Yes, we have been an accredited coach training program within the ICF for almost a decade. We were one of the first 10 coaching schools to be awarded the Level 3 Accreditation which began in 2022 to obtain the MCC (Master Certified Coach).

You can begin your journey with Gaining MCC when you have 1500 hours of coaching or about 5 years of experience since beginning your first ICF accredited coach training. When you are ready to apply for MCC you must have log 2500 coaching hours all of which must have been logged after you began your first ICF accredited program.

You must obtain or have held your PCC credential before applying for your MCC. If you need your PCC credential, you can attend our Gaining PCC (Level 2) programs. If you feel that you have done coursework or have degrees that should count towards your Level 2 certification, please contact the ICF at www.coachignfederation.org to inquire if your coursework qualified for ICF accreditation.

Yes, all our webinars, mentor coaching and student practice coaching, as well as your one-to-one sessions are live online. You can watch webinars if you are unable to attend or you would like to review materials. You can also review classes taught by other teachers in previous years. We are considering offering in-person sessions in late 2023 and in 2024 if there is enough interest.

We have a rolling entry. How long the process takes is up to you. You must complete 75 Level 3 coach training hours to apply for your MCC. Some people can finish this in as little as 6 months, most people take about 12-15 months before they are fully ready and have 2 recordings that our mentor coaches believe are ready to be submitted and will pass ICF Assessors strict skills criteria.

We had our first cohort of Gaining MCC in 2021-2022. 100% of all students who submitted have received their MCC. We are very proud of that! We have a few students from that cohort who continuing to hone their skills and will be submitting soon or have not yet reached their 2500 hours. We have 15 (and counting) current students that are currently on track to submit this year.

The full program contains 80.5 accredited training hours (75 are required for Level 3)

1. Highly Interactive Webinars: 10 Master level coaching webinars: ten, two-hour webinars to prepare for the journey to MCC including meeting ICF MCC assessors, meeting MCCs that have experienced the journey recently, finding your MCC “superpower”, and special tips and tricks to make your recordings the best they can be. (20 hours)

2. Group Supervision, “intervision” and mentor coaching with our MCC coaches. (12 Hours)

3. Individual coaching with one of our Master Certified Coaches so that you experience “mcc coaching” for yourself as part of your journey .(4 hours)

4. Observed Mentor Coaching sessions 7 x 90-minute observed mentor coaching sessions - prep for these sessions includes recording 7 x 20-to-60-minute coaching sessions and written reflections from both participant and observing coach. (17.5 hours)

5. Required reading: related to ontological or transformational coaching or self-awareness. Participants must complete a reflection process on each book /subject (6 Hours)

6. Public coaching: in these fully experiential classes, participants will be joined by accomplished MCC coaches, who will demonstrate MCC Level coaching and then debrief with the cohort (6 Hours)

7. Student practice coaching: gives participants a chance to practice coaching together with debrief from an MCC coach. (6 hours)

8. Reciprocal peer coaching participants are encouraged to join in the student "round robin" coaching sessions. These sessions provide additional coaching hours towards MCC student practice coaching hours as well as giving participants the opportunity to coach, be coached and debrief. (9 hours)

The price is $7995 for over 80+ course hours, 1:1 coaching, group mentoring, and observed coaching all by MCCs. You can stay in our program by attending webinars until you pass your MCC. Please note that we have a 0% interest flexible payment plan where you can set payments to make this program work for you. Some scholarships and discounts are available. Please attend a free intro for more details.

Once you have decided that Gaining MCC Is for you, we ask for a$500 non-refundable deposit. You can choose a flexible payment plan with 0% interest over 12 to 24 months based on your ability to pay. We do not want this to be a hardship for you. For example, if you pay over 24 months the cost per month is $312.29. We also have diversity and merit scholarships available. We are committed to having a group of truly passionate professionals who want to challenge their own perceptions of coaching and reach this elite level in a supportive group environment.

Yes. You can withdraw at any time if you feel the program is not for you. You will be given back a prorated amount based on the amount of time passed and classes or 1:1 work you have completed. If you are on a payment plan and experience a hardship, you can speak with us and adjust your payments so that you do not have to stop attending classes. For example, we had one student who during their time with us, who lost their job and was concerned about making payments. We paused his payments and they continued to benefit from the program and began making payments when they obtained a new position.

Libby Robinson has been a Master Certified Coach since 2009. She facilitates most of the classes within the MCC program. She works with CXO’s worldwide and has a Master’s Organizational Development and Transformation and Libby is also the Managing Partner of Integral, which is an Executive Coaching and Advisory company to Fortune 500 companies globally. Integral was named a Top Leadership Development Company by HR.com She is joined by Robin Goodbary, MCC – Melanie Parish, MCC and Croft Edwards, MCC as well as ICF MCC Assessors and guest MCCs from around the world.

While we cannot “guarantee” that you pass your MCC assessment, we have created a methodology where we have seen all our students who have submitted, pass. We want you to be supported throughout the process – and trying to prepare for MCC alone can be daunting.

We allow paid and scholarship students to continue to attend every group online event for free until they receive their MCC. You can repeat classes and listen to recordings of previous year’s program. You can also purchase additional “Observed (Mentor) Coaching” where you work directly with one of our MCC’s to continue to hone your recordings and offer specific feedback so that you can produce a high quality MCC-level recording to submit.

You can start today, or as soon as you are ready! We have a rolling admission policy, so once we get your initial payment to secure your place, you can join the next available class.

Currently, our live online classes are on Thursdays from 12-2 PM Eastern US time. All classes are recorded, and you can gain credit for listening to up to 50% of the classes as recordings. Your individual work with your Mentor coach and reciprocal peer coaching can be scheduled at your convenience.

If you cannot make this time, please speak to us as other times may become available as students across the world join.

You can place your $500 deposit to reserve your space here.

We offer a 5% reduction on our Gaining MCC if you pay for the full program here using promo code READYNOW3.

You can attend our next Level 3 intro class and meet Libby Robinson, MCC here.

(This is the best way to get all your questions met in one place).

If you want to speak to our Program Coordinator you can contact us at info@advancedcoachingpracticum.com

Yes, we offer both diversity and merit scholarships. You can apply here. You must attend a free intro session (register here) in order for the committee to consider your application.

No, but we are encouraging our successful bilingual students who successfully gain their MCC credential to partner with us to offer this program in other languages going forward.