GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication & Accent Training Program

Instructor Certification

A comprehensive certification designed to prepare you to deliver real-world accent, voice, and professional communication coaching for global speakers and international professionals..

This program combines accent modification, voice improvement, and professional communication training into one structured, implementation-focused system.

If you’re looking for a clear, practical framework for delivering speech and communication coaching, GlobalVoice™ provides a proven methodology so you know exactly what to teach, how to teach it, and how to guide meaningful progress across a wide range of real-world communication situations.

Designed for instructors who are new to accent training, as well as professionals expanding their work into speech clarity and professional communication coaching for global speakers.

Available for earning up to 1.5 ASHA CEUs.

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Accent Specialist Training:  1.0 ASHA CEUs (Subject code 7030:  Meets the DEI Continuing Education requirement.)

Business Bootcamp: 0.5 ASHA CEUs

Total ASHA CEUs available for both sections inside the program:  1.5 ASHA CEUs.

Professional Communication & Accent Training Certification Backed by 26+ Years of Experience

Trusted by Instructors in 15+ Countries

GlobalVoice™ was developed by Jessica Kijowski, MS, CCC-SLP, founder of The Accent Channel and a speech professional with more than 26 years of full-time private practice experience specializing in accent modification, speech improvement, and professional communication coaching.

If you’re exploring certification in accent training or communication coaching for global speakers and international professionals, this program is built on real-world systems developed through decades of direct client work across professional, performance, educational, and international communication settings.

Jessica’s experience includes work with actors, educators, executives, media professionals, international clients, and other high-level professional voice users. She has provided specialized speech and communication training within elite New York City private practices serving performers, professionals, and global speakers from a wide range of backgrounds.

The program reflects the exact teaching systems, communication frameworks, client programs, and business structures Jessica has developed through decades of working directly with students and running a successful independent practice.

The Accent Specialist™ Certification is the accent modification certification component of the broader GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication Program.

Every part of the program was designed to be practical, implementation-focused, and immediately usable in real client work.

In this program, you’ll:

  • Learn to assess, plan, and lead effective accent training sessions using the Accent Channel Method™ framework.
  • Expand your expertise through voice, speech clarity, and professional communication training modules using the GlobalVoice™ framework, preparing you to work with a wide range of clients, including ESL learners, international professionals, actors, educators, and L1 (native) English speakers who want to refine their presentation and public speaking skills.
  • Develop foundational marketing and client acquisition skills so prospective students can find you and clearly understand the value of your services.
  • Learn to talk about your services comfortably and professionally so clients understand the process, trust your expertise, and feel ready to commit to structured, ongoing programs.
  • Move beyond isolated sessions by understanding how complete, professional programs are designed to create meaningful, noticeable progress over time.

  • Implement real-world communication, presentation, and professional delivery strategies so your sessions feel more effective, engaging, polished, and trustworthy.

This certification is designed to help you grow into a highly skilled communication specialist known for delivering structured, high-value services that clients recommend, professionals respect, and organizations trust.

Language-Specific Assessment & Teaching Frameworks for Accent Training

A Core Pillar of the GlobalVoice™ Program

GlobalVoice includes a growing library of Language-Specific Assessment & Teaching Frameworks, designed to help you assess real speech samples, identify high-impact targets, and plan instruction. These frameworks are a key part of a structured approach to accent training and speech improvement, helping you move beyond isolated techniques into a clear, repeatable system.

The frameworks go far beyond “which sound to teach.” Each one is built around common speech patterns influenced by a speaker’s native language and walks you through:

  • What to listen for in real speech

  • How to assess patterns that affect intelligibility

  • Which sounds and communication targets to prioritize

  • The optimal order for addressing those targets

  • How to translate assessment into structured, effective programs

Rather than guessing what to do next, you’ll use the frameworks to guide session planning, homework, and carryover.

The program currently includes approximately 15 language-specific frameworks, covering a range of common language backgrounds. These resources are refined continuously as the program evolves.

The frameworks help you think more strategically about speech and communication, reduce uncertainty when working with diverse clients, and deliver instruction that is organized, intentional, and professional. 

The focus is always on helping clients make meaningful progress in ways they notice, value, and carry into real-world communication situations.

