The Accent Channel
Accent Specialist Certification Program
Accent Modification Certification Program
Offered for 1.0 ASHA CEUs.
Elevate Your Skills, Empower Your Clients, and
Fast-track Your Career in Accent Training
Transform lives and
create a career you love.
- Help others improve their professional and personal lives by developing confidence in their communication skills
- Work with motivated students who value your expertise and are searching for the skills you offer
- Enjoy the freedom and flexibility of setting your schedule, establishing your own policies, and designing your perfect work-life balance
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Offer your services to a wider audience with workshops, online courses, & more!
Your knowledge is a solid foundation.
Let's take it to the next level.
You know a lot about speech and language, and that’s a great start. Teaching accents, dialects, and pronunciation may require a different set of skills, but it's not impossible to learn them and excel as an instructor in this field.
The demand for accent training is undeniable. It’s a sought-after skill, commanding a high hourly rate from motivated students who are a joy to work with, but figuring out where to start can be confusing and overwhelming!
It’s not easy to find clear guidance about how to design sessions and programs and the struggle to find good teaching materials and resources is real. You can waste a lot of valuable time searching for this information.
Then, there’s the fear. Despite knowing there's a thriving market for accent training and seeing other successful teachers in the field, the fear of not having specific accent and dialect knowledge makes people reluctant to start working with their own students.
As someone with nearly 25 years of experience in this field – I can tell you that you don't need to be an expert in every accent and dialect of English to begin working with students. When I started out, I knew very little! So remember, many successful teachers have started exactly where you are right now.
If you haven't had much experience working with students, of course, you're going to feel uncertain about how to do it all: offer assessments, structure accent training sessions, create engaging accent modification homework activities... There's a lot to learn, so it’s natural to feel unqualified to work in this specialized field, especially when you're just getting started.
BUT…
It's time to recognize the foundational skills that you DO have and start building on those skills to advance your expertise!
That's where Our Accent Specialist Training program comes in.
It’s a program specifically designed for SLPs, SLP-As, ESL teachers, actors, voice coaches, and speech/language enthusiasts who want to offer the specialized skill of accent and pronunciation training.
Since 2020, our program has helped over 200 speech professionals gain the specific knowledge and expertise needed to work with their own students and launch successful accent training businesses.
We will be with you every step of the way as you explore the possibility of working with your own students and running your own accent training business.
Course Description:
Learn to assess, set goals, create lesson plans, structure sessions, develop homework activities, and design training programs using proven techniques.
Troubleshoot common speech challenges for ESL or EAL (English as a second or alternative language) speakers based on their native language/region. You'll also learn to teach regional dialects of American English and how to work with specific populations like actors and corporate clients.
Essential Materials: Intake forms, outlines for assessments, blank evaluation forms, downloadable practice sheets, audio lessons to share with your students, and Google slide presentations to guide you through assessments and sessions so you'll sound like an expert even if you've never worked with a student before.
Teaching scripts: Learn exactly what to say and how to explain sounds and features of American English. Our ready made curriculum will ensure that you know exactly what to say to get your students excited about working with you and motivated to schedule more sessions.
You'll gain a deep understanding of the intricacies of speech patterns, regional and global accents, and cultural nuances, allowing you to better serve your clients and help them achieve their communication goals.
Group discounts are available for 10 or more participants. Please email [email protected] for more information.
Accent Specialist Training program is offered for 1.0 ASHA CEUs
Note that 0.1 ASHA CEU = 1 contact hour.
To receive a Certificate of Training or earn ASHA CEUs, you will need to:
- Watch all required video lessons
- Pass an online, multiple choice quiz with 80% accuracy. You are permitted to retake the quiz until you have achieved a passing score.
- Complete and submit the online course evaluation.
- Complete and submit the online ASHA CEU or CE hour request form
We will then verify your coursework. If you have not met all completion requirements, we will notify you by email.
Partial credit is not available for this course.
This course is open for enrollment and available for earning ASHA CEUs from November 1 2024 - March 31, 2025
If you are a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist earning ASHA CEUs, you will have 1 year from the date of enrollment to earn ASHA CEUs.
