--- title: Is Time Running Out For You to Become a Certified Coach? description: How to prepare to become an IAC Certified Coach and achieve coaching mastery faster. image: https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14048439-jpg/images/certcoachlogo.jpg --- [![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/hubfs/scm%20header%203.jpg?width=655&height=124&name=scm%20header%203.jpg)](http://Julia%20Stewart%20Coaching%20&%20Training) Open main menu Close main menu - Training Open the submenu - [Blog](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog) - [Training](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-programs) - [About Us](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/about-us) - [Become a Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/become-a-coach) - [Certification](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/seven-secrets) - [Find a Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/find-a-coach) - [Resources](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-resources) [School of Coaching Mastery](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/school-of-coaching-mastery) [SCM](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/scm) [Thomas Leonard](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/thomas-leonard) [Become a Certified Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/become-a-certified-coach) [IAC](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/iac) [certified coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/certified-coach) [Masteries](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/topic/masteries) # Is Time Running Out For You to Become a Certified Coach? [Julia Stewart](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/julia-stewart) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/20458/Is-Time-Running-Out-For-You-to-Become-a-Certified-Coach) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/20458/Is-Time-Running-Out-For-You-to-Become-a-Certified-Coach) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/20458/Is-Time-Running-Out-For-You-to-Become-a-Certified-Coach) ![](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14048439-jpg/images/certcoachlogo.jpg) #### ![Certified Coach](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/hs-fs/file-14048439-jpg/images/certcoachlogo.jpg)**Today I got a call from a coach I knew years ago.**   **He was trying to access the [IAC website](http://www.certifiedcoach.org)** to finish their online certification test on the old Proficiencies before it's taken down on January 1st and wondered if he still had time to get certified. **Yes, there's still time - three days.** So, if you haven't gotten certified in the Proficiencies yet, then it's probably time for you to begin studying the Masteries! ;-) #### **Are the Masteries just the old Proficiencies with different language? No.** **I taught Thomas Leonard's Proficiencies for years.** They were a big upgrade in coaching technology at the time. Teaching them was priceless learning for me AND now that I'm teaching the new Masteries, I'm quadrupling what I'm learning. **I'm also shocked (and thrilled) to see how fast new coaches are learning mastery,** using SCM's unique approach to coach training. When I reflect on the teleclass format we used at the schools I studied at, as well as those I previous taught at, all I can say is "WHAT WERE WE THINKING??" **Of course graduates of those coaching schools got stuck in limbo,** neither masterful nor successful, when their primary way to learn coaching was to get on a phone line and listen to somebody else talk about coaching (while students answered their email, cleaned house, or - like me - worked out)! #### That's crazy. **You need to be fully engaged in class,** using new skills as soon as you learn them and getting precise feedback right away from an expert, so you can step into mastery immediately. Otherwise, you could spend a lifetime in triads and study groups without ever knowing if you're getting it right or not. **I've been preparing coaches for IAC certification since it came into being,** because it's based on the one thing clients care about: masterful coaching. And these current newbies are going to coach better than us veterans pretty soon. Exciting - and kinda scary! **Anyhow, if you missed the boat on Proficiency-based certification, don't fret.** You can still get certified in the Masteries and if you want to blow the top off your own coaching ability - and make sure you actually get certified this time - then take this opportunity to join SCM's [Certified Coach Training Program.](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/certified-coach/)  **It's for experienced, trained coaches who intend to be the best at what they do.** You'll be challenged, your skills expanded, your confidence solid, your mastery unquestioned. (And we'll pay your certification fee!) #### Have questions? Call here: 877-224-2780 Are you a new coach? 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