Originally Posted by
Doge
Is it hard to be a level 1 coach? Or should one look at the coached level or buyer be ware.
unfortunately, lots about 'certified coaching' (USAC included, but also many fields) is about the organization doing the certification making $$ through continuing ed requirements.
not saying the USAC stuff is not valuable, but to go beyond level 3 is about spending a bunch of money. IME, getting to level 1 is more about spending money than necessarily being great at coaching/intelligent/whatever. (full disclosure: i let my credentials lapse after seeing what it was like from the inside. i just didn't feel like the certification opened any doors that i otherwise couldn't open on my own...but it REQUIRED me to pay a bunch of money.)
there are some amazing coaches who lack formal credentials and some poor coaches who have all of them. like so much in life, it depends.