Lifetime Access to the Instructor Resource Library
Included with All GlobalVoice™ Enrollment Tracks

Every GlobalVoice™ instructor receives lifetime access to the Instructor Resource Library, a structured, instructor-only system designed for confident decision-making and efficient session planning.

This library is a core part of the GlobalVoice™ system for accent training and professional communication coaching, guiding you step-by-step through what to teach, how to teach it, and how to structure clear, effective programs for real-world communication goals.

It includes:

  • Session frameworks and planning guides
  • Session activities
  • Video tutorials
  • Teaching notes and instructional insights
  • Slide decks and scripts
  • Common challenges with practical solutions
  • Structured program progression outlines
  • 400+ downloadable PDFs and audio lessons
  • Hours of guided video exercises
  • Comprehensive coverage of every sound of English, rhythm, stress, and intonation
  • Voice improvement modules
  • Professional speaking and communication skills
  • Workplace and executive communication topics

The Instructor Resource Library ensures you are never guessing what to teach or how to move a student forward.

During sessions, instructors can share their screen, review materials together, and assign targeted homework without creating custom assignments. Resources can be downloaded and shared digitally, printed for in-person sessions, or worked through together in real time when teaching online. Downloadable materials are yours to save, print, and reuse with your students.

New materials are added as the program evolves. As the library continues to refine and expand, your access remains active.

Matching Student Practice Portal

A Client-Facing Practice System

To help with session planning, GlobalVoice™ also offers access to the Student Practice Portal, an online practice hub designed to keep student practice intentional and aligned with live instruction.

Instructors can assign materials directly and review them together in real time when teaching online or in person. 

The Student Practice Portal is designed to complement and reinforce private instruction, not replace it. Activities encourage reflection, guided application, and follow-up discussion with a qualified instructor.

Student Practice Portal Access varies by enrollment track:

Self-Paced Track:
Student Practice Portal access is available for an additional fee per student. 

Mentorship Track:
Includes Student Practice Portal access for up to 25 new students per month, each with six months of access, during the first 12 months of Mentorship enrollment.

Two Ways to Complete GlobalVoice™

Self-Paced and Mentorship Certification Tracks

GlobalVoice™ offers two ways to complete the program, depending on how much hands-on guidance, help with implementation, and expert input you want as you set up your services and begin working with real students.

Both tracks include the full self-paced Accent Specialist™ and GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication certifications, along with teaching frameworks, student-facing materials, and core business foundations.

1. The Self-Paced Track

The Self-Paced Track is ideal for instructors who prefer a more independent learning experience and want to build and refine their services on their own.

In this track, you’ll:

  • Complete the full Accent Specialist™ and GlobalVoice™ certifications

  • Access a comprehensive library of accent, speech, voice, professional communication, and dialect training materials designed for real client work

  • Set up structured workflows for assessments, session planning, homework, carryover, and long-term program development

  • Build business and marketing systems covering visibility, student acquisition, pricing, packaging, consultations, email marketing, service positioning, and professional communication

  • Learn how to structure and present high-value speech and communication coaching services using proven teaching and business frameworks

  • Access downloadable teaching materials, session activities, guided exercises, templates, and professional resources designed to support real-world implementation

This track provides a complete certification and professional foundation for instructors who are ready to develop and grow their services independently.

2. The Mentorship Track

The Mentorship Track includes everything in the Self-Paced Track, plus ongoing mentorship, professional development, expert feedback, and guided implementation. It's designed for instructors who want advice, accountability, and professional insight as they develop and grow their services. 

Rather than simply consuming more information, mentorship focuses on helping you confidently build, refine, and deliver the systems inside GlobalVoice™ through ongoing guidance, live discussion, and real-world application.

In this track, you’ll also have access to:

  • Twice-monthly live implementation workshops, mentorship sessions, Q&A, hot seats, and mock sessions (12 months)
  • Guidance for business setup, pricing, packaging, and student acquisition systems through the Business Bootcamp
  • Step-by-step instruction for establishing email marketing and visibility systems to attract students

  • Feedback on teaching decisions, session and program structure, marketing messaging, and presenting your services professionally during sales calls and assessments

  • Additional live practice opportunities for dialect work, session delivery, and communication coaching refinement
  • Access to instructor community discussion and professional collaboration
  • Inclusion in the Teacher Directory and eligibility for referrals and visibility opportunities when available

Live mentorship sessions, community participation, and directory eligibility are included for 12 months and may be continued through the Speech Coach Collective (additional fee after the first year).

