Welcome to the FWD Mentor Coaching Institute

Deepen your practice. Expand your contribution.

Welcome to a place to deepen your own coaching practice, develop as a mentor coach, and contribute to the growth of our profession. Whether you are seeking mentor coaching, preparing to mentor others, or expanding an established mentor coaching practice, we begin with the expertise you bring and the possibilities you want to explore.

Mentor coaching for coaches pursuing ACC or PCC credentials, renewing their ACC, or seeking continued professional growth.

Personal attention | Collective expertise | Grounded in ICF competencies and standards

Programs

Choose your next step in mentor coaching

Whether you are deepening your coaching or preparing to mentor other coaches, find an experience designed around your next stage of professional growth.

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Mentor Coaching for ACC and PCC Coaches

15-hour experience | 10 live mentor-coaching hours | 15 ICF CCEs

A personal, reflective experience combining five self-paced modules, seven small-group sessions, and three individual sessions. Build on your strengths, explore your growth edges, and bring greater intention to your coaching.

Program tuition: $899

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Mentor Coach Foundations

10 hours | Coming soon

Build on your experience and deepen your mentor coaching practice through reflection, observation, and competency-based feedback.

03

Advanced Mentor Coach Development

31 additional hours | Coming soon

Continue your development as a mentor coach through deeper exploration, observed practice, and personalized feedback.

Your mentor coach

Stephanie S. Brown, PCC

ICF Mentor Coach Specialization — ACC and PCC levels

Professional Certified Coach (PCC)
ICF Mentor Coach Specialization — ACC level
ICF Mentor Coach Specialization — PCC level

Our approach

Thoughtful design. Personal attention. Meaningful growth.

Your experience, identity, and aspirations shape your development here. Grounded in coaching science, the ICF Core Competencies, ACC Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS), and PCC Markers, our approach brings together personal reflection, supportive feedback, and the collective expertise of coaches and guest contributors. The ICF Mentor Coaching Competencies guide our mentor coach development offerings.
Our team of instructional designers gives that exploration purposeful structure. Through our learning management system, self-paced reflection connects with live dialogue and practice—creating a cohesive experience that builds on your expertise and supports meaningful growth as a coach or mentor coach.
Our vision is a community where the science of coaching meets the individuality of the coach—and where meaningful reflection becomes stronger practice.

15 hours of reflection and mentor coaching | 15 ICF CCEs

Inside the ACC and PCC mentor coaching experience

Your coaching deserves personal attention. Bring your strengths, your questions, and your hopes for your practice into a supportive space for honest reflection and meaningful development.

What is included

Five Reflection Modules

Five self-paced reflection modules totaling five hours. Consider your coaching approach, recognize your strengths, and explore opportunities to deepen your practice.

Seven Group Sessions

Seven distinct 60-minute live group mentor-coaching sessions via Zoom, facilitated by a mentor coach holding the relevant ICF MCS designation for ACC/PCC. Supportive dialogue, shared reflection, and examination of coaching practice create opportunities to enhance your coaching. Maximum 10 participants per group session.

Three Individual Mentor Coaching Sessions

Three 60-minute one-on-one sessions shaped around your coaching practice and continued growth. Together, we will explore your submitted recordings and/or written reflections, along with any questions, challenges, or insights on your mind related to your coaching. Personalized dialogue and feedback help you build on your strengths and identify opportunities to deepen your practice.
Review of up to three recordings, including written, competency-based feedback, is included. Recordings are optional unless required by your ICF pathway; applicable requirements will be clarified during your Welcome and Pathway Conversation.

Welcome & Pathway Conversation

A separate, included 30-minute Welcome and Pathway Conversation. Discuss your experience, goals, and credential pathway so your mentor coaching can begin with clarity. This conversation is additional to the 15-hour program and does not count toward the 10 live mentor-coaching hours.

How participation works

Join through rolling enrollment and select available dates for your seven distinct live group topics. Complete the topics in the order that works for you and schedule your individual sessions separately. Your live mentor coaching must span at least three months.
Complete the experience within six months of your first live session. Access to course materials is available during this completion window.
The program combines five self-paced reflection hours with seven group and three individual mentor-coaching hours. Complete the required reflection activities and live sessions to receive your completion certificate and 15 ICF Continuing Coach Education credits.

Invest in your coaching

$899 Program tuition

Includes all five reflection modules, seven group sessions, three individual sessions, the separate Welcome and Pathway Conversation, and review of up to three recordings with written feedback.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does the ACC and PCC program include 10 mentor coaching hours?

Yes. It includes seven live group hours and three individual hours, completed over at least three months. The five self-paced reflection hours are additional and do not count toward the 10 live hours.

Do I need to submit recordings?

Review of up to three recordings is included for every participant. Complete three submissions using recordings or written reflections in any combination. Recordings are optional unless required by your credential pathway. We will discuss what applies to you during your Welcome and Pathway Conversation.

Can I choose my session dates?

Yes. With rolling enrollment, you select available dates for each of the seven distinct group topics and schedule your individual sessions separately. Group topics may be completed in any order, within your six-month completion window and the minimum three-month mentor-coaching period.

Who is Mentor Coach Foundations designed for?

Grounded in the ICF Mentor Coaching Competencies, this course explores how the ICF Core Competencies, ACC BARS, and PCC Markers inform your work with ACC and PCC coaches. Designed to support experienced mentor coaches pursuing the ICF Credit for Prior Learning pathway or completing continuing education for MCS renewal. For coaches new to mentor coaching, Foundations is the first step in our planned 41-hour education sequence.

What does Advanced Mentor Coach Development explore?

Build your capacity for thoughtful observation, competency-based feedback, and effective individual and group mentor coaching. Together with our 10-hour Mentor Coach Foundations course, this planned sequence is designed to fulfill the 41-hour mentor coach education requirement for ICF's Standard MCS pathway, grounded in the ICF Mentor Coaching Competencies. Additional credential eligibility and level-specific evaluation training requirements apply.

Does the Foundations course award the MCS designation?

No. Foundations provides mentor coach education. ICF awards the MCS designation after reviewing the applicable credential, education, experience, and evaluation-training requirements.

How do the 10 hour and 31 hour courses connect?

Foundations is the first step in our planned 41-hour mentor coach education sequence. Advanced Mentor Coach Development adds 31 hours. Experienced mentor coaches may instead be exploring the 10-hour course for the Credit for Prior Learning pathway or continuing education for MCS renewal.

Make room for your next level of coaching.

Bring your experience, your questions, and your hopes for your practice. Explore an experience that honors where you are and supports where you want to grow.