CAL-F

Certified Action Learning Facilitator

Awarded upon completion of the Work-Based Action Learning programme focusing on Action Learning & Reflective Practice.

CWBL-P

Certified Work-Based Learning Practitioner

Requires completion of the Implementing Work-Based Change Programme with action learning modules and work-based project.

CWAL-P

Certified Work-Applied Learning Practitioner

Advanced certification including modules on organisational change and knowledge management building on CWBL-P.

CWAL-CA

Certified WAL Change Advisor

The highest level requiring all preceding modules plus a practitioner research proposal and project completion.

Certification Pathway

Progress through the levels as you develop your WAL expertise

1

CAL-F - Certified Action Learning Facilitator

Complete: Work-Based Action Learning Programme (Action Learning & Reflective Practice)

2

CWBL-P - Certified Work-Based Learning Practitioner

Complete: Implementing Work-Based Change Programme (Action Learning modules + Work-Based Project)

3

CWAL-P - Certified Work-Applied Learning Practitioner

Complete: Additional modules on Organisational Change and Knowledge Management

4

CWAL-CA - Certified WAL Change Advisor

Complete: All preceding modules + Practitioner Research Proposal and Project

GCWAL-ALARA Alliance

GCWAL has established a strategic partnership with the Action Learning, Action Research Association Ltd (ALARA), formed in 1991. The alliance focuses on joint initiatives in organisational change through action learning and research methodologies.

Co-Badging Benefits

  • Certifications recognised by both GCWAL and ALARA
  • One year complimentary ALARA membership for programme participants
  • Associate Fellow status (fee-waived) for 8+ month programme completers
  • Access to ALARA resources and community
ALARA — Action Learning Action Research Association ALARA — Action Learning Action Research Association

Action Learning Action Research Association

  • • 9 World Congresses hosted
  • • 20+ Australasian conferences
  • • Numerous workshops since 1991

Quality Assurance of Certifications

Select modules comprising our WAL Change programmes were accredited and granted credit status at postgraduate level for a period of 6 years by Middlesex University in 2014, Leeds Trinity University in 2018, and Australian Institute of Business in 2021. Such credit status is evidence of the recognition of GCWAL's academic standards by these institutions of higher learning. Additional recognition is demonstrated by the co-badging by ALARA with GCWAL of the Certificates of Completion awarded to participants who have completed the WAL Change programmes.

Having had the recognition from the institutions mentioned above, GCWAL has decided to have its own WAL Practitioner Certifications as listed above for participants in the WAL Change programmes who meet the standards equivalent to these institutions. The quality standards of WAL Change programmes and the award of the WAL Practitioner Certifications will be monitored by the Practitioner Certification Panel (PCP).

Practitioner Certification Panel

Prof Jonathan Garnett

Chair

Academic and Research Director, GCWAL, and former Professor of Work Based Knowledge at Middlesex University.

Prof Erwin Loh

Panel Member

President Elect, Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators; Chief Medical Officer, Goulburn Valley Health.

Dr Paul Jurman

Panel Member

Certified Chief Information Officer, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

Colin Bradley

Panel Member

President, Action Learning Action Research Association Inc.

Dr Rajesh Johnsam

Panel Member

Senior Lecturer in Human Resources, Flinders University.

Dr Param Abraham

Panel Member

Managing Principal – Change Advisor, Global Centre for Work Applied Learning.

Programme Licensing

Learn more about GCWAL's WAL Programme Licensing arrangement.

View WAL Programme Licensing