Certified Dialogue Education Teacher (CDET) FAQs

A. What is a Certified Dialogue Education Teacher?

The Global Learning Partners’ Certified Teacher designation recognizes individuals who have demonstrated their proficiency as Dialogue Education Practitioners and who are prepared to teach GLP’s Dialogue Education courses under an individual or organizational license for a 2-year period. Certification is renewable every 2 years.

B. How do I become a CDET?

Twice a year, GLP will consider expanding our cadre of CDETs. We will approach only those candidates who have been DEPs with GLP in good standing for at least one year and who have expressed interest via the following application process.

1. Complete any two of the following courses: Advanced Learning Design, Learning Evaluation by Design, Advanced Facilitation Skills (pending) or another upcoming GLP Dialogue Education course.
   NOTE: The Teacher Certification course has been replaced with on-the-job mentoring.

2. Submit a CDET Application Form that lists the courses you have taken, an updated resume, two references, and a plan for how you will generate opportunities for teaching Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach or other GLP Dialogue Education courses through your current professional and personal networks.

3. Submit either a second original design that models a DE approach OR an article on your experience using DE for publication in the Voices in Dialogue e-newsletter or another publication.

4. Pay a non-refundable CDET Application Fee of $250. To honor your investment of time, GLP will review your application package in light of GLP’s current and expected needs at this point, and recommend whether you should proceed with the process at this point or not.

Upon acceptance into the CDET process, the balance of the mentoring cost of $3,000 will be paid either directly by you, and/or covered from fees charged to a client as part of a GLP course (see next step).

5. Successful mentoring with a GLP Partner or designee by:




• Co-teaching two self-initiated courses that you organize with a client and GLP. If you bring the client to GLP, you are eligible to be paid at current GLP rates provided that GLP’s course and mentoring costs are covered by the contract or a licensing fees.



~OR~
• Co-teaching one self-initiated course and one GLP-initiated course as an unpaid teacher-mentee. GLP cannot guarantee a mentored teaching opportunity, but will do its best to accommodate all candidates.

In either case, you will receive a total of up to 2.5 days of personal mentoring from a GLP Partner or designee through coaching during the mentored teaching courses, design development of a DE-based course, and /or creating your own Dialogue Education development plan.


6. Complete the Mentored Teaching Feedback Process at least twice and submit your Mentored Teaching Feedback Forms for each session and a Next Steps for Professional Development Form.

C. How will Teacher Certification be granted?

Please understand that completing the above steps does not assure certification. Rather, completion is contingent on successful demonstration of Dialogue Education teaching skills, knowledge and attitudes. Certification will remain with the GLP Certification Committee (CC), who will decide in light of the application’s merits, applicant’s self appraisal, the mentoring feedback and recommendations by the mentor.

New CDETs will be announced at the Spring and Fall Partnership Meetings and in the Spring and Fall issue of our Voices in Dialogue e-newsletter.

D. What are the benefits of this Certified Teacher designation with GLP?

1. You develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes that support the effective teaching of Dialogue Education with comfort and agility.

2. You receive up to 2½ days of mentoring by experienced CDETs to support and prepare you to develop your own professional practice as a learning designer and teacher with GLP and on your own through license.

3. You are entitled to teach in-house sessions of Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach under an individual or organizational license with GLP.
   NOTE: All public sessions of GLP’s Dialogue Education courses will be organized exclusively by GLP.




4. You are honored and recognized as a GLP CDET and receive a 2-year certificate.

5. Your certification is announced in Voices in Dialogue e-newsletter.

6. Your name and biography is posted as a certified teacher on our website: www.globalearning.com.

7. Your organization’s website address is reciprocally linked to www.globalearning.com.

8. Your name is included in our press releases to professional trade publications, and we provide you with announcements for your local press.

In addition, as a CDET, you may:

• submit an original design for review by GLP Partners at a 10% discounted rate; your design may be designated as a “Featured Design”.
• receive a 10% discount on additional GLP courses, and the Dialogue Education Institute (DEI).
• be priority in receiving new GLP services like online tutorials, our upcoming online design forum, etc.
• be invited to teach at the Dialogue Education Institute.
• have first priority to take part in online tutorials, and special GLP Dialogue Education Retreats.
• be called upon by GLP for consulting or teaching assignments with GLP (GLP cannot guarantee these paid assignments of course).

E. What must I do to renew my CDET designation?

To remain a CDET, you are required to teach Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach (or another equivalent GLP Dialogue Education course) at least once within the 2 years of your CDET status.

You would also send GLP a full course report with participant feedback forms for any GLP course taught, and 2 references of current clients you have worked with.

You would complete and submit a Renewal Form along with a renewal fee of $100 that re-certifies you for another two years.

A CDET who is inactive and does not stay current with the renewal process by not teaching Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach or equivalent within two years, will automatically become Dialogue Education Practitioners (DEP) for three years. However, an inactive CDET may re-activate her status prior to 4 lapsed years as a CDET by submitting Reactivation form and paying a $200 Reactivation Fee. This will also include an interview by a GLP Partner.

CDETs who have not taught, renewed or reactivated their status for 4 years or more, must redo the full CDET process to become certified.

F. What happens to current Certified Teachers given this new process?

The new CDET status replaces the previous “Certified Teacher” and “Master Teacher” designations. Individuals who have been certified under these two previous designations will automatically become CDETs for an initial 2-year period.

After 2 years, they will be invited to renew their CDET status according to the established protocol described in this document or choose to remain a DEP for another three year period.

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