The Coach Training Alliance, a member of the ICF in Boulder, Colorado, offers a program that provides a strong coaching curriculum along with information about how to develop and market a life coaching business. The school's coursework aims to give a life coach the skills to coach individuals as well as to coach in a corporate or executive framework. The staff members of Coach Training Alliance have many years of coaching experience themselves as well as teaching backgrounds.
The International Coach Academy offers students the opportunity to study for a Certified Professional Coach Program (CPCP), which carries ICF accreditation. The program provides knowledge, resources, skills and tools for students who want to work as a certified coach. The school's online telecasts allow participants to study at their own pace and attend classes from anywhere in the world. Upon registration, students receive course materials and have access to 24 sessions of coaching. The school also grants Associate Certified Coach certification, which does not carry Accredited Coach Training Program Certification.
The Center for Evocative Coaching, a division of the Center for School Transformation, teaches life coaching skills under IAC accreditation. Evocative coaches engage in active listening, empathizing, making appreciative inquiries and promoting design thinking during coaching sessions. The center teaches evocative coaching through a person-centered, strengths-based no-fault approach. The school's 13-session online training program's goals include teaching evocative coaching to life coaches who can then bring the practice into school systems to strengthen education. Graduates of the program will receive certification that will allow them to act as life coaches in other situations as well.
The School of Coaching Mastery offers a free program under which students can study life coaching, pass the exam and receive a school certificate as a life coach. Participants who become life coaches through the free program may then choose to access the school's Full Coach Training Program, certified by the IAC. Completion of the full program allows participants to qualify for coach certification. The program provides online instruction through audios, videos and professional articles on coaching skills and building a coaching business.