Exam Prep & Schedules
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Our Diversity First Certified Professional (DFCP), Senior Diversity Professional (SDP), and Diversity First Executive Professional (DFEP) credentials are recognized across many industries and around the globe. The excellent and highly skilled DEIB practitioners we certify go on to make great positive impact on the workforce and their respective organizational bottom-lines.
Looking to acquire highly applicable knowledge and ethics in your DEIB work? Look no further. Call us today.
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Don’t have a DEIB title? That’s not what matters most.
If you’re committed to ensuring a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging, we support you regardless of your experience, background, or title.
We keep our curriculum up to date with the latest research, trends, legal information, and industry movements. Our state-of-the-art learning management platform is designed to support easy access and knowledge acquisition and is fitted with great test preparation options. We help you connect with industry peers or request technical support easily if you’re feeling stuck.
We are driven by the need to help organizations achieve a better bottom line by helping them achieve their goals, cut losses, save resources, and make money, today. We are also forward-looking; hence, we are committed to helping organizations manage resources for future generations.
We are flexible: the speed of our certification depends on you, and we cater to all practitioners at every level of their DEIB career.
That is why we are happy to support your exam prep, for your on-the-job success.
Exam Preparation Options
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What our certification offers is an effective combination of instruction, test preparation and competencies needed to effectively pass your exam and become a great DEIB leader who helps to positively transform your company’s culture and bottom line and other measurable quantitative and qualitative data-driven impacts.
Since you are willing to put in the work, we are here to help you reach your goal of becoming a high-achieving DEIB practitioner!
See your exam preparation options below. Your preferred option will inform the level of access you get to our Learning Management System (LMS).
Exam Tutorial
Our test preparation materials, or your college courses, professional experiences, and other sources of learning in the DEIB field could prepare you for our certification exams.
Through your user account, you can get advanced access to our online tutorial previewing what will likely be on the test. Use this tutorial as your advanced test preparation guide for the exam.
If you choose this option, you will not receive our study guide. These are not covered in the exam fee-only option, which only gives you access to the tutorial and main exam.
Self-Study
If you are self-regulated and like to take things at your own pace, the self-study is your best option. If you choose this option, you will receive:
- the online tutorial
- the exam
- a print copy of our most recent study guide
- our live online exam review session
Consistently reading one (1) to two (2) chapters every week should help you retain information from the study guide in readiness for your exam.
3-Day Online Academy
Our 3-day Online Academy is an immersive educational experience, with options to directly engage an instructor, other candidates, and the study materials. This 3-day option is great for all candidates, especially those preparing to complete the DFCP exam, given their relatively minimal experience in the field.
This 3-day Online Academy is immersive. In these three days, you will work through the whole study guide. You will also engage with your instructor and/or peers in rigorous discussions about what diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are/aren’t.
You will get the chance to present your Candidate Project and receive direct feedback from your peers and instructor on the last day of this session.
Your 3-Day Online Academy includes access to the following:
- The test/exam
- The immersive prep course
- A print copy of our latest study guide
- A live online exam review session
- Access to our Learning Management System.
2-Day Online Academy
Our 2-day Online Academy is an equally immersive educational experience, with options to directly engage an instructor, other candidates, and the study materials. This 2-day option is best suited for Senior level candidates seeking to complete the SDP exam.
This is an intense 2 days designed to help you work through the whole study guide with an instructor. You will also engage in energetic discussions about what diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are/aren’t.
You will get the chance to present your Candidate Project and receive direct feedback from your peers and instructor before submitting it for final review as part of your exam.
Your 2-Day Online Academy includes access to the following:
- The test/exam
- The immersive prep courses
- A print copy of our latest study guide
- A live online exam review session
- Access to our Learning Management System
1-Day Online Academy
Our 1-day Online Academy is the most immersive of all our available options. If offers direct engagement with your instructor, other candidates, and the study materials. This 1-day option is designed with Executive Level leaders in mind. It is thus best suited for candidates aiming for the DFEP exam.
Your 1-Day Online Academy includes access to the following:
- The certification exam
- Our immersive prep courses
- A print copy of our latest study guide
- A live online exam review session
- Access to our Learning Management System
See our schedules for each option below.
DEIBP’s 2023 Certification Prep Course Schedule
Diversity First Certified Professional (DFCP)
2023 CDP Course Schedules
For More Information:
Professional Requirements for the Certified Professional Exam
Understand the Course Content
See the Preparation Options in Detail
Learn About the Fees
3-Day Online Academy
Date | EST Time | Day |
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Jan. 18-20 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Feb. 15-17 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Mar. 8-10 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Apr. 26-28 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
May 10-12 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
June 7-9 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
July 12-14 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Aug. 9-11 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Sept. 20-22 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Oct. 18-20 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Nov. 15-17 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Dec. 5-7 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Diversity First Certified Professional (DFCP)
2023 SDP Course Schedules
For More Information:
Professional Requirements for the SDP Exam
Understand the Course Competencies
See the Preparation Options in Detail
Learn About the Fees
2-Day Online Academy (SDP)
Date | EST Time | Day |
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Jan. 10-11 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Feb. 15-16 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Mar. 6-7 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Apr. 24-25 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
May 8-9 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
June 5-6 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
July 10-11 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Aug. 7-8 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Sept. 18-19 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Oct. 16-17 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Nov. 13-14 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Dec. 4-5 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Daily |
Senior Diversity Professional (SDP)
2023 DFEP Course Schedules
For More Information:
Professional Requirements for the DFEP Exam
Understand the Course Competencies
See the Preparation Options in Detail
Learn About the Fees
1.5 Day Online Academy for Executives
Date | EST Time | Day |
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Jan. 23 - 24 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Feb. 27-28 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Mar. 27-28 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Apr. 17-18 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
May 22-23 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
June 26-27 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
July 17-18 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Aug. 28-29 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Sept. 11-12 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Oct. 23-24 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Nov. 20-21 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 | |
Dec. 11-12 | 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM | Day 1 |
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Day 2 |