Course Overview

Transform your natural coaching instincts into professional ICF-level competency. Coaching Skills Development takes you beyond theory into hands-on mastery of the eight ICF Core Competencies. Through live coaching sessions, expert feedback, and weekly peer practice, you’ll develop the precise skills that distinguish professional coaches.

This isn’t a lecture course – it’s a coaching lab. You’ll coach and be coached multiple times throughout the 12-week journey, receiving detailed verbal and written feedback from ICF-certified instructors at the PCC or MCC level. Each session builds your confidence and refines your ability to demonstrate competency markers in real conversations.

What makes this course different? PCCI’s unique integration of faith and ICF standards means you’ll develop world-class coaching skills without compromising your Christian worldview. Our instructors understand the nuances of coaching within a Biblical framework while maintaining rigorous ICF accreditation standards.

By the end of this intensive training, you’ll coach with clarity, confidence, and competence – ready to pursue ICF credentialing and serve clients with professional excellence.

Coaching Skills Development: Master ICF Core Competencies with The Coaching Process framework

  • Course Length: 12 weeks

  • ICF Education Hours: 24 Hours

  • Attendance: Live attendance required; 1 absence maximum

  • Weekly Commitment: 2 hour live class + 3-5 hours peer coaching, audio instruction, and reading.

  • Format: Live via Zoom

  • Prerequisites: Completion of The Essentials of Coaching (or equivalent ICF-approved foundational course).

  • Price: Starting at $182/month

  • Course Length: 12 weeks

  • ICF Education Hours: 24 Hours

  • Attendance: Live attendance required; 1 absence maximum

  • Weekly Commitment: 2 hour live class + 3-5 hours peer coaching, audio instruction, and reading.

  • Format: Live via Zoom

  • Prerequisites: Completion of The Essentials of Coaching (or equivalent ICF-approved foundational course).

  • Price: Starting at $182/month

Your Certification & Credentialing Journey

Whether you’re pursuing CPLC certification or ICF credentialing, understanding where this course fits ensures you’re building your training path strategically and efficiently.

CPLC

CPLC Certification

REQUIRED

ICF Level 1

Level 1 Certificate

REQUIRED

ICF Level 2

Level 2 Certificate

REQUIRED

Visit our Coaching Certification page for detailed requirements and steps for both PCCI’s CPLC certification and ICF Level 1/Level 2 certificates.

What You’ll Accomplish in This Course

Through 24 hours of coach education and 7 hours of group mentor coaching, you’ll develop demonstrable proficiency in all eight ICF Core Competencies.

  • Learn to demonstrate all eight ICF Core Competencies with specific behavioral markers in live coaching sessions.

  • Receive personalized verbal and written feedback from ICF PCC or MCC-level instructors on your coaching demonstrations.

  • Complete full-length coaching sessions with peers, rotating through coach, client, and observer roles.

  • Develop natural coaching language that flows authentically from ICF competency frameworks.

  • Practice The Coaching Process™ model consistently across varied client topics and coaching scenarios.

  • Build peer coaching relationships with fellow students for ongoing practice and mutual development.

  • Create a personal coaching language index with proven questions, transitions, and closing statements.

  • Prepare for ICF credentialing by deepening your understanding of Core Competencies and ethical practice standards.

Course Breakdown

The 12-week curriculum progresses systematically through all eight ICF Core Competencies, starting with foundational listening skills and building toward ethical practice and integration.

Weeks 1-3: Foundation & Micro-Practice

Begin with an introduction to the ICF Core Competencies and The Coaching Process™ model. Engage in brief coaching microsessions that allow you to start practicing immediately. Focus on active listening (CC-6) and establishing agreements (CC-3) while developing your opening language and session structure.

Weeks 4-5: Awareness & Growth

Transition to full-length coaching sessions with intensive focus on evoking awareness (CC-7) and facilitating client growth (CC-8). Learn to ask powerful questions that generate insight and support clients in designing meaningful actions toward their goals.

Weeks 6-8: Presence & Partnership

Deepen your coaching presence by mastering trust and safety (CC-4), maintaining presence (CC-5), and embodying a coaching mindset (CC-2). Develop the internal awareness and external responsiveness that creates transformational coaching relationships.