Mentorship enrollment is only offered during scheduled enrollment periods and is currently closed. You can still join the Self-Paced GlobalVoice™ program, which includes the full training and teaching frameworks.

The Mentorship Track helps you save time, avoid common mistakes, and establish strong teaching and business systems from the start, with guidance from an experienced professional who is still actively working in the field.

You’ll be able to ask questions and get practical, experience-based answers — not generic or prewritten replies — from a working instructor who has built, tested, and refined these systems through more than 26 years of full-time private practice.

Choosing the Right Track

Both tracks lead to the same certification and provide the complete teaching systems and professional foundations needed to offer speech and communication coaching services.

The right choice depends on whether you want to build your services independently or with ongoing feedback, accountability, and professional guidance.

If you’re comfortable learning, applying the frameworks, and developing your services on your own, the Self-Paced Track may be the right fit.

If you want guidance, live professional development, expert input, and support as you build and refine your services, the Mentorship Track provides that additional layer.

What’s Included

Your enrollment in the GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication Program provides a comprehensive training system designed to prepare you for professional-level accent, voice, and communication coaching.

Core Training & Certification

Included with both enrollment tracks

  • Full training in The Accent Channel Method™ and the GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication frameworks

  • In-depth accent, voice improvement, and professional communication modules, including techniques for working confidently with L1 (native) English speakers

  • Dialect workshops, including General American Southern and NYC dialects (additional dialect practice available in live sessions)

  • Training for specialized audiences, including corporate clients, actors, long-term students, and groups

  • Lifetime access to all core training modules and future updates

  • Certification as a Certified Accent Specialist™

  • Certification as a GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication Specialist

Business Foundations

Included with both enrollment tracks

  • Training in pricing, packaging, visibility, consultations, and presenting your services professionally

  • Proven frameworks for designing structured, professional communication programs using a research-based method.

  • Guidance on client acquisition, offer positioning, and communicating the value of your services

  • Self-paced training on business setup, marketing systems, email marketing, and professional communication coaching workflows

The Mentorship Track Adds

  • Twice-monthly live workshops, mentorship sessions, Q&A, hot seats, and mock sessions (12 months included with Mentorship Track)
  • Expert feedback on teaching decisions, session structure, communication delivery, marketing messaging, and service presentation
  • Guidance for visibility, marketing, consultations, pricing, and student acquisition systems
  • Additional live practice opportunities for dialect work, assessments, and session delivery
  • Done-for-you business resources, including policies, client emails, and foundational marketing templates
  • The option to submit up to three recorded practice sessions for detailed review prior to certification
  • Ongoing instructor discussion and professional collaboration
  • Inclusion in the Teacher Directory and eligibility for visibility opportunities when available
  • Student Practice Portal access for up to 25 new students per month during the first 12 months
Questions are answered directly by an experienced instructor — not assistants, moderators, or prewritten replies.

Continued live mentorship and community access beyond the initial 12 months is available through the Speech Coach Collective (Mentorship Track members only).

Visibility & Referral Information

Referral opportunities may occasionally be offered to Mentorship Track members when appropriate.

From time to time, organizations and platforms reach out seeking Accent Channel Certified Instructors. When this occurs, instructors may be notified based on fit, experience, and availability.

Referrals are not guaranteed, and participation in the certification does not guarantee referrals or paid roles. 

Self-Paced

$895.00 USD

or

4 Payments of $245

(Total investment $980)

Payment plan includes an $85 administrative fee.

Ideal for instructors who are self-motivated and prefer to implement independently.

Includes:

  • Full Accent Specialist™ Certification
  • GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication Certification
  • Business training covering pricing, packaging, and student acquisition
  • Instructor Resource Library + teaching frameworks
  • Lifetime access to all training modules, materials, and updates
  •  Student-facing materials and practice resources
  • Language-Specific Assessment Frameworks
  • Practice Partner community access
Start the Self-Paced Program

Mentorship Track

$3,800 USD

or

9 monthly payments of $445

(Total investment $4,005)

Payment plan includes a $205 administrative fee.

