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Live Professional Instructor Development

Some Professional Capabilities Are Better Developed Live.

Ask the question. Practice the technique. Get the feedback. Apply it while you are learning.

Professional instruction is a human performance capability. It involves communication, listening, facilitation, questioning, presentation, coaching, feedback, adaptability, learner engagement, critical thinking, problem solving, and knowledge transfer.

For professionals who want to develop those capabilities through real-time interaction, guided practice, discussion, coaching, and feedback, FDTEC offers live instructor-led pathways.

Join a Live Virtual Class from virtually anywhere, or bring FDTEC directly to your organization for a Private Client-Site Program.

We have been developing professional instructors since 1999.

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Since 1999 Professional Instructor Development
Live Interaction Questions, Practice, Coaching & Feedback
KTE™ Knowledge → Application → Performance
Cross-Platform Designed to Move With Your Expertise
Why Live Development?

You Cannot Develop Every Professional Instructor Capability by Watching Someone Else Explain It.

You can read about active listening. You can study facilitation. You can learn questioning models. You can review presentation techniques. You can understand coaching frameworks.

But professional instruction ultimately requires you to communicate, respond, facilitate, question, explain, adapt, coach, solve problems, and transfer knowledge in front of other people.

That is where live development creates a different experience.

You can ask the question when it occurs. You can hear how another professional approaches the same challenge. You can practice a technique. You can receive feedback. You can adjust.

Live instruction turns professional instructor development into an active experience rather than a passive information event.

Choose Live Learning If You Value:

  • Real-time instructor access
  • Immediate clarification
  • Facilitated professional discussion
  • Structured practice
  • Instructor observation
  • Professional coaching
  • Direct feedback
  • Peer learning
  • Defined class schedules
  • Greater learning accountability
  • Collaborative problem solving
  • Applying concepts during the learning process
Two Live Instructor-Led Pathways

Join FDTEC Live Online—or Bring FDTEC Directly to Your Organization.

Both live pathways deliver the complete professional instructor-development curriculum. The difference is where you learn, who learns with you, and how the experience is organized.

Live Online Instructor-Led

Live Virtual Class

$3,297
Per candidate

Participate in a professionally facilitated FDTEC class from your home, office, organization, or other appropriate learning location.

You receive the flexibility of virtual learning without giving up live instructor interaction.

  • Live FDTEC instructor
  • Complete six-module professional curriculum
  • 15 professional instructor competencies
  • Real-time questions and discussion
  • Facilitated learning activities
  • Professional scenarios and application
  • Instructor coaching and feedback
  • Peer interaction and collaboration
  • Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™
  • AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators
  • Professional certification assessment
  • Digital badge and certificate
  • Credential ID and public verification
  • 36-month credential validity
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Private Organizational Cohort

Private Client-Site Class

$4,597
Per candidate · Five-candidate minimum

Bring FDTEC directly to your organization for a private professional instructor-development experience delivered at your approved client location.

Develop your instructors together around a common professional capability foundation.

  • Private class for your organization
  • Minimum five candidates
  • 10% discount above nine candidates
  • Delivered at the approved client site
  • Dedicated organizational cohort
  • Complete six-module professional curriculum
  • 15 professional instructor competencies
  • Real-time team discussion
  • Organizational examples and applications
  • Professional practice activities
  • Instructor coaching and feedback
  • Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™
  • Professional credential and verification
  • Travel-related expenses quoted separately
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The Live Learning Experience

This Is Not a Webinar. It Is Professional Capability Development.

FDTEC live delivery is designed around participation, professional application, interaction, and knowledge transfer—not an instructor simply talking while participants watch.

1

Instructor-Led Explanation

Concepts are introduced, modeled, discussed, and connected directly to professional teaching and knowledge-transfer situations.

2

Guided Discussion

Participants examine instructional challenges, learner needs, professional scenarios, competing approaches, and real-world decisions.

3

Interactive Activities

Structured activities reinforce communication, facilitation, questioning, feedback, coaching, presentation, and learner engagement.

4

Professional Practice

Participants move beyond understanding concepts and begin applying professional instructor techniques during the development process.

