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Stackable Career Development Framework

ATD's Stackable Career Development Framework

Your Personalized Professional Development Pathway

Build the Learning Path That's Right for You

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ATD Career Development Stack Framework
ATD strategically aligns its professional development offerings in the career development stack framework to help people achieve next-level career growth.

ATD's Stackable Framework allows you to combine your skills and years of experience to find the path that's right for you, saving you time and propelling your career forward.

Using real-world examples and breaking out our Stackable Framework model into segments, Holly Batts, MS, CAE, PMP walks you step-by-step through how the framework works for you and how building your credentials creates a proven path to success.

A stackable credential is “part of a sequence of credentials that can be accumulated over time to build up an individual’s qualifications and help them to move along a career pathway or up a career ladder to different and potentially higher-paying jobs.” ( U.S. Department of Labor)

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Find Your Place in the Stack
Just Brushing Up
Our live, online workshops and on-demand modules are perfect for those looking to brush up on skills, gain focused experience in a specified talent development area, or gain knowledge by learning on their own time.

Resting on a base supported by The ATD Competency Model, our on-demand courses, live-online courses, and webcasts provide an opportunity for learning and continued enrichment for professionals at all levels of their careers. These offerings are all online, eliminating the need for travel and giving you the flexibility to drop in virtually at any time, from any place.

Live, Online Workshops
On-Demand Modules
I Know Some Things
The next step in the framework is ATD Certificate programs. These are classroom-based, online, or on-site offerings that focus on comprehensive skills and concepts. Many of the certificates count toward the continuing education requirements of ATD Certifications, as well as those of SHRM and HRCI.

Certificate Programs
I'm Ready to Show What I Know
The popular ATD Masters Series is a collection of assessment-based certificate programs focused on mastery of one area of expertise. They include a knowledge assessment and final project. Successful completion of a qualified ATD Masters program will allow you to test out of certain areas of the Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) exam and, coming later in 2018, the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) Knowledge Exam.

ATD Masters Series
I Want to Stand Out From the Crowd (3+ Years)
At this point in your career, you've been around and seen some things. You're ready for the Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD). With eligibility, assessment, and recertification, this certification proves you know your stuff!

The APTD covers three primary areas of expertise from The ATD Competency Model, and can be a stepping-stone to the CPLP for some learners or a destination for others.

Earning the APTD certification can significantly help early-career professionals prove their knowledge of talent development, and will enable a practitioner to test out of the three primary areas of expertise on the CPLP Knowledge Exam.

Learn more about the APTD
I'm an Expert! (5+ Years)
You're an expert in your field and you're ready to prove it!

The CPLP remains the industry’s premier talent development certification. It includes a Knowledge Exam covering all 10 areas of expertise from the competency model and an in-depth Skills Application Exam. Recertification to maintain both the CPLP and the APTD is required, and is accomplished by earning continuing education points.

Learn more about the CPLP
Which one sounds like you?
ATD's training model allows for flexibility and advancement at any stage and an array of industries.
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Beth, Training Specialist, 2.5 years
An ATD Masters Series Program will prepare her for the APTD and showcase her knowledge skills.

Currently Beth is a Training Specialist who assists senior staff with developing and delivering training. She wants to move into a Leadership position within Training and Development.

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Mike, Sr. Emergency Medical Technician, 4.5 Years
The APTD will establish credibility and distinguish himself as a trainer and leader.

Mike is an EMT that spends 50% of his time creating and delivering in-service training for his entire squad. He wants to become Crew chief/Captain and ensure his team has up-to-date skills.

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Pat, Independent Contractor, 10 years
A CPLP will help establish instant credibility and showcase her background.

As an independent contractor, Pat needs a certification in order to establish instant credibility to win more TD contracts to grow her business as a Performance Consultant.

Dig Deeper into the Stacks
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ATD is here to help with every stage in your educational pursuits. Not only can you access training and certification, you can browse our extensive variety of resources for information, best practices, career and skill advice, and much more!
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  • APTD Certification
    Learn more about preparing for and earning the APTD Certification.
  • APTD Learning System
    The APTD Learning System includes content and practice questions for each of the three Areas of Expertise covered by the exam.
  • ATD Competency Model
    Explore the three areas of the ATD Competency Model: Instructional Design, Training Delivery, and Learning Technologies.
  • APTD 2019 Certification Handbook
    A complete guide to APTD policies and procedures.
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