How to Become an Instructor Trainer or Trainer Educator

Per the SEIC Policy Manual, to become an ACA Instructor Trainer, an ACA Instructor must:

1. Submit the Instructor Trainer Candidate (ITC) Registration Form
2. Complete the Instructor Trainer Candidate Online Self Study
3. Receive email confirmation from the SEI Department that you are eligible to begin the Instructor Trainer process prior to conducting your first co-teach of an IDW/ICE or ICW
4. Participate in an Instructor Trainer Development Workshop (ITDW) or co-teach an IDW and ICE with either an IT or an ITE. An ITDW is required for newly developed disciplines
5. Prior to leading an IDW/ICE, the IT Candidate and the supervising ITE will both confirm with the SEI Department the IT Candidate’s eligibility for certification
6. After co-teaching an IDW/ICE or completing an ITDW, IT Candidates must satisfactorily lead at least one IDW and ICE, with assistance and direct oversight by an Instructor Trainer Educator (ITE). The final leading of an IDW and ICE may be repeated as needed for successful completion of the IT mentoring process;
   • IT candidates cannot be “continued”
   • Only one IT Candidate can receive Co-Teach credit for each IDW/ICE
   • Only one IT Candidate can receive Lead Teach credit for each IDW/ICE
7. When the IT Candidate has led an IDW and ICE under the direct supervision of their mentoring ITE, the IT Candidate shall submit an official IT Application Form within 30 days of the lead-teach course completion. In addition to a letter from the mentoring ITE, two additional ACA Instructor or Instructor Trainer recommendation letters are required. At least one of the two additional letters must be from an Instructor or IT in the IT Candidate’s discipline.
8. The IT Candidate’s application will be reviewed by the SEI Department, with final certification approved by majority vote of the SEIC Standards Committee and the appropriate discipline chair.

• IT Candidate Registration Form
• IT Candidate Online Self Study
• IT Application Form
• ITE Application Form

Note: In addition to annual ACA membership dues, the SEIC dues for an Instructor Trainer are $110 per year.

Those wishing to become an ACA Instructor Trainer Educator (ITE) must have served as an Instructor Trainer in good standing in the discipline of application for at least two (2) years prior to application and have conducted and reported four properly reported courses at a minimum to include:

• At least one Skills Course or Assessment Course
• At least one Instructor Update
• At least two IDW/ICEs at the highest level of certification

ITE candidates must have attended an ACA instructional clinic conducted by an IT in another discipline.

ITE candidates are encouraged to certify in a second ACA discipline or another outdoor recreational field.

• ITE Application Form

Note: In addition to annual ACA membership dues, the SEIC dues for an Instructor Trainer Educator are $110 per year.