5

Coaching & Feedback

Professional guidance helps participants recognize strengths, identify opportunities for improvement, and refine instructional approaches.

6

Peer Learning

Participants benefit from the questions, experiences, perspectives, industries, professional roles, and instructional challenges of others.

7

Applied Reflection

Participants connect learning to the audiences, technologies, subjects, courses, customers, employees, and environments they actually support.

8

Problem Solving

Participants analyze instructional problems and develop responses rather than relying only on predetermined presentation techniques.

9

Knowledge Transfer Focus

The learning experience repeatedly returns to the central question: can the learner understand, retain, apply, and use what was taught?

1999

A Proven Foundation in Professional Instructor Development

FDTEC has spent more than 25 years developing the professionals responsible for explaining complex subjects, facilitating learning, transferring expertise, and helping other people build capability.

Experience Matters

The Way People Learn Has Changed. The Need for Strong Professional Instructors Has Not.

Since 1999, FDTEC has operated across technology education, professional certification, instructor development, enterprise learning, workforce transformation, and technical training.

Our history includes extensive work developing technical instructors and serving the Microsoft Certified Trainer ecosystem. It also includes relationships across major technology and professional-certification environments including Microsoft, CompTIA, Linux Professional Institute, Splunk, and the NIST training ecosystem.

During that time, instructor development moved from primarily physical classrooms into virtual classrooms, hybrid environments, digital collaboration, AI-supported learning, global workforces, distributed teams, and rapidly changing technology ecosystems.

That experience taught us something fundamental: the technology changes, but the professional capabilities required to transfer expertise remain essential.

Technology & Professional Ecosystem Experience

Our Cross-Platform Approach Was Built From Experience Across Technology Ecosystems—Not From Distance From Them.

FDTEC understands the relationship between technical expertise, professional certification, instructor development, and workforce capability because we have worked where those disciplines intersect.

Microsoft Partner
Microsoft Technology, education & instructor-development heritage
CompTIA Partner
CompTIA Professional technology certification ecosystem
Linux Professional Institute Training Partner
Linux Professional Institute Linux & open-source professional learning
Splunk Partner
Splunk Enterprise technology & professional services ecosystem
NIST Training Provider
NIST Training Provider Standards-aligned workforce & professional development
Your expertise may change throughout your career. You may teach Microsoft today, cybersecurity tomorrow, AI next year, or move from technical instruction into consulting, customer education, workforce development, leadership, or professional facilitation. FCI develops the professional instructor capability designed to move with that expertise.

Partner, provider, program, and ecosystem designations represent distinct relationships and should not be interpreted as identical forms of endorsement or authorization. Product names, program names, logos, and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

Who Should Attend?

Live Development for Professionals Who Teach, Facilitate, Coach, Explain, or Transfer Expertise.

You do not need “Instructor” in your job title. If other people depend on you to understand what you know, professional instructor capability belongs in your skill set.

Technical Instructors
Corporate Trainers
Subject-Matter Experts
Healthcare Educators
Government Trainers
Workforce Development Professionals
Consultants
Customer Education Teams
Sales Enablement Professionals
Facilitators & Coaches
Higher Education Faculty
Vocational Instructors
Learning & Development Professionals
Managers & Team Leaders
Implementation Consultants
Independent Professional Instructors
Complete Professional Curriculum

Six Modules. One Integrated Professional Instructor Capability Foundation.

Live Virtual and Private Client-Site pathways include the complete FDTEC Certified Instructor™ professional instructor-development curriculum.

01

Professional Foundations

Instructor identity, professional standards, ethics, preparation, adult learners, learning objectives, professional responsibility, and the role of the modern instructor.

02

Communication & Facilitation

Active listening, questioning, discussion, feedback, engagement, collaboration, facilitation, and coaching conversations.

03

Presentation Excellence

Organization, clarity, pacing, delivery, visual support, professional confidence, executive presence, and audience connection.

04

Managing Learners

Classroom management, learner motivation, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, adaptability, learner differences, and inclusive instruction.

05

Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™

Retention, reinforcement, application, assessment, critical thinking, problem solving, learner capability, and professional performance.

06

Modern Instruction

Virtual and hybrid learning, instructional technology, accessibility, professional adaptation, and AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators.

