A quick update and a change of plan. I changed track back to CTC as this seemed the best fit for where I am in my coaching journey at the moment.
Currently I am about to sit my ICF exam to gain my ICF-ACC and the CTC guidelines state that candidates should be able to coach at ACC level. I have all of the boxes ticked here, having been through the practical interview so that would make the CTC process more applicable and more likely for me to achieve at this moment in time. The CEC requires me to be at ICF-PCC level (although not certified) but I need a little more practice to get to this level.
With that in mind I switched back to plan A and submitted my Part 1 for CTC and I am over the moon to say that I passed and was given the go ahead to progress with part 2! I had a couple of minor items that I had to rectify but the process was really smooth and the reviewer was really efficient too. The review process took 2 days including the items that I had to rectify which was awesome.
So what did I have to rectify. One was minor, I had not calculated the number of hours / days that I had spent on training courses. This was rectified by including the number of hours and number of days as well as the dates.
The second was around my calculation of coaching hours. This was always going to be a hard one and flag up as the role that I currently do across leadership, teams and individuals often varies. The way to stop this flagging is to show your working alongside the description of the work that you do. I know that the word limits are tight, very tight in some cases but showing how you came to that figure helps greatly.
Onwards to Part 2! Hope this helps anyone who is going through the same process.
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