ICF-accredited Level 1 coach certification.
Sixty hours of coach-specific education, ten hours of mentor coaching.
ICF-Accredited Level 1 School & Master Certified Coach
Dr Frances Penafort, MCC, is the Director of Education. Frances’ Coaching School holds ICF Level 1 accreditation, allowing candidates to follow the accelerated Level 1 application route.
First and only woman MCC in Malaysia with an ICF-accredited coaching school.
Three ways into this room.
You still lead a team, and you are tired of managing them. It gets harder every year.
You already coach, and you want the ICF credential that confirms what you are already doing.
You have finished one career and you want the next one to be your choice.
Different starting points. The same eight ICF competencies. The same credential at the end.
Accredited, not aligned.
Frances’ Coaching School holds ICF Level 1 accreditation. That has one practical consequence for you: when you apply for your ACC, you use ICF’s Level 1 path reviewed in about four weeks.
Coaches who train with a programme ICF has not accredited apply through the Portfolio path instead. reviewed in about fourteen weeks.
Same credential. Different route to it. Ask any school you are considering which one you will be using.
The difference explained in full →Frances’ Coaching School
ICF Level 1 Accredited Education
Cohorts are capped at about ten, every session is observed, and every student gets written feedback. That is why the number is small, and it is why we publish it. Ask any school for theirs.
Dr Frances Penafort, MCC (ICF). Director of Education.
Sixteen years coaching C-suite and senior leaders, with clients in sixteen countries — banking, oil and gas, telco, healthcare, FMCG, manufacturing and higher education. Twenty-four years as an academic. Accredited Coach Supervisor. FIRST ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ICF MALAYSIA CHAPTER and a director on three ICF Global Boards between 2016 and 2022.
More about Frances →Proof, not promises.
“I can confidently go into any coaching session. I don't need to prepare the perfect question - just by being PRESENT, the powerful questions emerge on its own..”
“The best thing about FCS is that all students get real coaching clients to coach. We practise with peers in class reviewed by both our instructors and our classmates. You improve real quick with constructive feedback. You cannot beat the experiential learning that you get at FCS”
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Complete details on the 60 class hours, 24 client coaching hours, 10 mentor coaching sessions, and upcoming module dates.
The preview runs on the first Saturday of every month. Sixty minutes, no charge, and you will know by the end whether this is for you.
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