The training program behind every KeyPlayers assistant

Executive Assistant · KeyPlayers Academy

School of Executive and Operations Support

Opens October 7

Executive Assistant

Executive-grade operator standard: inbox and calendar, AI-enabled operating, systems and SOPs, managing up, security. Ends in a knowledge exam and a day-in-the-life simulation.

This program opens on Wednesday, October 7. Applications open the same day.

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Courses: 8
Modules: 40
Lessons: 112
Practice drills: 8

Who it's for

Assistants who hold the KeyPlayers AI-Trained VA and want to do this work for clients.

By application, after KeyPlayers Foundations. The admissions team reviews every application.

What a graduate can do

Every graduate has already done this work once, under grading. The final asks them to produce:

Confirm you completed the proctored exam (add any notes for your trainer)
End-of-day brief to the founder
Evidence of your work (documents, screenshots, exports)

Curriculum

What's taught, course by course

Modules pair lessons with quizzes. Modules marked Drill include hands-on practice on a realistic task. Downloads are available to trainees once they sign in.

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Executive Communication and Written Business English

Writing at executive grade for a North American founder: bottom-line-up-front email, decide / FYI / delegate labels, thread summaries, tone that's direct, warm and concise, polishing Filipino-English patterns that read oddly to North American readers, writing in the founder's voice, meeting notes and Slack etiquette. Builds on Virtual Assistant Foundations.

Opens Oct 7

1
Writing for a busy founder
2
Summaries and decisions
3
Tone for North American executives
4
Writing in the founder's voice
5
Meetings and Slack

Assessment

The graded final

A realistic case, worked the way a client would expect. A KeyPlayers trainer grades it against the rubric below. AI may prepare first-draft scores backed by exact quotes from the work, and the trainer decides every result.

Graded examPass mark 85%2 attempts

Executive Assistant Knowledge Exam

Proctored, scenario-based judgment exam across all eight modules, weighted toward etiquette, systems thinking, AI use and security. Pass bar: 85%.

The rubric

Exam score
The official proctored exam result, entered by the trainer.

Written feedback on every result. A result can be appealed within 7 days, and a different trainer decides the appeal.

Graded simulationPass mark 80%One attempt

Day-in-the-Life Practical Simulation

A realistic simulated workday for a mock founder, handled live over a fixed window. Pass bar: 80% overall with NO critical failure (a missed phishing email, a dropped urgent item or a confidentiality breach fails the simulation regardless of score).

Review and sign-off

A program opens to trainees only once each review below is signed off. Every sign-off records exactly which version of the content was reviewed, and lasts 12 months, so the program is reviewed again every year.

Content review
Reviewed by: Training Manager

Status: Opens October 7

How the credential is verified

Graduates earn the KeyPlayers AI-Trained Executive Assistant, with its own credential ID.
Anyone can enter that ID on the verification page to see whether it's valid, expired, suspended or revoked.
It's valid for 12 months. After that it shows as expired until it's renewed through the yearly update.

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How to get in

By application, after KeyPlayers Foundations. The admissions team reviews every application. New to KeyPlayers? Take the skills quiz, then apply. Already training with us? Open the program from your Academy account.

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School of Executive and Operations Support

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Running a founder's day and a business's back office.

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Foundation Year

KeyPlayers Foundations

Foundation Year

KeyPlayers Foundations

Executive Assistant

Who it's for

What a graduate can do

What's taught, course by course

Executive Communication and Written Business English

The graded final

Executive Assistant Knowledge Exam

Day-in-the-Life Practical Simulation

Review and sign-off

How the credential is verified

How to get in

More from this school

See where you stand, then apply.

Inbox and Calendar Mastery

AI-Enabled Operating

Systems and SOP-Building

Project and Task Management

Client Etiquette, Culture and Managing Up

Data Security and Confidentiality

Time-Zone and Async Communication

Electives

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