirements of ACC level, and you can apply for ACC level of credentials under portfolio pathway and can achieve ACC level of credentials.

ICF CCE Courses for credential renewal

If you an ICF certified coach, you must be aware of renewing credentials after every 3 years. Once you are ICF certified coach, you have to get your credentials renewed with ICF in order to maintain ICF coaching credentials. Generally ICF CCE courses are preferred by credentialed coach for renewals. A credentialed coach requires having 40 hours of CCE in three years before applying for renewals. These 40 hours of CCE have few requirements, here are these:-

ICF CCE Requirements:-

• When you are collecting your CCE hours, you need to undergo at least 24 hours of training on core competencies.
• There is another requirement of undergoing minimum 3 hours of training on coaching ethics. (it can also be achieved by completing free online course of ICF)
• Those who have validity of their credentials till or later than December 31^st 2018, they can use the 10 hours of mentoring towards CCEs in Core Competencies.
• If you have acquired hours in Resource Development that can be used as remaining hours.

 So, CCE is better than ICF Level 1 and Level 2 Courses?

ICF CCE coaching is completely different from ICF Level and Level 2 in terms of its requirements and process. You are an aspiring coach ICF Level and Level 2 any of them is undoubtedly a good choice to go with. Achieving credentials of any level of ICF under CCE portfolio may take far much longer than the ICF Level and Level 2 pathway which may lead to disinterest in coaching. CCE is mostly used for renewing credentials of ICF as we have mentioned above.

What are the Advantages of ICF CCE?

CCE is most commonly used for renewing credentials that doesn’t mean that you can’t get benefits out of it other than renewing credentials. Just to mention the most common advantages of ICF CCE, here you go.

• Complete the required hours – If you need only required coaching training hours and you acquire 60 hours in CCE then you can apply for ACC level, if you have 125 hours in CCE so you can apply for PCC and if you have 200 hours of coaching training in CCE then you can apply for MCC level. You can acquire from a minimum number of 1 hour of coaching training from any ICF CCE accredited coaching institute. You can count these hours as coaching training hours and can apply for credentials.
• Learn different modules – If you are an ACC level of coach and want to learn something to add on to your coaching skills, you can attend different advanced modules of your choice and later on you can use those many hours of learning into your PCC or MCC level of credentials. There is one thing that you need to make sure that wherever you learn it from, should be an ICF CCE accredited training organization.

How to apply in CCE hours?

In order to apply for renewing of credentialing process under ICF CCE portfolio pathway, you need to submit your application along with:

• Details of training hours that you have accumulated
• Submit all the certificates that you have achieved with mentoring hours
• Details of coaching experience and 2 audio recordings for final performance evaluation.