Prepare and listen
Understand each student’s context, responses and priorities.
Catalyst Journey
Help someone find
their own way forward.
Understand the role, the learning and the practice involved in becoming a Catalyst.
Explore certificationSee the pathwayWho is a Catalyst?
Guidance is a practice.
Guide and reflect
Lead conversations, explore options and connect learning with next steps.
Document and follow through
Maintain plans, reports and progress records within shared quality standards.
Who can begin?
Bring your experience.
Develop your guidance skills.
Teachers, counsellors, mentors, parents, community leaders, career changers and people interested in supporting students can explore certification.
Prior career-guidance experience is not required to begin. Readiness for later practice is assessed through the pathway.
Develop a structured approach with the proprietary 7 Cs, practise listening and reflection, and build your judgement through supervision and feedback.
How the journey works
Learn. Practise. Demonstrate readiness.
Certified Catalyst
Learn the foundations
$390 one-time8 weeks
Learn the foundations of guidance, practise the 7 Cs and complete the required assessments.
What you take forward
Explore certificationA structured approach, practice with reflection tools and a certificate on successful completion.
Professional Catalyst
Develop through practice
$100 / month3 months
Eight hours of supervised student practice per month, with observation, reflection and feedback.
What you take forward
Experience applying your learning and feedback on readiness for independent platform guidance.
Global Catalyst
Build your practice
$50 / monthOngoing
Student guidance, documentation and progress review within shared quality standards.
What you take forward
Shared resources and moderator support. Assignments and earnings depend on the applicable agreement.
Let’s explore yours
Explore your path into guidance.
Certification does not guarantee employment, student assignments or earnings. You can complete certification without continuing into later stages.
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