Week 9: Ethics & Professional Standards

Explore ethical practice (CC-1) and the ICF Code of Ethics. Reflect on how professional coaching standards align with your Christian values and prepare to coach with both excellence and integrity.

Weeks 10-12: Integration & Mastery

Practice intensive coaching with targeted feedback on specific competency areas. Synthesize your learning across all eight competencies, refine your coaching language, and prepare for next steps in your professional development including mentor coaching and ICF credentialing.

Required Course Materials

One powerful textbook is required for this course, as well as a comprehensive instructor-created resources designed specifically for competency development that is included in the course.

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Upcoming Courses

All courses meet live via Zoom for 2 hours weekly, and you’ll coach multiple times throughout the 12-week cohort.

October 2026

DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 5:00 – 6:30 PM Eastern
DATES: October 15, 2026 – January 28, 2027*
INSTRUCTORS: Crystal Wagner, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 11/26, 12/24, and 12/31.

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November 2026

DAY: Tuesdays
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 PM Eastern
DATES: November 3, 2026 – February 9, 2027*
INSTRUCTORS: Stephanie Gow, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 12/22 and 12/29.

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2027

Term 1

Classes begin in January & March

January Cohort #1

DAY: Tuesdays
TIME: 5:00 – 7:00 PM Eastern
DATES: January 12 – March 30
INSTRUCTORS: Michael Pfau, PCC

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January Cohort #2

DAY: Wednesdays
TIME: 12:00 – 2:00 PM Eastern
DATES: January 13 – April 7*
INSTRUCTORS: Jennifer Nickel, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 3/24.

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January Cohort #3

DAY: Wednesdays
TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern
DATES: January 13 – April 7*
INSTRUCTORS: Sean McKelvey, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 3/24.

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March Cohort #1

DAY: Mondays
TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 PM Eastern
DATES: March 1 – May 17
INSTRUCTORS: Sandra Black, PCC

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March Cohort #2

DAY: Tuesdays
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Eastern
DATES: March 2 – May 18
INSTRUCTORS: Stephanie Gow, PCC

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2027

Term 2

Classes begin in April & June

April Cohort #1

DAY: Wednesdays
TIME: 1:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern
DATES: April 28 – July 14
INSTRUCTORS: Michael Pfau, PCC

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April Cohort #2

DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Eastern
DATES: April 29 – July 15
INSTRUCTORS: Sean McKelvey, PCC

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June Cohort #1

DAY: Wednesdays
TIME: 5:00 – 7:00 PM Eastern
DATES: June 23 – September 8
INSTRUCTORS: Steve Cromer, PCC

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June Cohort #2

DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern
DATES: June 24 – September 9
INSTRUCTORS: Pamela Mertz, PCC

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2027

Term 3

Classes begin in August & November

August Cohort #1

DAY: Mondays
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Eastern
DATES: August 23 – November 15*
INSTRUCTORS: Stephanie Gow, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 9/6.

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August Cohort #2

DAY: Wednesdays
TIME: 1:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern
DATES: August 25 – November 10
INSTRUCTORS: Sandra Black, PCC

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August Cohort #3

DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern
DATES: August 26 – November 11
INSTRUCTORS: Nancy Lopez, PCC

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November Cohort #1

DAY: Tuesdays
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00 PM Eastern
DATES: November 2, 2027 – February 1, 2028*
INSTRUCTORS: Steve Cromer, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 12/21 and 12/28.

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November Cohort #2

DAY: Thursdays
TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 PM Eastern
DATES: November 4, 2027 – February 10, 2028
INSTRUCTORS: Nancy Lopez, PCC

*NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 11/25, 12/23 and 12/30.

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Tuition & Payment Plans

Choose the payment option that works best for your situation. All plans include the same comprehensive training and ICF-accredited hours.

Full Payment

$1,500

NO monthly payments

3 Payments

$515 / monthly

$1,545 total investment

6 Payments

$265 / monthly

$1,590 total investment

9 Payments

$182 / monthly

$1,635 total investment

All payment plans include a $15 monthly service charge.