WAL Practitioner Certifications
As stated earlier, our WAL Change Programmes are designed to develop leaders and managers to implement change in their organisations. Provided they complete the plan and implementation reportof their deliverables as well as additional components showing the linkage and rationalisation of their practice with the relevant concepts, they will be awarded the relevant WAL Practitioner Certification.
The WAL Practitioner Certifications will be co-badged by GCWAL and Action Learning Action Research Association Ltd (ALARA).
Holders of the WAL Practitioner Certifications are eligible for advanced standing in Masters level studies at select institutions of higher education in the UK and Australia. Further details are available on request.
The WAL Change programmes and their relevant WAL Practitioner Certifications are as shown below.
- Facilitating Action Learning Teams
- Action Learning and Reflective Practice
Module:
- Certified Action Learning Facilitator
- Implementing Work-Based Change
- Action Learning and Reflective Practice, and
- Work-Based Learning Project
Modules:
- Certified Work-Based Learning Practitioner
- Change using Action Research and Action Learning
- Action Learning and Reflective Practice, and
- Organisational Change through Action Research
Modules:
- Certified Action Research Action Learning Practitioner
- Action Learning and Reflective Practice
- Work-Based Learning Project
- Organisational Change through Action Research
- Organisational Learning for Knowledge Management and Application
Subject to completion of Levels 2 or 3.
Work-Applied Learning for ChangeModules:
- Certified Work-Applied Learning Change Practitioner
- Practitioner Research Proposal
- Practitioner Research Project
Subject to completion of Level 4.
WAL Practitioner Research- Certified Work-Applied Learning Change Advisor
The programmes in Levels 1, 2 and 3 can be done in any order and credit will be given for modules previously completed. However, such credit is subject to applicable time limits.
Individuals who have successfully completed a Masters or Doctorate including a major dissertation/thesis using action research and action learning are eligible to apply to GCWAL for the award of Certified Work-Applied Learning Change Advisor.