Learning Outcomes
After Completing This Course Participants Will Be Able To
- Explain the importance of cultural sensitivity when teaching accents
- Identify the 11 most common goals of speech training programs for non-native speakers
- Describe the 3 main purposes of a Speech Assessment
- Summarize differences between formal and conversational assessments
- Complete the 5 steps of a Speech Assessment
- Present goals and assessment findings to students
- Set goals and create lesson plans based on assessment findings
- Determine the most effective order of goals for personalized speech improvement plans
- Instruct students to pronounce vowels and consonants using General American pronunciation
- Demonstrate American rhythm and intonation patterns
- Design training for vocabulary, idioms, grammar, conversational skills, presentation skills, and voice improvement in response to specific student goals and needs
- Apply practice and training techniques to help students use American sounds and features in conversational speech
- Implement training exercises and provide effective feedback for students
- Develop appropriate speech training activities for 1-to-1 sessions
- Develop homework strategies for students
- Analyze goals based on student's native language
- Integrate training techniques based on individual needs of each student
- Apply basic marketing strategies to find new students
Course content has been reviewed for quality, currency, and effectiveness in assisting learners achieve learning outcomes in compliance with Required Practice 9.13.
What's the refund policy?
Can I earn ASHA CEUs or continuing education hours for this?
Do I need a special certification or licensure to teach accents and dialects?
Do I need to be a native speaker of English?
What if I've never worked with a student before?
How long does it take to complete the program?
Can I Use What I Learn In The Program To Teach Another Accent of English, like British or Australian?
Does this program include training on marketing and finding students?
Will I receive a certificate when I complete the program??
Presenter and Disclosures
Presenter:
Jessica Kijowski, MS, CCC-SLP is an ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist who has spent the last 2 years teaching accents and dialects to award-winning actors, models, voice over artists, corporate executives, lawyers, teachers, diplomats, and professional voice users from all over the world.
After earning a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2000 and completing an internship focused the vocal rehabilitation of actors and singers, Jessica began her career as an Accent and Dialect Specialist at New York Speech Improvement Services and The Sam Chwat Speech Center before opening her own private practice in 2013. She created The Accent Channel in 2015 to offer online speech improvement courses, workshops, and teacher training programs. Jessica has also been an Adjunct Professor of Voice and Diction at New York University.
Presenter Disclosures:
Financial – Jessica Kijowski is creator and owner of The Accent Channel and receives a salary.
Financial – Jessica Kijowski recommends optional products and services in this program and may receive affiliate fees through the Amazon Associates program and the Kajabi Affiliate program if you purchase these products and services using our links.
Non-Financial – Jessica Kijowski has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Content Disclosure:
The content of this online course will focus on learning The Accent Channel Method of Speech Improvement. Other methods of training will be discussed, but not taught.
All materials used for this method are included via download with this program.
Access to download these materials will be available for 1 year after enrollment date. After one year, access will expire and participant will have the option to continue access for a fee.
Intended Audience:
SLPs, ESL Teachers, and other speech and language professionals.
Why Become an Accent Specialist?
High Demand: English is a global language and it’s the most studied language in the world. Approximately 1.5 billion people speak English as a second language, and while not every speaker wants or needs to work on pronunciation, many do, and they are motivated to practice and improve.
An Ideal Side Job: If you’re not ready to give up your day job, accent training can be a wonderful side gig. You can start off by seeing students a few nights a week or on the weekends and build from there. Many students prefer evenings and weekends, allowing you to offer sessions outside of your current job.
High Hourly Rates: Accent training is a specialized service, so the average hourly session rate is high.
Flexible Working Time: The schedule is totally up to you and you don’t need much more than a computer to work with students.
No Certification Needed: Regardless of what anyone tells you, you don't need any type of certification, licensure, or degree to provide accent and pronunciation training. Ongoing training to expand the skills you already have will make you a much better teacher, but it’s not required to do this work.
It’s a great time to be an online teacher. Thanks to COVID, the world has realized that online teaching and coaching is more flexible, more convenient, and just as effective as in-person training. So, if you’ve ever thought about helping people reclaim their speech and communication skills, NOW is the time to get out there and do it.