For instructors who want ongoing mentorship, advanced implementation guidance, and direct access to expert feedback as they build and refine their services.

Everything in Self-Paced, plus:

  • Direct mentorship from an instructor with 26+ years of experience in accent modification, speech improvement, and professional communication training
  • Twice-monthly live mentorship and implementation coaching sessions (12 months)
  • Real-time guidance as you apply the framework in your own teaching, assessments, session structure, and business setup
  • Questions answered through live sessions, discussion threads, and email
  • Advanced teaching, business, and professional communication strategy discussions
  • Email marketing and student acquisition systems training
  • Practice session review and feedback (up to 3 submissions)
  • Additional live practice and implementation opportunities
  • Access to the mentorship community and replay library (12 months included)
  • Teacher Directory eligibility and visibility opportunities
  • Student Practice Portal access for up to 25 new students per month for 12 months (6-month student access included)
  •  

Mentorship enrollment is currently closed. Pricing is subject to change for future cohorts.

You can still enroll in the Self-Paced GlobalVoice™ Certification, which includes the full training and teaching frameworks.

Enrollment in Mentorship is intentionally limited to ensure meaningful interaction and individualized guidance.

Join the Waitlist for Mentorship

Choosing Your Path

Both pathways lead to the same certification. The difference is the level of mentorship, accountability, and professional support you want as you establish your services and begin working with clients.

You can start with the Self-Paced Track and apply your enrollment toward Mentorship if you upgrade later.

If you have already completed one of our certification programs, you are welcome to reach out to [email protected] for alumni upgrade options.

Group discounts are available for organizations or teams of 5 or more participants.  Click here to learn more about group enrollment options.

Why Professionals Seek Communication Coaching

Many professionals reach a point in their careers where their responsibilities grow faster than their communication skills. They may suddenly be expected to:

• Lead meetings
• Present ideas to leadership
• Speak publicly
• Represent their organization

Communication coaching helps close that gap so their expertise is fully understood.

If you’ve built skills in speech, language, voice, or communication, you’re not starting from scratch.

Many of the professionals who come into this program already have a solid foundation.

What’s usually missing isn’t knowledge.
It’s a clear, professional way to apply that knowledge to services  that clients understand, trust, and are willing to invest in.

That gap is exactly why I built this certification.

After more than 26 years in full-time private practice, I’ve seen what consistently works, not just in theory, but with real clients who expect clarity, professionalism, and meaningful results.

Today, I charge $250 per session for structured communication programs in my own practice. That pricing didn’t happen overnight. It developed over time through refining a clear methodology, designing professional  programs, and consistently delivering an elevated client experience.

GlobalVoice™ was built to help instructors do the same kind of work — using a practical system that removes guesswork and replaces it with confident decision-making.

 
Why This Matters Now

Clients today aren’t looking for generic communication training, disconnected techniques, or one-size-fits-all solutions. They’re looking for:

  • Clearly structured programs

  • A professional learning experience

  • Instructors who know what to listen for, what to prioritize, and how to guide progress

This is especially true in speech, accent, and professional communication coaching, where trust, clarity, and visible progress matter.

When those elements are in place, clients are far more willing to commit to longer programs and higher-quality services.

When those elements are in place, clients are far more willing to commit to longer programs and higher-quality services.

What I've Seen Work Consistently

Over the years, a few patterns have become very clear:

  • Specialization stands out. Focused communication services are easier to explain and easier for clients to understand, trust, and commit to.

  • Structured programs outperform hourly work. Clients value clarity, direction, and continuity.

  • Professional positioning matters. The way services are presented directly affects the quality of inquiries and long-term client commitment.

  • Your teaching style is an asset. You don’t need to copy anyone else. You need a system that supports they way you naturally teach and communicate.

I built GlobalVoice™ around these realities and have now trained over 300 professionals using this method.

