Become a Certified Academic Language Practitioner
This opportunity is reserved for those who have completed Payne’s Structured Language Basics course since 2015.
We are currently accepting applications for our 2024-2025 CALP program. If you are interested in taking this enrolling, please review the requirements and submit your application by September 1, 2024.
We need a minimum of 7 attendees for this class to make.
More information about Certified Academic Language Practitioners is available on ALTA’s website here.
What do I have do to complete my Certification?
- Attend Payne’s 5-day Structured Language Basics Course
- Attend 4 Saturday seminars (28 hours) and one Test Prep Day held at Payne Education Center (2 fall, 3 spring)
- Complete 6 demonstration lessons with a Payne Qualified Instructor conducted by video using Sibme
- Log 60 hours of Practicum, 90 40-minute lessons or equivalent
- Pass ALTA’s Competency Exam for MSLE, offered online through Prometrics
What will I be able to do as a CALP?
- Demonstrate knowledge of language development
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of structure of written language
- Demonstrate basic knowledge of dyslexia, written language disorders & other related disorders
- Interpret testing
- Use diagnostic & prescriptive MSL strategies to improve reading, spelling, & written expression
- Apply relevant research in instructional practice
- Use Section 504 & IDEA to guide professional conduct & advocacy
- Follow ethical standards for the profession
- Communicate effectively orally & in writing with colleagues, parents & other professionals
What does this National Certification do for me?
- Provides educators with a highly sought designation
- Elevates the profession of MSL Educators
- Promotes professional expertise to consumers
- Allows state, national, and international certification portability to MSL educators
- Gives states a guideline for potential licensure