Accent Specialist + Business Bootcamp
TOTAL TRAINING BUNDLE
$799
Save on Teaching + Marketing
LIFETIME ACCESS
PLUS a 1-year Premium membership to the Speech Coach Collective.
Payment Plan available: Click for info.
✔︎ Learn to assess students and create training programs that get real results
✔︎ Pre-designed curriculum to confidently work with speakers from different language backgrounds
✔︎ Gain in-depth knowledge about various accents of English, including regional dialects
✔︎ Develop the skills to work with specific populations like actors and corporate clients
✔︎ Listen to recordings of real sessions with real students to feel confident that you are doing everything the right way
✔︎ Eligible for a listing in our online Teacher Directory to help you find students
✔︎ Live group meetings twice a month for all questions
✔︎ Mentorship from experienced accent instructors
✔︎ Learn marketing basics that we should have been taught in school.
✔︎ Find qualified students ready to invest in accent training
✔︎ Implement a marketing plan specifically tailored for speech professionals
✔︎ Fine-tune emails, social media, opt-in pages, and promotional content for higher conversion rates
✔︎ Set up systems to minimize marketing time on social media and avoid ad expenses
✔︎ Optimize pricing and set higher rates that reflect the value of your expertise
✔︎ Create financial stability by developing products to help advanced students AND generate passive income for you
Accent Specialist Training
Only
TOTAL TRAINING BUNDLE
$599
Teaching Training Only
LIFETIME ACCESS
PLUS a 1-year Premium membership to the Speech Coach Collective.
Payment Plan available: Click for info.
✔︎ Learn to assess students and create training programs that get real results
✔︎ Pre-designed curriculum to confidently work with speakers from different language backgrounds
✔︎ Gain in-depth knowledge about various accents of English, including regional dialects
✔︎ Develop the skills to work with specific populations like actors and corporate clients
✔︎ Listen to recordings of real sessions with real students to feel confident that you are doing everything the right way
✔︎ Eligible for a listing in our online Teacher Directory to help you find students
✔︎ Live group meetings twice a month for all questions
✔︎ Mentorship from experienced accent instructors
✘ Learn marketing basics that we should have been taught in school.
✘ Find qualified students ready to invest in accent training
✘ Implement a marketing plan specifically tailored for speech professionals
✘ Fine-tune emails, social media, opt-in pages, and promotional content for higher conversion rates
✘ Set up systems to minimize marketing time on social media and avoid ad expenses
✘ Optimize pricing and set higher rates that reflect the value of your expertise
✘ Create financial stability by developing products to help advanced students AND generate passive income for you
Program Overview
Format: Video lessons, related downloadable PDF's, instructor chat section, private Facebook group, and live group Zoom calls
On-Demand Learning: Once you enroll, you'll get immediate access to all lessons and all materials.
Total Instruction Time: 609.17 minutes = 10.15 hours = 1.0 ASHA CEUs
Module 1: Becoming an Accent Expert
Lesson 1: Qualities of a Successful Accent Instructor: 5:29
- Identify the top qualities to develop for ultimate accent coaching success
- Examine expectations of teaching accents and dialects
- Recognize the need to embrace your role as a marketer and understand how it will make you a better teacher
- Plan to explain your services to potential students in a way that makes them more likely to enroll in your programs
Lesson 2: The Ultimate Goal of Accent Training: 6:05
- Formulate realistic goals for accent training students
- Identify skills, topics, and goals to work on in a typical session not related to pronunciation or accent
Lesson 3: Deciding What to Call Yourself and Your Services: 11:29
- Decide what to call yourself and your services (and why this is so important)
- Choose a culturally sensitive approach to talking about our services
- Question if it is right or wrong to change an accent
- Plan strategies for being culturally sensitive when teaching and marketing accent training
Lesson 5: The Basics of Accent Training: 11:53
