Confirm your IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator Status

 

 

 

 

Please click here for our IAF Professional Development Pathway Presentation

The IAF requires that CPFs recertify in order to ensure that the CPF designation maintains its credibility and continues to denote ongoing mastery of the IAF Core Competencies by facilitators who are active in the field. Recertification also encourages IAF members to commit to their own professional development, assisted by credible peer review and feedback. 

The CPF Recertification process was developed by a working group of CPFs and approved by the IAF Board of Directors in 2009. 

Recertifying 

To maintain your IAF Certified™ Professional Facilitator (CPF) credential, you need to:

  • maintain your IAF membership
  • recertify every 4 years if you are a CPF
  • recertify every 6 years if you are a CPF | Master. 

We will send you an email when you need to start the process to recertify.

To recertify as a CPF, you need to:

  1. List 7 facilitated workshops completed within the last 4 years. The workshops should ideally cover a variety of processes that demonstrate your range of facilitation skills.
  2. List the professional development activities you have done since your last assessment.
  3. Write a short essay linking lessons learned against the IAF Core Competencies since your last assessment.

To apply:

To recertify as a CPF | Master, you need to:

  1. List 6 facilitated workshops completed within the last 6 years. The workshops should ideally cover a variety of processes that demonstrate your range of facilitation skills.
  2. Explain how the recommendations from your past assessments have helped your growth as a facilitator.
  3. Provide evidence of facilitating either in at least 3 industries or using 3 facilitation methods and lessons learned. 
  4. List the professional development activities you have done since your last assessment. 
  5. A description of challenges encountered and response to the challenges.
  6. Write a short essay to demonstrate the IAF Core Competencies in your practice of facilitation.
  7. Provide evidence of your contribution to advancing the field of facilitation. 

To apply:

 

*Application fees are non-refundable. For fees, see Fee Schedule and Policies.

"Re-certification was a timely reminder to reflect on my practice as a facilitator. What has changed in my practice and what do I need to work on? I was reminded that undertaking my CPF was just part of my ongoing, never-ending learning as a facilitator.” Rhonda, CPF | Master, Melbourne, Australia

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