Scale Your Impact With Educator and Trainer Courses for SIPPS
Whether you are a SIPPS® educator aiming to advance your career by mastering SIPPS instruction or you are an implementation leader looking to empower your educators to develop others and sustain SIPPS organization-wide, we have an educational pathway for you.
SIPPS Educator Certification Course (August 2025)
This asynchronous, self-paced course is designed to prepare educators to teach the SIPPS program. Upon completion of this 8-module course, educators will be awarded a course badge and certified as a SIPPS Educator. Educators will need access to SIPPS program materials and the Learning Portal to engage in the course activities. Graduate course credit is available (for a fee) through an affiliated university.
The SIPPS Educator Certification Course is aligned with the scope, sequence, instructional materials, and guidance of SIPPS, Fifth Edition.
Course Outline (Approximately 18–24 hours)
- Module 0: Welcome and Overview of the Certification Pathway
- Module 1: SIPPS Program Overview
- Module 2: Placement and Grouping
- Module 3: SIPPS Beginning Level
- Module 4: SIPPS Extension Level and SIPPS Plus
- Module 5: Optimizing SIPPS Instruction – Data-Informed Strategies
- Module 6: SIPPS Challenge Level
- Module 7: Correction Routines
- Module 8: Putting It All Together
The cost of this course is $400 per educator.
For Educators Using Third and Fourth Edition SIPPS:
To get the most out of the course and align with the Fifth Edition content, we recommend having access to the following Fifth Edition materials:
- Handheld High-Frequency Word Cards (for one level)
- Handheld Spelling-Sound Cards (for the same level)
- Challenge Vocabulary Supplement (grades 2–12)
BECOME A CERTIFIED SIPPS EDUCATOR
For more information and to begin the enrollment process, click the button on the right.
SIPPS Trainer Certification Course (January 2026)
The SIPPS Trainer Certification Course prepares instructional leaders to facilitate professional learning that supports sustained, organization-wide SIPPS implementation. This intensive one-week course combines five live sessions with self-guided coursework.
Certified Trainers will receive a course badge, membership in an online trainer community and gain access to a curated set of facilitation resources including:
- Accelerating Achievement
- Getting Started with SIPPS
- SIPPS Lesson Structure and Routines
- Guided Practice
- Responsive, Data-Informed Decision Making
The SIPPS Educator Certification Course is aligned with the scope, sequence, instructional materials, and guidance of SIPPS, Fifth Edition. Certification is valid for two years, with a renewal course required to maintain certification. Graduate course credit is available (for a fee) through an affiliated university.
Course prerequisite: SIPPS Certified Educator badge and signed certification agreement.
Course Outline (Approximately 35–40 hours)
- Day 1: Orientation + Getting Started with SIPPS
- AM: Live Session
- PM: Self-Guided Course Work
- Day 2: Facilitation Simulation + SIPPS Lesson Structure and Routines
- AM: Live Session
- PM: Self-Guided Course Work
- Day 3: Facilitation Simulation + SIPPS Guided Practice
- AM: Live Session
- PM: Self-Guided Course Work
- Day 4: Facilitation Simulation + Responsive, Data-Informed Decision Making
- AM: Live Session
- PM: Self-Guided Course Work
- Day 5: Facilitation Simulation + Accelerating Achievement
- AM: Live Session
- PM: Self-Guided Course Work
The cost of this course is $2,500 per educator.
The renewal course cost is $200 per educator every 2 years.