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Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™

The Real Test of Live Instruction Happens After the Class Ends.

Energy in the classroom matters. Participation matters. Good discussion matters. Professional delivery matters.

But none of those are the ultimate outcome.

The real question is whether learners can understand, retain, apply, and use what was taught.

Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™ gives FDTEC live instruction a clear professional direction: move beyond delivering information and develop the instructor capabilities that support actual learner application.

That changes the instructor's question from: “Did I cover everything?”

To: “Can they use what I taught?”

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Knowledge Learners encounter accurate and professionally relevant information.
Understanding Learners understand meaning, context, relationships, and relevance.
Retention Important learning remains accessible beyond the instructional event.
Application Learners use knowledge in authentic professional situations.
Capability Learners build greater competence, confidence, and independence.
Performance Developed capability supports stronger professional action and organizational outcomes.
Private Organizational Development

When the Whole Team Needs to Improve, Develop Them Together.

A private cohort does more than place employees in the same class. It creates an opportunity to establish shared professional expectations across the people responsible for teaching and transferring knowledge inside the organization.

Shared Professional Language

Participants develop common terminology around facilitation, communication, learner engagement, coaching, feedback, knowledge transfer, and instructional performance.

Common Instructor Standard

Create a consistent professional capability foundation across employees who may teach completely different technologies, subjects, products, or processes.

Organizational Context

Private delivery creates greater opportunity to discuss the audiences, environments, technologies, instructional challenges, and knowledge-transfer realities facing your organization.

Team Interaction

Employees learn from one another's experiences, questions, challenges, instructional practices, professional roles, and subject-matter environments.

Professional Feedback

Participants receive guidance within a structured development environment designed to strengthen instructor capability rather than merely deliver content.

Knowledge Transfer Culture

Developing instructors together reinforces the idea that effective knowledge transfer is an organizational capability—not simply an individual presentation skill.

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Choose Your Learning Path

Self-Paced, Live Virtual, or Private Client-Site

The professional curriculum remains strong across each pathway. Choose the learning experience that best fits your goals, schedule, interaction preference, and organizational requirements.

Program Feature Self-Paced
$1,497		 Live Virtual
$3,297		 Private Client-Site
$4,597
Complete six-module curriculum ✓ ✓ ✓
15 professional instructor competencies ✓ ✓ ✓
Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™ ✓ ✓ ✓
Live FDTEC instructor — ✓ ✓
Real-time questions & discussion — ✓ ✓
Facilitated group activities — ✓ ✓
Instructor coaching & feedback — ✓ ✓
Peer interaction — ✓ ✓
Private organizational cohort — By arrangement ✓
Delivered at client site — — ✓
Minimum participant requirement One Current class availability Five candidates
10% discount above nine candidates — — ✓
Professional credential & verification ✓ ✓ ✓
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Live Program Scheduling

Tell Us When and How You Want to Learn.

Live virtual classes are scheduled based on current demand, instructor availability, and cohort formation.

Private Client-Site classes are coordinated directly with the organization and require a minimum of five candidates.

Contact FDTEC with your preferred delivery method and timing. We can provide current Live Virtual availability or begin coordinating a private organizational program.

You do not need to have every detail finalized before contacting us.

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Helpful Information to Include

  • Live Virtual or Private Client-Site
  • Number of candidates
  • Preferred date range
  • Organization or institution
  • Participant roles
  • Subjects or technologies participants teach
  • Time zone for virtual delivery
  • Delivery location for client-site training
  • Primary professional-development objectives
  • Procurement or scheduling requirements
Professional Credential

FDTEC Certified Instructor™

Professional instructor certification backed by a structured curriculum, certification assessment, defined credential lifecycle, and public verification.

Develop. Assess. Certify.

Live Development Leads to a Professional Credential—Not Merely a Certificate of Attendance.

Candidates who successfully complete the applicable professional pathway and meet FDTEC certification requirements receive the FDTEC Certified Instructor™ credential.

The credential is designed to support professional recognition, employer review, organizational confidence, and public verification.