- Examine pronunciation as the foundation of Speech Improvement
- Learn to effectively cue and correct your students
- Prepare your answers to some of the most common questions you'll get from new students
- Steps to modify habitual speech patterns and how to apply them to your teaching
- Recognize the concept of current accent vs. goal accent
- Accent Reduction, Accent Modification, Accent Training, Learning The American Accent: What’s the difference and why does it matter? (and how to decide what’s best for marketing your services)
Lesson 6: The General American Accent: 7:54
- Recognize key features of the General American Accent (GenAm)
- Learn why GenAm is usually (but not always) the goal accent
- How to choose the best goal accent for your students
- Estimate how long it will take most students to meet GenAm goals
Lesson 7: My 12-Week Lesson plan: 4:43
- A brief overview of the most common goals for non-native speakers. You’ll go more in-depth with these goals in another section of the program
- Get a copy of my 12-Week Lesson Plan for ESL or EAL (English as a Second or Alternative Language) speakers
Lesson 8: The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA): What you Really Need to Know: 10:47
- Compare sounds and letters: They are NOT the same thing
- Sounds and symbols of the General American Accent: What I do and why I do it
- What your students need to know about sounds and IPA symbols and how to explain the difference to them
Module 2: How To Do A Speech Assessment
Lesson 1: Speech Assessment Overview: 19:38
- Learn proven strategies for a successful assessment
- Identify the goals of the Speech Assessment
- Describe exactly what happens during an assessment
- Create session policies for your business
- Decide on your answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that students will ask during an assessment
Lesson 2: Formal vs Conversational: 6:29
- Compare the differences between formal and conversational assessments
- Evaluate the pros and cons of a formal assessment
- Evaluate the pros and cons of a conversational assessment
Lesson 3: How to do an assessment: 46:43
- Step-by-step walk though of exactly what happens in a speech assessment and how long each section will take
- Prepare to confidently offer your own Speech and Accent Assessments: (Materials and forms included)
- Get the exact questions to ask during a Speech/Accent Assessment and why you should ask them so you can plan for your own sessions
- A full script, outline, and Google slide presentation to follow so you will sound like an expert even if you've never done an assessment before
- Understand the biggest mistakes most teachers make during assessments and how to avoid them
- Prepare exactly what you're going to say when presenting goals to your student
- What to do if you don’t hear any sounds/concepts to present as goals
- Learn to seamlessly integrate the sales pitch into your assessment so you feel like you are educating, not selling
Lesson 4: Assessing areas other than pronunciation: 4:47
- Understand why areas other than pronunciation are important
- Identify specific areas to assess
- Practice presenting findings to your students
Lesson 5: Case Study: 13:54
Listen in on a real session as I present the findings of an Accent Assessment to a native speaker of Polish.
Lesson 6: Tips for Making the Assessment Easier: 13:20
- Download a Google slide deck to guide you through the assessment process
- Tips to make your assessments more accurate and engaging to increase conversions
- Learn how I "cover my tracks" during a live session when I haven't done a great assessment
- Build confidence in your speech assessment skills
Lesson 7: What to do if they Don’t Schedule: 7:20
- List of reasons a student may not have scheduled
- Plan your follow up with these students to encourage enrollment in the future
Module 3: Accent Training Lesson Plan Design and Curriculum
Lesson 1: Lesson Plan Design 9:10
- Designing your lesson plan
- How to decide which sound to work on first
- Planning the most effective order for your lesson plan goals
Lesson 2: The 11 Essential Goals: 52:58
- Answer the questions:
- What is an accent?
- How do accents develop?
- How do you change an accent?
- What is the General American Accent and why is it usually the goal for accent training?
