Curriculum
ICM courses offer court managers the opportunity to expand their knowledge base and build new skills through the Certified Court Manager (CCM) or Certified Court Executive (CCE) programs.
Since 2011, the CCM and CCE curricula have been closely aligned with the National Association for Court Management (NACM) Core Competencies, now updated and known as the NACM Core. The NACM Core is a summation of the knowledge, skills, and abilities court professionals must have in order to be effective managers and dynamic leaders.
The courses constituting each certification program are listed below. Though courses may be taken in any order, all thirteen courses must be completed in order to earn the Certified Court Executive credential. The Certified Court Manager credential is awarded after completion of the six CCM courses. Please note that certification requirements may change in future years as ICM continually revises its curricula.
Certified Court Manager (CCM)
| Current Course Title | Original Course Title |
|---|---|
| Accountability & Court Performance | Court Performance Standards: CourTools |
| Caseflow & Workflow Management | Fundamental Issues of Caseflow Management |
| Budget & Fiscal Management | Managing Court Financial Resources |
| Workforce Management | Managing Human Resources |
| Project Management for Courts | Managing Technology Projects & Technology Resources |
| No title change | Purposes & Responsibilities of Courts |
Certified Court Executive (CCE)
| Current Course Title | Original Course Title |
|---|---|
| Educational Development | Education, Training & Development |
| Executive Decision Making | New course |
| High Performance Court Framework | Course is being phased out |
| Leadership | No title change |
| Modern Court Governance | New course |
| Operations Management | Essential Components |
| Public Relations | Court Community Communication |
| Visioning & Strategic Planning | No title change |
Certification candidates may take courses through National Programs, ICM partnerships, the CMP Licensee Program and/or the CMP Consortium. Participants may contact their state Administrative Office of the Courts to learn if their state is either part of the CMP Consortium or the CMP Licensee Program. All six of the CCM courses are also available in a distance learning environment. Those interested in the CCE program also have the option of completing certification requirements by attending the ICM Fellows Program Residential CCE Phase (application required) held annually in June at NCSC Headquarters.
It is ICM's policy that participants seeking program certification from ICM complete their course of study within a 7-year timeframe for each of the following two levels of certification -- Level One (CCM) and Level Two (CCE).