CPTP Professional Trainer Certificate

The CPTP Professional Trainer Certificate program is intended for novice training and development professionals or subject matter experts for whom training is a secondary duty.

The Professional Trainer Certificate program will guide you through a series of courses and assignments to cultivate the skills necessary to develop a firm foundation in instructional design and facilitation.

The Professional Trainer Certificate program is a cohort model in which you will progress through the program together as one group. Each cohort is led by Talent Development Specialists - your PTC Coaches - to ensure you receive consistent, personalized feedback. The cohort model, also, creates opportunities to engage and to network with other training professionals.

The program addresses two areas of training: Instructional Design and Facilitation. All of the assignments and course material builds to help participants succeed in the Capstone Project at the end of the program.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Participants may not self-enroll for the CPTP Professional Trainer Certificate program due to the limited number of participants in each cohort. To reserve a seat, please call 225-342-8539 or email _SCS-CPTP@la.gov.
  • Candidates can complete the program in as little as one year but will be allowed a total of two years to complete the program.
  • Cohort course dates will be scheduled in advance so participants can adjust schedules well in advance. Missing a course could affect your completion date since courses are scheduled in a prescribed order.
CPTP Professional Trainer Certificate (enrolled before May 2018)

The CPTP Professional Trainer Certificate is intended for novice training and development professionals or subject matter experts for whom training is a secondary duty.

The Professional Trainer Certificate provides a firm foundation in both instructional design and live-instruction delivery. Courses in the program cover learning theory, design theory, content sequencing, classroom techniques and more. The certificate contains the following content areas:

BLOCK 1: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

This block includes four web-based training courses (WBT) and one instructor-led course. The courses may be completed in any order.

The following courses are included in the Instructional Design block:

CPTP Adult Learning Principles WBT
CPTP Working with SMEs WBT
CPTP Creating PowerPoint Presentations WBT
CPTP Basics of Instructional Design
CPTP Designing Engaging Visuals WBT

BLOCK 2: INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY

This block contains a total of seven courses, of which five are web-based and two are instructor-led.

The following courses are included in the Instructional Delivery block:

CPTP Preparing to Train WBT
CPTP Emotional Intelligence 1 WBT
CPTP Diversity Awareness 2016 WBT
CPTP Customer Service Overview WBT
CPTP Conflict Management WBT (is a required prerequisite of the instructor-led course CPTP Conflict Management)
CPTP Conflict Management
CPTP Train the Trainer

Once all courses in Blocks 1 and 2 are complete, the participant must complete a 2-part assessment. The assessment components are listed in Block 3 below:

BLOCK 3: ASSESSMENT
CPTP Professional Trainer Knowledge Exam WBT

*****PLEASE NOTE: PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT SELF-ENROLL FOR THE KNOWLEDGE EXAM. PLEASE CONTACT CPTP FOR ENROLLMENT.*****

CPTP Professional Trainer Capstone - The Capstone course consists of the delivery of a timed demonstration lesson, followed by a panel interview.