Enhances your credibility and reassures potential clients that you are
an experienced and professional coach
Demonstrates that you have high professional standards
Demonstrates that you stand by a strong code of ethics
Demonstrates a high knowledge and skill level
Demonstrates that you take on-going professional development seriously
Develops you as a professional coach to further enhance your skills
Brings personal satisfaction in achieving a career goal
Brings personal satisfaction in gaining a credential from the only
internationally recognized independent coaching body
Reinforces the integrity of the coaching profession nationally and internationally
ICF DC Credential Mentoring Program
Under the leadership of ICF Metro DC Chapter President, Ed Modell, ACC, we have developed a mentoring program for those considering submitting their ICF credentials application.
If you are interested in working with a mentor, or if you are
a credentialed coach and would consider serving as a mentor, please contact
Dee Cascio at DeeDeeLPC@aol.com.
Client Information Release
The following is suggested wording for obtaining a release from
clients, both present and former, to submit their names and dates of work to
ICF as part of the certification process. The wording should be adapted
to fit the credential for which the coach is applying. Wording suggested
by Kathy Schramek, Credentialling Committee, ICF.
"I am deeply committed to being the best professional coach
that I can be for my clients. Therefore, I am pursuing the Associate Certified
Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coach Federation (ICF). This
credential is the most advanced and prestigious distinction that can be
earned by a member of the coaching profession. One requirement to earn this
credential
is to provide proof that I have at least 250 client coaching hours. This
proof is provided to the ICF in the form a client coaching log that lists
the client's
name and hours coached. There is never any disclosure of coaching content.
I am requesting your permission to be included on my client coaching log
to be used only for the purposes of ICF professional credentialing. Unless
I hear
from you otherwise, I will assume that you have given your permission to
be included on this log. Thank you for your support."
For additional information on the credentialing
process, please see the ICF
Credentialing Program site.