- Download The 11 Essential Goals of the American Accent Lesson Plan
- Common substitutions made by ESL or EAL speakers
- How to pronounce each sound with the General American Accent
- Example words and phrases to practice for each sound/goal
Lesson 3: Why I Work on TH first and Why I Never Start with R: 10:50
- Why /TH/ should be the first sound that you work on
- Why starting with /TH/ is good for your students
- Why starting with /TH/ helps you as a teacher
- Why choosing /R/ as your first goal is a bad idea
Module 4: Implementing your Programs
Lesson 1: How to Structure Sessions and Programs: 39:57
In this lesson, I'll walk you through a time-ordered breakdown of a typical 50-minute session. You'll learn about:
- Setting goals for Accent Training
- The structure of a 12-Week Accent training program and beyond
- Assessing and managing student expectations as far as progress and improvement
- How much time to spend on each goal/activity in each session
- Developing session activities and homework assignments to make your sessions engaging and effective
- The Dos and Don’ts of Accent Training
Lesson 2: A breakdown of my typical first session: 5:57
- Detailed walkthrough of the first session
- Schedule breakdown and specific activities and worksheets that I use in a typical first session (where I am not doing an assessment)
- Recognize the many reasons that you shouldn't work on the most challenging goal/concept in your first session
Lesson 3: Working on Goals Other Than Pronunciation: 19:45
Strategies and activities to address speech improvement goals not related to accent or pronunciation including:
- Common Words
- Vocabulary
- Idioms
- Grammar
- Public Speaking/Presentation Skills
- Rate of Speech
- Vocal Quality
Lesson 4: Cueing, Correction, and Feedback: 26:56
- Develop correction techniques that foster permanent speech improvement
- Implement language that will engage your students and improve client retention
- Learn to assess your correction skills to be a better teacher for your students
Lesson 5: Where to find materials for your sessions: 0:57
- Get access to an ever-growing list of recommendations for products, software, and materials to use in your sessions
Lesson 6: Session Activities: Text Only
- To help you keep your lessons, sessions, and programs appropriate for our amazing students, this lesson offers an ever-growing list of activities that I often use in my sessions.
Lesson 7: How to Structure Homework: 14:27
- Benefits of offering Maintenance Sessions
- Setting a homework practice schedule
- Strategies to keep your students accountable for practice
- Specific homework ideas for
- Listening Practice
- Reading Practice
- Self-Evaluation Practice
- Conversational Practice
Lesson 8: Tracking Progress: 6:40
- Create a system to measure progress and assess student improvement
- Learn to provide data to document accent training speech improvement
Module 5: Working with Specific Populations
Lesson 1: Working With Actors: 10:34
- Considerations when choosing the appropriate dialect for a role
- My process for working on scripts with actors
- Things to avoid when teaching accents/dialects to actors
- Tips to ensure consistency of dialects throughout a performance
Lesson 2: Managing Expectations with Actors: 9:31
- Can actors learn a “perfect American accent"?
- Goal setting for actors
- Compare working with a script vs. conversational speech
- Key considerations for performing with an accent or dialect
Lesson 3: Working with Corporate Clients: 21:07
- Create and structure corporate speech improvement programs
- Preparing materials for corporate clients
- Goal setting for corporate clients
- My Top 5 Speech Goals for both native and ESL or EAL speaking corporate clients
- Detailed breakdown of a typical session for private or group corporate speech training
Lesson 4: Marketing to Corporate Clients: 28:47
- Where to find corporate clients
- How to create a proposal for your services
- Prepare the documentation required to market to businesses and corporations
- Set up policies and procedures for corporate work
- Actionable next steps for finding corporate clients
- How much to charge for corporate work
- How to collect payment from corporate clients
- Tax forms you'll need to know
Lesson 5: Long-Term Students: 13:08
- Setting goals for long-term students
- Planning specific activities and exercises to use with these students
- Why reviewing concepts is still progress and how to explain that to your students
- How to price maintenance sessions and extended programs
- Ideas other than private sessions for long-term students
- Understand why working with students beyond a 12-week program is beneficial for you AND for them
Lesson 6: General American Southern Workshop: 78:32
- Define dialects and describe how they develop
- Compare different types of American Southern dialects
- Recognize the large amount of variety within any accent or dialect
- Learn about a few of the many different Southern dialects, then identify the major features that most people recognize as hallmarks
- Analyze rhythm, sounds, and additional features of the General American Southern Dialect
- Set up your plan to teach Southern dialects or the General American accent to American Southern speakers
- How to use this dialect to help ESL or EAL speakers
Lesson 7: New York City (NYC) Dialects Workshop: 84:47
- Compare different types of NYC dialects
- Recognize the large amount of variety within any accent or dialect
- Learn about a few of the many different NYC dialects, then identify the major features that most people recognize as hallmarks
- Analyze rhythm, sounds, and additional features of NYC Dialects
- Set up your plan to teach NYC dialects or the General American accent to NYC speakers
- Considerations for teaching NYC dialects to ESL or EAL speakers
Module 6: Next Steps
Lesson 1: Finding Your First Students: 12:43
- Discover the average time it takes for most students to enroll after discovering you for the first time
- Marketing basics every teacher should know
- Implement proven marketing strategies for finding students
- 8 actionable steps you can take today to find your first students
Lesson 2: Teaching Tools, Tech Stuff, Software, Video Creation Equipment and More: Text Only
- Quality resources for your accent and pronunciation training toolkit
- My top picks of products and services that have positively impacted my business.
