Data Expertise Is Powerful. Learn to Transfer It Effectively in a Live Virtual World.
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Build a Professional Capability That Goes Far Beyond One Platform.
The Next Evolution of Professional Instructor Development™
Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.
Build professional teaching, facilitation, coaching, and knowledge-transfer capabilities that extend your subject expertise.
Today's data professionals explain findings, facilitate meetings, guide customers, enable users, coach…
Today's data professionals explain findings, facilitate meetings, guide customers, enable users, coach colleagues, deliver presentations, and develop people— often through a screen.
The technology may be virtual. The responsibility to create understanding is still profoundly human.
You May Have Found FDTEC Looking for Live Virtual MCT Training. The Professional Need Goes Far Beyond MCT.
For years, Microsoft professionals came to FDTEC to develop the instructional skills associated with the Microsoft Certified Trainer pathway.
Data professionals were part of that audience
Data professionals were part of that audience. They already possessed technical knowledge. The challenge was learning how to communicate, facilitate, engage, teach, coach, and transfer that knowledge effectively.
Microsoft now controls its MCT pathway directly. FDTEC's mission has evolved beyond a single vendor trainer pathway.
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.
We have developed professionals through enormous changes in technology, certification, learning…
We have developed professionals through enormous changes in technology, certification, learning environments, workplace expectations, and delivery models.
We were developing professional instructors when physical classrooms dominated. We developed instructors as virtual learning expanded. And we continue developing professionals for a workplace where knowledge transfer happens everywhere.
Experience across changing technologies and learning environments.
FDTEC was the longest-serving provider of MCT instructional-skills development before Microsoft moved that function in-house.
FDTEC's modern approach did not emerge by stepping away from technology ecosystems
FDTEC's modern approach did not emerge by stepping away from technology ecosystems. It grew from experience across them.
That experience reinforced a fundamental principle: technology changes faster than the human capabilities required to explain it, teach it, facilitate understanding around it, and help people apply it.
A Virtual Room Changes the Environment. It Does Not Lower the Standard.
Live virtual instruction removes many of the physical signals instructors traditionally use to judge attention, confusion, engagement, and understanding.
In a physical room, instructors can see posture, facial expressions, side conversations, hesitation,…
In a physical room, instructors can see posture, facial expressions, side conversations, hesitation, confusion, and energy.
In a virtual environment, many of those signals are reduced, delayed, or invisible.
That means engagement cannot be assumed. It must be intentionally created.
Build participation into the experience instead of relying on passive attendance.
Use questions to surface understanding, misconceptions, and application
Use questions to surface understanding, misconceptions, and application.
Detect uncertainty and comprehension through responses, discussion, and behavior.
Change explanations, pacing, examples, and activities when learners need it.
Connect information to realistic problems, decisions, and professional situations.
Data Professionals Already Teach
Data Professionals Already Teach. They Just May Not Call It Teaching.
Every time you explain a dashboard, walk a client through an analysis, demonstrate a tool, facilitate a data discussion, coach a colleague, or help a team understand what the numbers mean, knowledge transfer is taking place.
Explain data and insights clearly when your audience is remote.
Facilitate discussions that keep distributed participants involved.
Help customers understand and apply analytics tools, processes, and findings
Help customers understand and apply analytics tools, processes, and findings.
Guide users through new data environments, workflows, and ways of working.
Build data literacy and capability across teams and departments.
Help colleagues strengthen knowledge, judgment, and confidence.
Candidates Qualify Through One Accepted Pathway
One accepted pathway means you need only one of these three.
1. Relevant Certification
A recognized technical, industry, professional, occupational, or other relevant certification.
2. 1+ Year Relevant Professional Experience
At least one year of relevant professional experience in the candidate’s field of expertise.
3. Employer Verification
Employer verification confirming relevant professional expertise.
Certification OR Experience OR Employer Verification
Questions About Professional Instructor Certification
Who can qualify for FDTEC Certified Instructor™?
Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a recognized relevant certification, one or more years of relevant professional experience, or employer verification of relevant expertise.
Is AI training included?
Yes. AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators is included.
What is the difference between Standard FCI and Capstone Verified?
Standard FCI includes the self-paced certification program and assessment. Capstone Verified adds applied performance validation.
How long is FCI valid?
The FCI credential is valid for 36 months, with a streamlined renewal process.
Professional Instructor Development for a Larger Market
Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.