Earning your life coach certification is a significant accomplishment and makes you a better, more effective coach. You ensure that your skills have met high standards. You establish your credibility. You can implement change in your organization or get a boost in launching your business.

Coach Training EDU’s certifications serve as a streamlined pathway to earning your credential from the International Coach Federation (ICF).

As an ICF accredited program, Coach Training EDU™ offers life coach certification and support through the ICF credentialing process.

3 Levels of CTEDU Certification

Coach Training EDU™ offers three levels of life coach certification. The first is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC).

You qualify for this certification by completing a 1.0 Coach Training Course and a Group Mentor Coaching course. In addition, this CTEDU certification sets you up for an ICF credential through the ACSTH path.

The following are the available CTEDU specialties for this certification.

Associate Certified Academic Life Coach
Associate Certified Wellness Life Coach
Associate Certified Executive Life Coach

The second is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC). You qualify for this certification by successfully completing a 1.0 Coach Training Course, the 2.0 Advanced Coach Training Course, and a Group Mentor Coaching Course. This CTEDU certification sets you up for an ICF credential through the ACTP path and is the most streamlined path toward an ICF credential.

The following are the available CTEDU specialties for this certification.

Professional Certified Academic Life Coach
Professional Certified Wellness Life Coach
Professional Certified Executive Life Coach

The third and highest CTEDU certification is a Master Certified Coach (MCC). To qualify for this certification, you must complete a 1.0 Coach Training Course, the 2.0 Advanced Coach Training Course, the 3.0 Relationship Coach Training Course, and a Group Mentor Coaching Course. This CTEDU certification sets you up for an ICF Master Credential through the ACTP path.

4 Certification Requirements

These are the four steps to certification. The difference between each level of certification above is the quantity of each requirement below.

Successfully Complete Coach Training Hours.

The first step is completing a coach training course. The 1.0 and 2.0 classes meet for 2 hours, once a week, for 24 training sessions. To become a certified coach, you must attend 22 of these 24 training sessions.

Work with a Practice Client.

Coaches typically begin working with their practice clients around week 5 of their 1.0 course. Working with your practice client will help you gain firsthand experience as a life coach and give you the chance to practice the skills you learn in your training sessions.

The CTEDU ACC certification requires ten coaching hours, the CTEDU PCC certification requires 20 coaching hours, and the CTEDU MCC certification requires 30 coaching hours with a practice client.

Complete Coach-Client Overviews and Group Mentor Coaching.

The next, and sometimes most underrated, step toward becoming a certified coach is Mentor Coaching. Mentor coaching is meeting with a Coach Mentor one-to-one to listen to a recording of you working with a client.

In your coach-client overview, your Coach Mentor will listen for certain elements in your coaching and give you helpful feedback. The CTEDU ACC certification requires ten mentor coaching hours, the CTEDU PCC certification requires 13 mentor coaching hours, and the CTEDU MCC certification requires 17 mentor coaching hours.