The Process of Becoming a Certified
Professional Facilitator

The process for international certification is intended to be a supportive opportunity to learn from your colleagues and demonstrate your competencies by writing, telling and showing them to a neutral group of four assessors. The process follows these steps as follows:

1. Download the process certification overview documents from IAF.
2. Apply to attend a certification event in a location most convenient to you (there are about 6-8 per year around the world)
3. Submit a résumé, a brief description of seven facilitated events you have led in the last three years, a description of related training and a detailed overview of one facilitated event (½ day to several days) you have undertaken in the last three years
4. Submit the initial fee ($250 US)
5. Wait for assessors to review your documents to see if you have been accepted to continue
6. If you are accepted, conduct a telephone or internet interview with one of your assessors who poses as your "mock client"
7. Collect references from the clients of your seven events and certificates of related training you have taken
8. Attend the one day in-person event you have chosen. Expect to be there from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.
9. On this day, you will be given a 30 minute interview by two assessors; expected to conduct a 30 minute demonstration workshop with your candidate peers, participate in a second follow-up interview after your demonstration and participate in a large group review of the day
10. At the end of the day , you will be told by your two main assessors whether you showed enough evidence of the competencies or not (i.e., Pass or Defer)
11. Whether you pass or are deferred, you will receive a thorough positively written feedback report on how you did on each competency area. If you pass, you receive a certificate of pass. If you are deferred, we invite you back at a small fee to try again at an event of your choosing within three years, subject to space availability.