FDTEC Certified Instructor™ credential
Professional digital badge
Digital certificate
Credential ID
Issue date
Credential status
Public verification
36-month credential validity
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Frequently Asked Questions

Live Instructor-Led Program Questions

What is the price of the Live Virtual program?

Live Virtual FDTEC Certified Instructor™ delivery is $3,297 per candidate.

What is the price of Private Client-Site delivery?

Private Client-Site delivery is $4,597 per candidate and requires a minimum of five candidates. Travel-related expenses are quoted separately where applicable.

Is there a group discount?

Yes. A 10% discount applies when the approved Private Client-Site cohort includes more than nine candidates.

Are Live Virtual classes actually interactive?

Yes. Live Virtual delivery is designed around instructor facilitation, real-time questions, discussion, professional activities, application, coaching, feedback, and peer interaction. It is not positioned as a passive webinar.

Does live delivery include the complete FCI curriculum?

Yes. Both Live Virtual and Private Client-Site pathways include the complete professional instructor-development curriculum.

Do I need to be a full-time instructor?

No. The program is appropriate for professionals responsible for teaching, facilitating, coaching, customer education, employee development, technical instruction, consulting, enablement, or transferring expertise as part of a broader professional role.

Is FCI tied to one technology vendor?

No. FDTEC Certified Instructor™ is a cross-platform professional instructor certification designed to complement the subject-matter expertise you already possess across technical and professional environments.

Can I use my instructor capability when teaching Microsoft, AWS, Cisco, Linux, Splunk, cybersecurity, AI, or other technologies?

Yes. FCI develops professional instructor capability that can be applied when teaching technologies and professional subjects within corporate, academic, vocational, consulting, workforce-development, customer-education, and other independent learning environments.

Do vendor-specific instructor requirements always apply when I teach a vendor's technology?

No. Teaching a technology is not automatically the same as delivering the vendor's official authorized training program. Separate vendor requirements may apply when using a vendor's official proprietary courseware, official student materials, or delivering training represented as official vendor-authorized training.

Can an organization request a private Live Virtual cohort?

Yes. Organizations can contact FDTEC to discuss private virtual cohort requirements, participant numbers, scheduling, time zones, and professional-development objectives.

How do I obtain current Live Virtual class dates?

Contact FDTEC to request current availability. Live Virtual dates are coordinated based on current demand, instructor availability, and cohort formation.

Is Capstone Verified available with live delivery?

Yes. Organizations and candidates can discuss how the Capstone Verified performance-based pathway may be incorporated into the selected delivery arrangement. Capstone Verified provides additional evidence that the candidate demonstrated defined professional instructor capabilities through a structured performance-based assessment.

Continue Developing After Class

Your Professional Development Does Not End When the Live Class Ends.

FDTEC Research Institute™ extends professional instructor development through frameworks, research, case studies, toolkits, playbooks, professional guides, and implementation resources.

Knowledge Transfer Effectiveness™

Continue developing the ability to connect professional instruction with learner understanding, retention, application, capability, and performance.

Explore KTE™ →

Professional White Papers

Explore evidence-informed publications examining instructor development, knowledge transfer, workforce capability, AI, and professional learning.

Browse White Papers →

Instructor Toolkits™

Use templates, worksheets, planning resources, coaching tools, checklists, and implementation aids to continue applying professional instructor practices.

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Implementation Playbooks™

Move from individual professional development toward structured organizational instructor-development practices and implementation.

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Case Studies

Examine authentic instructional challenges involving facilitation, communication, professional judgment, learner needs, knowledge transfer, and organizational performance.

Explore Case Studies →

Professional Guides

Continue developing professional instructor capability through practical resources designed for trainers, facilitators, coaches, educators, and technical instructors.

Explore Professional Guides →

Learn Live. Practice Live. Develop Professionally.

If You Want More Than Course Access, Choose the Experience That Lets You Engage, Practice, and Get Feedback.

You already built the subject-matter expertise. FDTEC develops the professional capability required to explain it, facilitate it, coach it, and transfer it effectively.

The technology changes. The subject matter evolves. The professional capabilities required to transfer expertise remain essential.

Join FDTEC Live Virtual from wherever you are—or bring FDTEC directly to your organization and develop your instructor team together.

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