Professional Instructor Career for Certified Experts
AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators — Included with FCI.
Associate and Expert-level technical credentials demonstrate valuable subject-matter expertise. But knowing the technology and developing capability in other people are different skills.
Professional Instructor Career for Certified Experts: Develop Portable Professional Instructor Capability
Associate and Expert-level technical credentials demonstrate valuable subject-matter expertise. But knowing the technology and developing capability in other people are different skills.
Professional context
For Decades, Microsoft Professionals Came to FDTEC to Learn How to Teach What They Knew.
Practical application
That history matters. But it is the beginning of the story—not the end.
Knowledge transfer
For many years, technically certified Microsoft professionals pursued MCT as the next step when they wanted to develop an instructional role. FDTEC helped develop those professional instructional capabilities for more than 25 years.
Career opportunity
The Microsoft MCT pathway has since changed. Microsoft now controls its own current MCT qualification, onboarding, enrollment, and renewal requirements.
FCI develops 15 transferable professional instructor competencies: communication, active listening, facilitation, emotional intelligence, presentation, questioning, classroom management, conflict resolution, executive presence, coaching, feedback, adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving, and knowledge transfer.
Transfer What You Know. Develop What Others Can Do.
Technical or occupational expertise provides the subject foundation. Professional instructor capability strengthens communication, facilitation, coaching, and the application of knowledge in real work.
Any One of These Three Pathways Qualifies
Recognized Certification
Relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification.
Professional Experience
At least one year of relevant professional experience.
Employer Verification
An employer verification letter confirming relevant expertise.
Only one accepted pathway is required. No college degree is required.
Choose Your Professional Instructor Certification Pathway
FDTEC Certified Instructor™
Develop professional instructor competencies around the expertise you already possess. Includes the AI module, digital credential, and lifetime course access.
Explore Standard FCIFCI Capstone Verified
Extend the FCI pathway with applied instructional performance verification.
Explore Capstone VerifiedApplying Instructor Capability in This Professional Context
Associate and Expert-level technical credentials demonstrate valuable subject-matter expertise. But knowing the technology and developing capability in other people are different skills.
Associate and Expert-level technical credentials demonstrate valuable subject-matter expertise. But knowing the technology and developing capability in other people are different skills.
For Decades, Microsoft Professionals Came to FDTEC to Learn How to Teach What They Knew.
That history matters. But it is the beginning of the story—not the end.
For many years, technically certified Microsoft professionals pursued MCT as the next step when they wanted to develop an instructional role. FDTEC helped develop those professional instructional capabilities for more than 25 years.
The Microsoft MCT pathway has since changed. Microsoft now controls its own current MCT qualification, onboarding, enrollment, and renewal requirements.
What has not changed is the professional problem: technical expertise alone does not automatically make someone an effective instructor, facilitator, coach, presenter, consultant, or knowledge-transfer professional.
25+ Years Taught Us the Difference Between Knowing Technology and Developing People.
FDTEC has been developing the people behind technology learning since 1999.
Before Microsoft moved MCT instructional-skills development in-house, FDTEC was the longest-serving provider.
That experience gave us decades of insight into what happens when technically capable professionals must explain complex ideas, engage different audiences, answer difficult questions, facilitate learning, coach performance, and help knowledge become application.
FDTEC was the longest-serving provider of MCT instructional-skills development before Microsoft moved that function in-house.
Cross-platform, cross-functional professional instructor development.
FDTEC's perspective was not developed inside a single technology silo.
Our experience across major technology and professional ecosystems reinforced a fundamental lesson: technology changes faster than the human capabilities required to help people learn it.
Technical Mastery Is the Foundation. Human Capability Is the Multiplier.
Earning an Associate or Expert-level technical credential takes discipline. That expertise matters.
The next professional question is: Can you make that expertise useful to someone else?
Explain, demonstrate, facilitate, question, listen, coach, and guide.
Qualification and Certification Assessment
Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification; at least one year of relevant professional experience; or employer verification of relevant expertise. No degree required.
The FCI assessment includes 50 questions, a two-hour time limit, a 75% passing score, and multiple attempts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the AI module included with FCI?
Yes. AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators is included with FCI.
How do I qualify for FCI?
Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification; at least one year of relevant professional experience; or employer verification of relevant expertise. No degree is required.
What is the FCI certification assessment?
The assessment has 50 questions, a two-hour time limit, a 75% passing score, and multiple attempts.
What are the self-paced program prices?
FDTEC Certified Instructor™ is $1,497. FCI Capstone Verified is $2,497.
How long is the FCI credential valid?
The FCI credential is valid for 36 months.
Expand Where Your Expertise Can Take You.
Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.