What This Program Gives You

This certification provides:

  • A proven, method-based framework for speech, accent, and professional communication coaching

  • Teaching materials, assessments, and guided practice resources designed for real client work

  • Clear guidance for designing professional programs rather than relying on disconnected sessions

  • Business and communication systems for presenting your services professionally and attracting clients who value specialized coaching

You don’t need a huge audience, aggressive marketing, or years of trial and error.

You need a proven approach, real-world guidance, and the willingness to apply what you learn consistently.

If you’re ready to use your existing skills in a more specialized, professional way — and build communication services that clients genuinely value, trust, and invest in — this program was built for that purpose.

Run Real Sessions Before You Graduate

Inside The Accent Channel’s GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication Program, you won’t just study teaching frameworks. You’ll actively run real sessions to practice before graduation.

This hands-on training approach is a core part of how GlobalVoice™ prepares instructors for real-world speech, accent, and communication coaching.

All participants have the option to connect with practice partners to rehearse assessments, session delivery, and communication coaching techniques in a supportive, practical learning environment.

In addition, instructors in the Mentorship Track may submit up to three recorded practice sessions completed with a volunteer partner for structured review and professional feedback.

Here’s how it works:

  • đź’¬ Find a Practice Partner inside the community (available to all enrollment tracks)

  • 🎥 Record your practice session

  • đź“ť Receive detailed review and personalized recommendations (Mentorship Track only, up to three sessions)

Sessions submitted for review must be completed within 12 months of enrollment.

These optional practice sessions help bridge the gap between training and real client work by providing hands-on experience, guided refinement, and real-world application before working independently with paying clients.

Structured practice review and instructor feedback are available exclusively to instructors enrolled in the current certification structure (April 2025 and later).

Career Possibilities & Professional Positioning

The GlobalVoice™ Professional Communication Program is designed to help you develop specialized speech and communication coaching services built around structured programs, professional positioning, and real-world client outcomes.

This work includes accent modification, speech improvement, and professional communication coaching for global speakers and international professionals — a highly specialized area that many instructors, clinicians, and coaches are never formally trained to offer.

GlobalVoice™ is built on a clear, method-based framework refined over more than 26 years of real client work, giving you the structure to confidently deliver organized, high-value programs and services that stand apart from generic tutoring or loosely structured accent sessions.

You’ll learn how experienced professionals structure programs, guide consultations, communicate value, and develop services designed for long-term client relationships and premium positioning.

What Premium Positioning Looks Like in Practice

Pricing in speech, accent, and professional communication coaching varies based on experience, niche, delivery model, and market. However, when services are structured, professionally presented, and built around clear communication goals, premium pricing is common.

Many instructors begin in the $100–$150 per session range when offering programs with clearly defined goals rather than open-ended tutoring. More experienced specialists, particularly those serving executive, corporate, or highly specialized audiences, may charge $200–$250+ per session or package their services into premium multi-session programs.

Success in this field is not determined solely by hourly pricing. It comes from delivering a professional client experience, communicating value clearly, and guiding clients through programs that are intentionally designed to produce meaningful, noticeable progress.

Below is an illustration of how structured programs can translate into monthly revenue at a $100/session rate:

  • 3 clients/week at $100/session → ~$1,200/month

  • 6 clients/week → ~$2,400/month

  • 10 clients/week → ~$4,000/month

These examples are for illustration only. Results vary based on experience, implementation, market, and individual circumstances.

GlobalVoice™ provides the frameworks, tools, teaching systems, and professional development needed to help you build and position services at this level.

Mentorship is available for instructors who want additional guidance, feedback, and professional insight as they apply these systems in real-world practice.

What Makes This Program Different

GlobalVoice™ is not just an accent training course. It is a professional specialization designed to help you think, plan, assess, and coach at a higher level, with a clear methodology guiding every stage of the process.

The program is built around the way real accent, voice, and professional communication coaching really works in practice — not abstract theory or isolated rules and tips.

A Method That Guides Real Decisions

You’ll learn The Accent Channel Method™, a proven, method-based approach that helps you assess real speech, identify high-impact goals, and design instruction that is clear, intentional, and effective.

The focus is not just on individual sounds or isolated techniques. It’s on learning how to think through assessments, sessions, programs, and long-term communication progress so you’re never guessing what to teach, how to prioritize goals, or how to guide meaningful improvement over time.

