APT's Tutor Accreditation.
Below are the different levels of accreditation that you can achieve.
Assistant Tutor
This is the grade designed to recognize people who, while not consultant psychologists or similar (the default grade for APT tutors) are talented people an organization would want to have in a teaching role, often for a specific course. Assistant tutors are not permitted to run APT courses on their own, but are licensed to assist and teach alongside an APT-Accredited tutor.
APT Accredited Tutor
This grade is for senior clinicians (experienced clinical psychologists or similar) with an aptitude for teaching and developing people, and means that you are accredited to run APT courses on subjects you know about. (Although the courses are well-established it's advisable to confine yourself to subjects you know about because there are often question slightly to one side of the course itself.) To gain Level 1 accreditation you need to have the required c.v. and references, and sit and pass APT’s online eLearning course on becoming a tutor. (Free of charge.) At that point you are awarded a provisional license, which is confirmed when you have run three inhouse courses successfully.
APT Accredited Tutor, Level 2
This is the level of accreditation that an accredited APT tutor might reasonably aim to achieve, and means that you have tutored at least 10 APT courses alone, and have achieved a very high, measured standard, with only occasional 'issues; a significant achievement.
APT Accredited Tutor, Level 3
This is the most senior level of accreditation, and signifies that the person named has tutored more than 100 APT courses to a remarkably high, measured, standard. It is reasonable to regard this as a significant professional accolade.
The tutor application process.
There are 6 steps:
1. Check your eligibility.
2. Apply by submitting your abbreviated curriculum vitae.
3. If your brief c.v. is suitable, we will ask you to submit the names of two referees.
4. If your references are suitable, you sit a short online course (free of charge) all about how to present APT courses and the standards required.
5. When you pass the exam at the end of that course, you can then run your chosen APT course, normally in your own organisation. The course has the full workbooks, certification and APT-accreditation for the delegates on the courses.
6. When you have run 3 such courses to the required APT standard then you are accepted as an APT Tutor, and at that point (but not before) can describe yourself as such on your CV and elsewhere.
