Following changes in the ownership structure of the SNLP, Peter Freeth is now an owner and certifying lead. This page shares the new updated SNLP Trainer certification process.
Stage 1
During the training, you will work through a number of practical activities and complete a total of 8 written assignments.
Following the training, you will deliver the following:
A training plan for NLP Practitioner
Delivery of a NLP based training session of at least one hour which will be observed. The observation should be in-person or via live video. If this is not feasible then a recorded session may be acceptable.
The training delivery could be the first hour of NLP Practitioner training or it could also be a short presentation. You could deliver a 'NLP taster session' or 'Introduction to NLP' or anything else as long as the NLP content is clearly visible. It does not necessarily need to be described to your students or audience as NLP but the NLP principles need to be clearly visible for assessment. For example, you could teach a 'Squash' and call it something else but the steps of the technique would be clear. Or it can be the first hour of a full Practitioner training.
Following the training demonstration, we'll have a feedback conversation.
If you achieve the required standard, you will be granted Trainer Associate certification. You will be able to deliver NLP Practitioner training but you cannot sign certificates for your students and their assessment must be supervised by your Master Trainer.
If you don't yet achieve the standard then you'll have clear feedback to act upon so that you can resubmit at any time. There is no cost for resubmission.
Stage 2
You will deliver a full NLP Practitioner training under supervision. If you achieve the required standard and the training hours requirement, you will then achieve full Trainer certification. You can then assess and certify your own students and deliver any SNLP certified training at Practitioner and Master Practitioner levels.
There is no additional cost for this, in contrast to the $400 certification fee that was charged under the original SNLP process.
Certification
When you certify students, you send a list of names and the course title for the certificates. You'll then receive printed certificates back in the post with gold stickers on and a unique certificate number.
The cost for this is £25 per certificate.
This is in contrast to the $100 certification fee that was charged under the original SNLP process.
If a student loses their certificate, there is no cost for a duplicate (in contrast to the $400 certification fee that was charged under the original SNLP process).
In some circumstances, the Trainer might be able to buy a block of stickers and print certificates locally, for example if the volume of certificates and the location made postal delivery impractical.
Renewal
The SNLP certification must then be renewed every 4 years by completing the following steps:
Send evidence of training delivery over the previous 4 years
Share a sample video of training delivery which could be anything to an audience - a presentation at work, a talk to a local group, anything which contains the principles that you've learned during the training and illustrates your continuous development.
Submit a 200 word reflective statement which outlines how your knowledge and practice of learning design and deliver continues to evolve.
There is no cost for recertification, this process is only important to maintain quality and consistency.
This is in contrast to the $400 recertification fee that was charged under the original SNLP process.