- List is updated regularly so you'll be up to date on the latest tech essentials
Total Course Instruction Time: 609.17 minutes = 10.15 hours = 1.0 ASHA CEUs
You'll also get access to...
Lesson Plans For Specific Languages
You'll get detailed lesson plans for specific native languages and several regional dialects of English including:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Hebrew
- Korean
- Languages of India
- Russian
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
Dialect Workshops
Learn to work with actors and teach specific regional dialects. The program includes our General American Southern and Dialects of New York City intensive workshops.
Although you don't need to know how to teach dialects, it does make you a better teacher and teaching dialects to actors is a really great niche market. In the program, you'll learn how to do it!
Example Sessions
Listen to recordings of real sessions with real students so you learn how to run a session and feel confident that you are doing it the right way.
Tech and Equipment Resources
Save time and effort by using the recommendations for software, materials, equipment, and other essentials to run your business and provide services.
Eligible for a Free Listing in our Teacher Directory
Although referrals are never guaranteed, I send students from my waitlist, my email list, my YouTube channel, and my social media platforms to our Online Teacher Directory to help you find students and educate them about your services. You'll be eligible for the directory after you've completed the program.
Immediate Access to all modules and lessons 24/7
BONUS! 1 year of Live Support in The Speech Coach Collective ($890.00 value)
An exclusive learning community and library of materials. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, our private community and LIVE MEETINGS every other week will provide you with practical strategies to attract more students, proven techniques to expand your teaching skills, and a supportive community to learn and collaborate.
Live Meetings Every Other Week
We meet every other week to talk, vent, brainstorm, troubleshoot, network, get motivated, hold each other accountable, encourage collaborations, and learn from guest speakers and industry experts.
You can ask questions, get feedback on your teaching or marketing, or troubleshoot any problems that you’re having. We can also just talk about speech stuff or blocks that you are facing in your business.
You'll also get access to an extensive collection of past sessions, so you can review and learn at your own pace.
In recent sessions we have covered:
- Mock Speech Assessments for speakers from many different language backgrounds to build your confidence and skill
- The 5 questions you must ask your accountant when starting an online business or side hustle
- Refining your target audience to stand out from the crowd and charge higher rates
- Using ChatGPT and Open AI for marketing and teaching
- Listening practice to improve our evaluation and assessment skills
- How to film, edit, and create video lessons on a tight budget
- Should you post rates on your website?
- Systems to run your business more efficiently
- Social Media vs. Email Marketing: Which is more important?
- Creative ways (beyond private sessions) to increase revenue and grow your business.
- What goes into a Facebook/Google Ad (with my template)
- Template for a perfect Sales Page
- Crafting emails that get engagement and make sales
- Affiliates as an extra stream of income
- How to ask for testimonials without making it awkward
- Improving client retention
And so much more...
Replays are available and all students may submit questions whether they attend live or not.
Private Community
Expand your knowledge, improve your coaching techniques, or simply connect with like-minded professionals. We invite you to join the conversation and benefit from the collective wisdom and experience of our community.
The Accent Channel Practice Libraries
A ready-made curriculum of over 325 lessons covering all essential aspects of American English. These materials will save you countless hours of preparation time.
Downloadable PDFs and audio lessons that easily adapt to all teaching environments. Keep students motivated and actively participating in their speech improvement with materials that get exceptional results as reported by ESL teachers and accent coaches from all over the world.
You can save them all and share them with your students.
After your 1 year of free access to The Speech Coach Collective expires, you can choose to renew.
