Professional Development

PowerPath has a variety of professional development opportunities for direct-service staff, supervisors, administrators, participants, volunteers, and community partners. 

Attending a Certification course and earning a PowerPath Basic or Professional Certificate is critical for accurate and effective implementation of the PowerPath system.  Certification is required for individuals using the PowerPath system.  Holding a PowerPath Certificate ensures accountability and accuracy.   Only currently certified users we be supported and backed by the TLP Group.

The PowerPath system relies on research and best practices from an array of disciplines: education, the brain and learning, persistence research, psychology and human development, living systems theory, cognitive therapy, neuro-psychology, human resource development, customer service, behavioral healthcare, counseling, and workforce development.  PowerPath's professional development options focus on the knowledge and skills from each of these disciplines in supporting the holistic needs of the students, clients, and workers.

The 'Innovating Learning: PowerPath Certification Course' is designed to build the theoretical knowledge and research-based skills needed to implement the components of the PowerPath system.  The coursework and certification process ensures accurate implementation of research-based best practices leading to innovations in education service delivery systems, increased learner and employee persistence, increases in learning gains and goal attainment.  Learning, practicing, and demonstrating implementation of the elements in the PowerPath System is critical to maximizing PowerPath's impact and outcomes in education, employment training, or workplace settings.

Both certification series, Basic or Professional, are delivered locally or regionally.   For more information on hosting or attending a Innovating Learning Course please contact the TLP Group offices.

Individuals who hold a Professional Certificate are also eligible to become a PowerPath Coach to offer the Innovating Learning: PowerPath Course to local organizations.

PowerPath Certification Submission Forms

When deciding who should attend the Transforming Learning Course at either the Basic or Professional Level, it is critical that a team attend the course.  Direct-service staff, supervisors, and administrators together make-up a strong program/site team. 

Administrative Sessions are a vital component of the course.  Each of the three-day sessions close with a half-day Administrative Session focusing on the leadership and managerial aspects to implement PowerPath as a tool for systemic change.  Administrators participate in meaningful dialogues about improving service delivery based upon research-based best practices while discoursing on the specific administrative roles that can impact participant and programmatic outcomes.  In the Administrative sessions, administrators discuss customized implementation models, staff support, and the use of PowerPath's data in analyzing program growth and gaps.

Two Follow-up sessions and a site visit complete the Transforming Learning Course.

In Follow-up I - programs share their outcome data and draft implementation plans.  In Follow-up II, programs present their version of a Success Course along with their final

implemenation Plans.

PowerPath's Participatory Learning, the facilitation skills needed to create learning communities, are modeled transparently throughout the Transforming Learning Course.

In Follow-up II, participants practice these skills and discuss their successes using these skills to create their own learning communities.

Participating programs are trained in two in-service trainings;  Share the Power and the Learner & Tutor Training.


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