Certified Professional Coach - Part 1 - ACC/Practitioner in English
The Certified Professional Coach – Part 1 training is a coaching course that is accredited by both ICF, Post-HBO and NOBCO / EMCC. The Internationale Coach federation (ICF) is the largest worldwide professional association for coaching. The European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC) promotes the development of the coaching profession and is a quality mark for coaches within Europe. We are proud of the fact that we are the only supplier that can offer all these quality labels.
Nowadays, professional coaching is indispensable. It is a skill that can be learned step by step. With a lot of practice, sparring with other participants, reflection on own behavior and skills, practice hours, observations, mentoring hours, literature study and peer review.
This program is also available in a Blended format at the Utrecht Lunetten location.
Our approach is experiential. Personal experiences are discussed in the form of case studies and provided with reflection. The theory / practice ratio in our study program is 25/ 75 percent. At home, read, study and practice as much as you like. The group is trained on the basis of coaching principles such as:
• Awareness
• Insight
• Take responsibility and share
• Equivalence
• Result orientation
The participants are expected to systematically reflect on their learning experiences in a logbook.
In part 1 you will master the skills necessary for result-oriented coaching. It concerns a more technical / instrumental part with a lot of attention for the power of asking questions, the coaching agreement and result-oriented coaching. Certification takes place by means of observations during the training and a portfolio with reflections on 12 practical coach conversations and 3 book reflections. With a succesfull completion you will receive a Post-HBO diploma and ACSTH/EQA diploma ‘Certified Professional Coach part 1 (Task competence)’. With your diploma and sufficient hours you will be certified as a qualified coach at ACC level at the ICF and Practitioner level at the NOBCO / EMCC.
In short:
- You conduct professional coaching sessions.
- You coach on the basis of awareness and taking personal responsibility by the coachee.
- You coach result-oriented within the context of work and labor.
- You develop people.
- You meet the training requirements for accreditation at the ICF at ACC level and the Practitioner level at NOBCO / EMCC.
- You receive a Post-HBO diploma – Task competent.
- You will receive a Level 1/EQA diploma at ACC/Practitioner level.
For everyone who sees professional coaching as an important part of his or her task:
- managers, directors
- staff- and P&O officers
- trainers and teachers
- coaches and mentors
- consultants
- health and safety- and reintegration supervisors
Education:
- You have the abilty to practice in your own environment with several coachees.
- You discuss possible hazards which could be a risk in completing the course succesfully.
Intake
After you register, you will receive an invitation for an (online) intake interview. During this interview, the participant’s learning goals and development points will be discussed, and the possibilities for conducting coaching sessions in your own practice will be reviewed. There are no additional costs for the intake interview.
Courses:
- Day 1 – A coaching approach op 15-05-2025 van 09:00 tot 17:00
- Day 2 – The coaching skills op 05-06-2025 van 09:00 tot 17:00
- Day 3 – The question pattern of the coach op 01-07-2025 van 09:00 tot 17:00
- Online – Observation 2 op 04-09-2025 van 09:00 tot 12:30
- Day 4 – The coaching agreement and results-oriented coaching op 01-10-2025 van 09:00 tot 17:00
- Online – Deepening reflection skills op 28-10-2025 van 09:00 tot 12:30
- Day 5 – Ethics and working with tools op 13-11-2025 van 09:00 tot 17:00
- Online – Observation 3 op 26-11-2025 van 09:00 tot 12:30
- Day 6 – Active listening op 11-12-2025 van 09:00 tot 17:00
- Online – The big feedback round op 13-01-2026 van 09:00 tot 12:30
- Day 7 – Professional Development op 01-04-2026 van 13:30 tot 18:00
- Practitioner Accredited by Nobco/EMCC
- ACC Accredited by ICF
- Small Groups (max 10 students)
- Practical and experience oriented