It's not automated, so there is nothing to cancel and it's totally optional. You'll get an email with a link you can use to purchase a monthly or yearly membership.
As SLPs, SLP-As, ESL teachers, actors, voice coaches, and speech and language enthusiasts, we can offer life-changing skills!
We have the incredible opportunity to help others develop dynamic conversation abilities, excel in their careers, and effortlessly express their ideas.
When you’re ready to
- Help others improve their professional and personal lives by enhancing their communication skills and developing confidence in their ability to articulate clearly
- Work with motivated students who value your expertise and are searching for the skills you offer
- Enjoy the freedom and flexibility of setting your schedule, establishing your own policies, and designing your perfect work-life balance
- Turn your teaching skills into a thriving business
Here are the steps we’ll take to get you there
1. Apply Your Current Knowledge:
We'll leverage your existing speech and language expertise and learn how to apply it specifically to accent and dialect coaching. This foundation will allow you to build on your current knowledge, to quickly become a sought-after professional in the field.
2. Develop Your Expertise:
You'll gain in-depth knowledge about various accents and dialects, so you can confidently answer any question that you get from a student. Learn to work with specific populations like actors, corporate clients, and long-term students. You'll transform into an accent and dialect expert, ready to guide your own students.
3. Set Up Your Teaching Foundation So You're Ready to Work with Real Students ASAP:
I’ll show you exactly what you need (and what you don’t need) to create training programs that get real results and turn potential students into loyal long-term customers.
4. Done-for-You Curriculum
The hard work is already done. You'll get a pre-designed curriculum of methods and materials for teaching various accents, dialects, and American pronunciation to speakers from different language backgrounds. Access 300+ PDFs and audio lessons that you can use in your classes and sessions. After you download and save all the PDFs and audios to your computer or Dropbox, you have permission to use them in your sessions and share with your students for as long as you need them.
4. Support and Guidance:
We are here to provide you with everything you need to excel in this specialized area and deliver outstanding results to your students. By guiding you, motivating you, and being available to answer your questions, we'll help you feel like you've been teaching accents and dialects for years!
With the skills and knowledge you get from this program, you'll attract motivated students who value your work. As you build your expertise, people will notice. This can open the door to new opportunities and professional growth.
We care about your success:
Although referrals are never guaranteed, I send students from my waitlist, my email list, my YouTube channel, and my social media platforms to our Online Teacher Directory to help you find students.
You'll be eligible to have a free listing in the directory
after you've completed the program.
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One-Time Fee = Lifetime Access:
Once you enroll in The Accent Channel Accent Specialist Training Program, you'll have lifetime access to the course materials, including any future updates. You can revisit the content at any time to refresh your knowledge and stay up to date with the latest teaching techniques.
The program pays for itself (and more!) when just one student completes your training program.
Done For You Materials
If you want to charge premium prices, you need quality materials for your programs.
Our materials give you everything you need to teach rhythm, intonation, and every sound of American English, so you can avoid the hours of research, effort, and frustration that come with creating or searching for materials.
After you download and save all the PDFs and audios to your computer or Dropbox, you have permission to use them in your sessions and share with your students.
Qualified and Confident
This program is specifically designed to get you qualified and confident in your ability to work with accent training students, while recognizing that being an expert in every accent and dialect is not a requirement.
You’ll acquire the specialized knowledge and techniques to deliver exceptional results to your students, while continuing to focus on learning and growth, building your expertise over time.
A little about me: I'm Jessica Kijowski, MS, CCC-SLP, and I'm an ASHA-certified Speech-Language Pathologist. I’ve been teaching accents, dialects, and pronunciation since 2000.
I started my own accent training business from scratch, with zero students, but turned it into a thriving business with a full-time caseload.
Since 2020, I've helped over 200 speech and language professionals launch successful accent training businesses. Many of these teachers were able to leave their full-time jobs for the more fulfilling career of working for themselves.
When you’re ready to take action, I’d love to welcome you into our program and help you start an exciting new chapter in your career.
After completing the program, you'll be ready to turn your passion for speech and language into a really cool career that brings you joy and commands a high session fee.
You'll have all the tools to build a successful and sustainable accent training business.
