{"id":28998,"date":"2021-11-15T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T22:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/blog\/international-coaching-federation-is-leading-the-evolution-of-accreditation-in-coaching-education-2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T22:00:51","slug":"international-coaching-federation-is-leading-the-evolution-of-accreditation-in-coaching-education-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/blog\/international-coaching-federation-is-leading-the-evolution-of-accreditation-in-coaching-education-2\/","title":{"rendered":"International Coaching Federation is Leading the Evolution of Accreditation in Coaching Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Lexington, Kentucky, USA (November 15, 2021)<\/em> \u2013 After one of the biggest quality improvement initiatives in its history, the International Coaching Federation (ICF) has announced its first-ever large-scale updates to its accreditation structure. The changes are being spearheaded by ICF Coaching Education, an ICF family organization formerly known as ICF Coach Training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are innovating our current global accreditation model to set the highest standards for coach-specific education in the world,\u201d said Luke Davis, M.Ed., CAE, vice president of ICF Coaching Education. \u201cOur new structure will enable coaches to find a clearer path to quality education that prepares them for the nuance, complexity and sophistication of today\u2019s coaching consumer.\u201d<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the next 18 months, ICF Coaching Education will work with ICF accredited organizations and institutions, and those interested in pursuing ICF accreditation, to make a series of both structural and standards updates. Enacting these changes allows ICF and coaching education providers to strengthen the coaching field through the use of validated coaching competencies, a common code of ethics, and fair, reliable assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Notable changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The introduction of three accreditation levels that are tied to ICF Credentialing pathways. These accreditation levels seek to clearly communicate the path for progressive development over time as a coach.<\/li>\n<li>An accreditation status that applies to an entire organization, rather than to specific coach training programs or curricula. This change allows ICF to recognize the impact and responsibility that a provider\u2019s operations, organization and administration has upon any participant\u2019s experience of quality and equity with the accredited organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"alt\"><p><em><span class=\"small\" style=\"font-family: Lora, serif;\">\u201cThe future of coaching begins today with the evolution of accreditation in coaching education, and it brings us a step closer to a future where coaching is a trusted and integral part of a thriving society.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">&#8211; Micki McMillan, MCC, chair of the ICF Coaching Education Board of Directors<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These updates are the result of research and work produced by a global task force on program accreditation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexington, Kentucky, USA (November 15, 2021) \u2013 After one of the biggest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"audience-type":[115,118,121,119,123,124,116,120,122,125,117,113,114],"display-option":[],"post-type":[127],"topic":[66],"_person-tax":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"audience-type-coach-educators","7":"audience-type-experienced-coaches","8":"audience-type-external-coaches","9":"audience-type-hr-organizational-leaders","10":"audience-type-icf-assessors","11":"audience-type-icf-chapter-leaders","12":"audience-type-coach-consumers","13":"audience-type-internal-coaches","14":"audience-type-managers-leaders-using-coaching","15":"audience-type-mentor-coaches","16":"audience-type-new-coaches","17":"audience-type-professional-coaches","18":"audience-type-team-and-group-coaches","19":"post-type-press-releases","20":"topic-everything-icf","21":"not-partnership-post","37":"no-featured-image"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"audience-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience-type?post=28998"},{"taxonomy":"display-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display-option?post=28998"},{"taxonomy":"post-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-type?post=28998"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=28998"},{"taxonomy":"_person-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_person-tax?post=28998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}