Accelerated Learning
Certified Trainer

In 1978, UNESCO announced that Suggestopedia, the roots of Accelerated Learning (AL) as we know it today, had the potential to rid the world of illiteracy and raise the standards of education around the world.
They advised the thorough training of teachers and the highest standards of teacher/trainer development. Up until Germany’s pioneer work in 1991, there was no model, there were no standards or recognized processes to develop AL teachers and trainers. There were individuals and organizations doing excellent work, and there were some who simply called what they were doing Accelerated Learning without any real knowledge and skill. In 2001, the International Alliance for Learning created the standards and guidelines for a three level certification process.

Why Certification?
Why Standards?

A rigorous and widely accepted certification process enables teachers and facilitators to achieve the amazing results possible for learners and ensures that high standards are maintained. It also builds trust and supports the public in knowing what Accelerated Learning as a "praxis" is and what it is not. When people experience excellent AL teaching and facilitating, word spreads and it becomes more widely available to school children, corporate learners and others. The standards in development and the certification process become the catalyst for a learning revolution.

A rigorous and widely accepted certification process enables teachers and facilitators to achieve the amazing results possible for learners and ensures that high standards are maintained. It also builds trust and supports the public in knowing what Accelerated Learning as a "praxis" is and what it is not. When people experience excellent AL teaching and facilitating, word spreads and it becomes more widely available to school children, corporate learners and others. The standards in development and the certification process become the catalyst for a learning revolution.

DALC, building on the work of IAL, is continuing the certification and standards work. Our internationally recognized certification process provides you with three levels of certification.

The AL Certification Committee is pleased to be able to share with you the results of our committee’s efforts. We used a modified Delphi Method to arrive at our conclusions. The Delphi Method is a process—some would call exhaustive-- by which a group of people living in far-flung locations reach consensus around the topic of discussion. In this case, we borrowed from the International Alliance for Learning, and from the German Certification program and from the results of Charlotte LeHecka’s dissertation study to create the original instrument. That instrument was sent to seven AL leaders, who then participated in the Delphi process. Three levels of certification were recommended.

The Practitioner level

provides a mastery of the techniques, methods and processes that will enable graduates to facilitate their learning programs skillfully. And them to teach with a high level of competency in Accelerated Learning.

To be recognized by DALC, you must attend a certification program facilitated by a DALC recognized Trainer. They have done substantial work and bring with them a broad experience base in designing and facilitating AL based programs.

The Master Practitioner level

enables graduates to create an Accelerated Learning course design that optimizes learning, requires mastery of AL tools and recognizes a master-level teacher.

There are no formal programs focused on achieving Master Practitioner status. DALC has put forth a set of requirements that demonstrate experience in using the methodology successfully and a deep knowledge and skill set in human development and facilitation skills and techniques.

The Trainer level

develops the capacity for an AL Master Practitioner to train others in Accelerated Learning and support them in their journey to become masterful AL practitioners.

The requirements for becoming a trainer of future DALC Practitioners are rigorous and involve both experience (2 years after achieving DALC Practitioner status), personal mastery work, observation of facilitation practice and reflection, and development of emotional/social intelligence (200 hours), as well as the certification or equivalent work in an area of humanistic psychology.

 

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