Wanda & Valerie

Creating Training Exemplars for the CPP exam

Certification is the most common, well-known and

respected professional credential. Clients seek out

credentialed professionals, and people recognize

certification as a sign that you are an authority in your

field. Therefore it makes sense to be a Certified Payroll

Professional.

Major Project for Graduate Degree Completion

Context

American Payroll Association certification is a valuable, objective credential that verifies a specified level of knowledge, skills, and abilities in the payroll profession.

• Over 24,000 members of the APA nationwide

• 150 Affiliated local Chapters

• Approx. 100 members of the Toledo APA

The purpose of this project is to develop an exemplar set of training

materials for the Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) Exam.

The audience will be payroll professionals seeking knowledge who

are qualified to take the CPP exam.

Module Components

Wiki –Course and

Instructor Guide

Comprehensive Course Outline

Placeholder

for each

module

Teacher

Guide

Module Components

Exemplar Modules Include

Overview Introduction

Pretest

Learning Objectives

Presentation Coaching Activities

(practice and games)

Integration Activity

(practical application)

Posttest

Module Components

Analysis

Passed Exam in last 5 years

Career in Payroll

Feedback

Technical Review Panel

Module Components

Design

In Class Type Sessions

Online Sessions

•comprehensive study guides and games •overview fact sheet, learning objectives and activity/discussion for each appropriate module segment.

Module Components

Develop

Wiki and Website

Development

Online games

The learner can practice at home outside of the study group

Module Components

Implement

Instruct/Pilot

Pre tests and Practice

Tests

Posttests

Module Components

Evaluate

User Training

Subject matter expert

Technical Review Panel

Linda Werts, CPP and President of the Toledo Chapter of the APA

APA Exam Content

Accounting

Anticipated Timeline

Develop Module

Toledo APA Approval

Evaluate with Review Panel

Input module into Toledo

APA Website

Finalize Project