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World Citizen Alliance was founded in 2019 by Jessie Lin Brown (Taiwan) and Lewena Bayer (Canada).  The organization is an independent, for-profit, training, certification and civility services company. www.worldcitizenallianceonline.com The purpose of the organization is to support individuals who wish to foster civility through practicing and teaching World Citizen concepts. The “World Citizen” concept provides an opportunity for people all around the globe to expand their world view, become continuous learners, challenge perceptions, embrace cultural differences, and learn about how civility, humanity, service, and kindness can ensure that each of us, our families, friends, co-workers, communities, and neighbors around the world, can live and learn about each other and about the incredible world around us.

As a certified trainer, you will have the opportunity to contribute in a positive way to the shifting of a global mindset that incorporates aspects of humanity, collaboration and innovative learning. WCA along with the network of partners and strategic alliances to promote the World Citizen concepts to schools, organizations, and leaders all over the world. This opens up opportunities for certified trainers to teach the programs in their communities and countries and potentially to work as part of the WCA global team training trainers, writing curriculum, leading Masterclasses, taking on team roles, etc.

As a certified individual, you will have the opportunity to contribute in a positive way to the shifting of a global mindset that incorporates aspect of humanity, collaboration and innovative learning. All programs are designed based on 21^st century competencies. These are the soft skills that everyone should have in both personal and professional life development of the 21^st century. It helps you sharpen your competitive edge by improving your communication skills, emotional intelligence, global awareness etc.

WCA offers Certifications in several streams for both trainers/teachers and the general public:  

• Certificate in World Citizen for Children & Youth
• Certificate in World Citizen for Business
• Certificate in World Citizens
• Certificate in World Citizen for Civilized Service
• Certificate in World Citizen for Leadership Roles

There are four levels of certification:

Level 1: Certified Trainer                   Level 2: Professional Trainer

Level 3: Senior Trainer                       Level 4: Master Trainer

Note: to be eligible for admittance into Level 2 in any stream, you MUST complete the Level 1 Certificate for World Citizen, as well as Level 1 Certificate in the same stream you wish to achieve Level 2 for.

There are three levels of certification except for World Citizen:

• Certificate in World Citizen for Children & Youth (Level 1, 2 and 3)
• Certificate in World Citizen for Business (Level 1, 2 and 3)
• Certificate in World Citizens (Practitioner, Advancer, Achiever and Ambassador)
• Certificate in World Citizen for Civilized Service (Level 1, 2 and 3)
• Certificate in World Citizen for Leadership Roles (Level 1, 2 and 3)

All Level 1 programs are available now.

Trainers: Requirements vary by program stream and certification level, however generally, e.g., for Level 1, requirements include:

– letter of interest                                  – resume or academic record

– references (for some programs)       – other requirements may apply, please see individual fliers

General Public: No requirements

To become a Level 1 Certified Trainer, you must complete the required number of program hours. For Level 1 programs the requirement is 24 hours including: 16 hours mandatory online pre-recorded training, 8 hours required webinars (live), 4 hours optional webinars (e.g., may include exam preparation), and you must pass an exam. 

You must complete the required number of program hours. For Level 1 programs the requirement is 6 hours including: 4 hours mandatory online pre-recorded training, 2 hours required webinar (live), 2 hours optional webinars (e.g., may include exam preparation), and you must pass an exam. 

Trainers: Usually it will take 2-4 days for live training and 30 days for online training.

General Public: It will take 1 day for live training and 30 days for online training.

You will use the new knowledge and skills in various ways depending on the work you do and your intentions for taking the course, for example, some graduates may use the training to:

– use the ready-to-use lesson plans (provided with each level of certification) in their own business, e.g., teachers, trainers, consultants, business owners

– lead group discussions on or offline

– teach others World Citizen concepts, either formally or informally

– use the knowledge to further develop their own work, writing, or contribution to community, e.g., in a leadership role

– lead by example, e.g., some people simply want the training for personal development

– develop a team or mindset e.g., in an organization or workplace. The concepts could be incorporated into organization mission, mandate or values. – reference sources or resources or concepts for related topics, e.g., civility, peace, civil dialogue, culture, thinking skills, travel, service etc.

The program was co-created by Jessie Lin Brown and Lewena Bayer – two well-established Civility Entrepreneurs and change-makers who lead in the training industry in this topic area. The purpose of the program was to make training tools, lessons, certification, concepts and related supports available at an affordable price, in an accessible way, to individuals all over the world who have interest in making the world even a tiny bit better.

There is a cost and it includes an exam fee. Please check https://worldcitizenallianceonline.com/ for more detailed information.

At present, all online programs are in English. Some materials and support will be provided in Chinese. And for groups or special requests, there may be options for additional languages to be available.

You will take the exam right after the program completion (30 days). The exam will be online.

When you sign up for a course, you are automatically registered for the exam. You must pass the exam to receive a certificate of completion and a passing score is required to move on to the next level of certification.

Trainers have two-hour exam time for 50 multiple choice questions in each program. They are open book exams.

General Public has one-hour exam time for 35 multiple choice questions.

It costs USD$49 to retake the exam.