Program-Based Coaching, Not One-Off Sessions

Rather than relying on disconnected sessions, GlobalVoice teaches you how complete, structured programs are designed and delivered. You’ll learn how to package your expertise into professional programs and services  that reflect the depth of your work and the value of meaningful communication improvement.

This is the same program-based model I’ve personally used to design and deliver services priced from approximately $1,200 to $10,000+, depending on structure, duration, and level of involvement.

This is not presented as a promise of results, but as a real-world example of what becomes possible when services are clearly designed, positioned, and delivered professionally.

Confidence-Centered, Ethical Coaching

Accent and communication coaching should never make someone feel smaller. It should help them communicate more clearly, participate more fully, and feel more confident expressing who they are.

That’s why GlobalVoice integrates a confidence-centered coaching approach throughout the method. You’ll learn how to guide clients without overcorrecting, reduce hesitation without erasing identity, and help speakers sound like themselves — just with greater clarity and control.

This human and communication-centered layer is often missing from traditional pronunciation programs. In GlobalVoice™, it’s built into the way instruction, coaching, feedback, and client interaction are approached throughout the entire process.

It’s one of the reasons graduates of this program often approach their work with greater confidence, professionalism, and clarity — and why their clients notice the difference.

Why People Choose GlobalVoice™

GlobalVoice™ appeals to instructors and professionals who want a clear, realistic path from curiosity to confident professional application.

Many people interested in this field assume they need to be an expert in every accent, understand every speech pattern immediately, or already have extensive experience before they can begin offering these services professionally.

GlobalVoice™ was designed to remove that uncertainty by providing a clear methodology, practical systems, and real-world frameworks that guide you step-by-step through the process.

The program is designed to help you move from:
“I think I could do this”
to
“I know how to assess, structure, position, and deliver these services professionally.”

Rather than relying on guesswork or isolated techniques, you’ll learn a practical, method-based approach built around real communication goals, structured programs, and professional service delivery.

Accent Specialist Training: 1.0 ASHA CEUs.

Business Bootcamp: 0.5 ASHA CEUs. 

Total ASHA CEUs available for both sections is 1.5 ASHA CEUs.

Note that 0.1 ASHA CEU = 1 contact hour.

ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.

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.

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.

Is the GlobalVoice™ Program Right for You?

This certification is designed for those seeking a practical, method-based pathway into speech, accent, and professional communication coaching, whether you are building on existing experience or developing a new professional specialization.

It’s for you if:

✔️ You’re a Speech-Language Pathologist ready to expand beyond traditional therapy into high-level speech and communication coaching for professionals, international clients, and global speakers who want stronger communication skills and greater clarity.

✔️ You’re an ESL or language instructor who wants to move beyond generalized teaching and become a specialist known for helping clients improve pronunciation, communication clarity, and overall communication effectiveness.

✔️ You’re a voice coach, acting coach, or performance professional who wants to expand your skill set and help clients develop stronger communication, vocal presence, and speech delivery in professional and public settings.

✔️ You’re a corporate trainer or educator who wants to create structured communication programs that help professionals communicate more clearly, confidently, and effectively.

✔️ You’re developing a new professional direction and want a clear, easy-to-follow roadmap for offering speech and communication coaching services without having to figure everything out on your own.

You don’t need to be an expert in every accent to help others improve pronunciation. You don’t need to have given a TED Talk to help others strengthen their communication skills. What you need is a proven system, practical training, and the willingness to apply what you learn.

Over 300 professionals have used this method to develop and grow their own communication coaching services using the same comprehensive frameworks taught inside GlobalVoice™.

If you’re serious about developing real skill, professional expertise, and an effective approach to speech and communication coaching, this program provides the training, frameworks, and professional development to help you do that.

This Program Is Not For You If…

❌ You’re looking for quick hacks or surface-level accent tips instead of mastering a proven method.
❌ You want results without practicing, applying, and refining the skills taught inside the program.
❌ You prefer generalized teaching over developing specialized communication coaching expertise.

This program is designed for people who are committed to developing real skill and professional expertise through a clear, proven system. You do not need to be an accent expert to begin. You need practical training, a strong framework, and the willingness to apply what you learn consistently.

If that sounds like you, you’re in the right place.

