Goliath Advocacy Academy

Where practitioners become
something more.

The Goliath Advocacy Academy is the credentialing and training home of the COMPASS Framework — a rigorous, human, Anti-CCI certification program for practitioners who are serious about doing this work right.

Built for practitioners who refuse to accept the status quo.

Deep, Meaningful Training

Seven curriculum modules that don't just teach COMPASS — they challenge how you see your work, your participants, and yourself.

A Credential Worth Holding

The COMPASS Certified Practitioner designation is earned through 90 days of practice, case record review, and a live practical assessment. It is not a quiz.

A Community That Lasts

Certification is the beginning. The COMPASS Collective is the ongoing community of practice where certified practitioners share, grow, and carry the movement forward.

Three Levels. One Movement.

Each certification level builds on the last — deepening practice, expanding responsibility, and advancing the framework.

CCP

COMPASS Certified Practitioner

The foundation. For direct service practitioners who sit with participants and administer COMPASS.

7 modules · 90-day practicum · Live assessment

CCS

COMPASS Certified Specialist

For practitioners who supervise COMPASS practice and lead organizational implementation.

1 year CCP practice · Mentorship · Fidelity assessment

CCT

COMPASS Certified Trainer

The highest individual credential. CCTs carry the framework forward — training and assessing future practitioners.

Nomination · 6-week intensive · Annual summit

The COMPASS Collective

Every certified practitioner joins The COMPASS Collective — a growing community of people who believe the disability services landscape can be transformed, and are doing the work to prove it.

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