AHA ACLS Instructor Development

Prepare to teach, coach, test, and administer AHA ACLS courses through an accepting Training Center.

This offering supports the ACLS instructor pathway. Candidates complete required preparation, online Instructor Essentials, faculty-led training, monitored teaching, and Training Center alignment.

At a Glance

What You Will Learn

• Teach ACLS content within current AHA requirements
• Facilitate team-based learning
• Evaluate skills and testing
• Manage course records and quality expectations

Course Outline

Acceptance

Training Center and prerequisite review

Online Component

Instructor Essentials

Faculty-Led Course

Delivery, testing, and administration

Monitoring

Observed teaching

Alignment

Final approval and eCard process

Your Instructors

Life Saving Education courses are taught by a team of experienced instructors. Every LSE instructor is at least a paramedic with teaching experience, and many bring additional firefighter, clinical, technical-rescue, or occupational-safety backgrounds. The assigned instructor may vary by course, location, and specialty.

Important Program Notices

AHA Program Disclaimer

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in BLS, ACLS, and PALS and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association.

Completion Documents

Completion documents are issued by the applicable certifying organization after all attendance, skills, testing, and administrative requirements are met. A generic site certificate is never a substitute for an official course completion card or eCard. The organization imposing your training requirement decides what it will accept; verify the required course and completion document before registering.