Excel as an Advanced Specialist
  • Develop advanced assessment skills to pinpoint student needs and goals
  • Create personalized, results-driven lesson plans and programs
  • Design effective practice and carryover activities that reinforce real progress
  • Build the confidence to work independently with high-value clients
Feel prepared, confident,
and ready to teach.  
  • Set up tech essentials with expert guidance for professional sessions
  • Save prep time with a proven, expert-designed curriculum
  • Upgrade your sessions with a library of engaging, ready-to-use materials

  • Accelerate your growth with live mentorship from experienced coaches

Transform lives (including your own)
  • Help students unlock confidence in their communication for real personal and professional growth
  • Work with motivated clients who value your expertise and actively seek the skills you provide
  • Enjoy the freedom to design your schedule, policies, and work-life balance

  • Expand your reach with workshops, online programs, and more!

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. 

Self-Paced

$895.00 USD

or

4 Payments of $245

(Total investment $980)

Payment plan includes an $85 administrative fee.

Ideal for instructors who are self-motivated and prefer to implement independently.

Start the Self-Paced Program

Mentorship Track

$3,800 USD

or

9 monthly payments of $445

(Total investment $4,005)

Payment plan includes a $205 administrative fee

For instructors who want direct mentorship, expert feedback, and step-by-step support.

Mentorship enrollment is currently closed. Pricing is subject to change for future cohorts.

Mentorship enrollment is intentionally limited to ensure meaningful interaction and individualized guidance.

Join the Waitlist for Mentorship

Start with the Self-Paced Track and upgrade later if you decide you want mentorship and live support.

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 to apply for the directory after you've completed the program.

Immediate Access to all modules and lessons 24/7

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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.

Meet Your Instructor: Jessica Kijowski, MS, CCC-SLP

I’m an ASHA-certified Speech-Language Pathologist with more than 26 years of experience specializing in accent modification, speech improvement, and professional communication coaching.

Aside from a brief period early in my career working in early intervention, my professional life has been spent building and sustaining a full-time private-pay practice focused on adult communication enhancement, accent training, and real-world speech and communication coaching.

Through decades of hands-on client work — including building one of the longest-running full-time private practices in this specialty area — I’ve seen what actually works, what tends to fail, and where both clients and instructors often get stuck without a clear methodology or professional framework. That real-world experience shapes everything inside GlobalVoice™, from the teaching systems and communication frameworks to the way instructors are trained to deliver this work professionally, ethically, and effectively.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with a wide range of speakers, including A-list actors, models, voice-over artists, executives, lawyers, teachers, diplomats, media professionals, and other high-level professional voice users from around the world. My work has included specialized speech and communication training within elite New York City private practices serving performers, professionals, and global speakers from a wide range of backgrounds.

I began working in accent training professionally in 2000, and in 2014 I launched my own private practice, offering one-on-one sessions and online programs for adult speakers. In 2019, I expanded this work by creating a certification program designed to help other professionals to become accent specialists — giving them the skills, systems, and support needed to work with their own students and build sustainable, ethical practices. 

If you’d like to connect, feel free to reach out at [email protected] or find me on social media. I’m always happy to answer questions and help you decide if this work is right for you.

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If you’re ready to use your skills in a more structured, professional way—and offer services that reflect the value of your expertise—you can get started with GlobalVoice™ today.

Whether you choose the Self-Paced Track or decide to join Mentorship when enrollment opens, you’ll be learning a proven system designed for real client work.

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$895.00 USD

or

4 Payments of $245

(Total investment $980)

Payment plan includes an $85 administrative fee.

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Mentorship Track

$3,800 USD

or

9 monthly payments of $445

(Total investment $4,005)

Payment plan includes a $205 administrative fee

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Mentorship enrollment is intentionally limited to ensure meaningful interaction and individualized guidance.

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Please note: The income examples, student stories, and pricing recommendations shared here are for illustration and educational purposes only. Every instructor’s path is unique, and results depend on many factors, including your experience, effort, and market conditions. While many of our graduates go on to charge premium rates and build successful practices, The Accent Channel cannot guarantee specific financial outcomes. What we can promise is to provide the tools, training, and support you need to take confident steps forward.