Managing Learning Programs Certificate

• Understand the current and evolving role of the learning manager in challenging environments.

• Establish a vision by creating a compelling picture of how the learning function improves business performance and enables execution of organizational strategy and partner with business leaders to advocate improving performance through learning.

• Establish strategies; develop long-range learning, development, and human performance initiatives to implement the vision; understand what drives business and how the learning function can best add value.

• Understand the best practices in needs assessment methodologies and learning needs identification, adult learning theory, learning design theory, learning technologies, learning information systems, and marketplace resources.

• Run the learning function like a business by converting strategies into action plans reconciled with real-life constraints, develop and monitor budgets, and understand staffing and resource deployment.

• Get empowered to partner with business leaders and advocate for learning as a catalyst for performance improvement.

• Develop a long-range road map for learning initiatives to implement the vision, understand what drives business, and show how talent development can best add value.

• Run talent development like a business. Convert strategies into real-world action plans, develop budgets, and understand staffing and resource deployment.

This program is designed for professionals who implement learning and development initiatives or those who are about to undertake this key organizational role.

ATD Education programs are designed primarily for learning professionals—trainers, instructional designers, and organizational development practitioners—but also greatly benefit anyone within an organization who is responsible for developing others, from managers to human resources specialists.

To receive the certificate of completion and continuing education credits, participation in all originally scheduled days of the program, including both face-to-face and live online formats, and completion of all coursework and a program evaluation are mandatory.

Face-to-Face Programs:

• Participants who miss more than two hours of the entire program will not be eligible to receive the certificate.

• Make-up policy: There is no make-up policy for face-to-face programs.

Live Online Programs:

• ATD requires active participation throughout the program to receive credit. Active participation in live online sessions includes, but is not limited to, participating in virtual classroom activities, discussions, breakout sessions, and intersession work.

• Make-up policy: You can miss and make up one session* by listening to a session recording. Instructions for reporting make-up sessions are posted on ATD’s learning platform.

*For live online programs with full-day sessions, you can miss a maximum of three and a half hours and must make up the time by listening to the recording.

Let us help you upskill your team. We offer three options:

1. Purchase course seats in bulk and save. Enroll three or more participants and receive a discount.

2. Schedule a private team training – in-person or virtually. You select the optimal course location, time zone, and duration.

3. Customize this course for your team. Work with our design team to address the specific needs of your team.