International Coach Federation (ICF)
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ICF was founded in 1992 in USA as a non-profit regulatory line of
business organisation for coaches all other the world. Today ICF has reached over 7000 member
in 29 different countries. ICF is the biggest and oldest union in
the coaching region.
Under ICF is there founded some
new different regional chapters and Denmark belongs under ICF
Nordic, which is the biggest individual ICF Chapter outside USA with
over 150 members.
ICF certificates coaches all over the world after standard
requirements and uniform principles.
The purpose by certificating is to keep a high quality level for
coaches and give coaching a quality stamp. It’s important to protect
the reliable picture of coaching as a profession of the individual
competence within coaching. This is ensured with accreditation of
coachtrainers and coach educations by standardize certifications
examinations and a comprehensive of accreditationprocedure to each
individual coach.
Certificating
To gain a certification for coaching you need a diploma from
a Accreditation Coach Training Programme (ACTP).
ICF has 3 levels of Certification and Accreditation.
Level 1: ACC (Associate Certified Coach)
Level 2: PCC (Professional Certified Coach)
Level 3: MCC (Master Certified Coach)
Every level has it own certification requirements. The common
requirements no matter what level is that the coach shall master Core
Coaching Competencies
Accreditation
As a certificated coach can you apply for accreditation by
documenting his or hers coaching experience hour for hour. Every
counted clienthour must be set out. The clients must consent that
the coach may pass name and contact data to ICF. ICF reserve all
rights to control the correctness the information from the clients.
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