Microsoft Instructional Skills Course | Become a Certified Trainer
AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators — Included with FCI.
If you are searching for a Microsoft instructional skills course, you are already thinking about something important: how to move beyond knowing the technology and become more effective at developing other people.
Microsoft Instructional Skills Course | Become a Certified Trainer: Develop Portable Professional Instructor Capability
If you are searching for a Microsoft instructional skills course, you are already thinking about something important: how to move beyond knowing the technology and become more effective at developing other people.
Professional context
The Microsoft MCT pathway has changed. The professional need behind instructional skills has not. Today's cross-platform, cross-functional workplace makes those capabilities even more valuable.
Practical application
For many years, instructional-skills development helped technical professionals prepare for the professional teaching responsibilities associated with the Microsoft Certified Trainer environment.
Knowledge transfer
FDTEC spent more than two decades developing professionals within that ecosystem.
Career opportunity
The real value was developing the ability to communicate clearly, facilitate learning, present confidently, ask better questions, coach effectively, manage learning environments, solve problems, and transfer technical expertise.
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
If you are searching for a Microsoft instructional skills course, you are already thinking about something important: how to move beyond knowing the technology and become more effective at developing other people.
If you are searching for a Microsoft instructional skills course, you are already thinking about something important: how to move beyond knowing the technology and become more effective at developing other people.
The Microsoft MCT pathway has changed. The professional need behind instructional skills has not. Today's cross-platform, cross-functional workplace makes those capabilities even more valuable.
For many years, instructional-skills development helped technical professionals prepare for the professional teaching responsibilities associated with the Microsoft Certified Trainer environment.
FDTEC spent more than two decades developing professionals within that ecosystem.
The real value was developing the ability to communicate clearly, facilitate learning, present confidently, ask better questions, coach effectively, manage learning environments, solve problems, and transfer technical expertise.
Those capabilities are now useful far beyond one vendor, one classroom, or one certification program.
Brand recognition is one thing. Twenty-five-plus years of professional instructor-development experience is another.
More Than Two Decades Developing the People Behind Technology Learning.
FDTEC began developing professional instructors in 1999 and spent more than two decades working within the Microsoft/MCT ecosystem.
Before Microsoft moved its instructional-skills function in-house, FDTEC had become the longest-serving provider of MCT instructional-skills certification.
That experience gave us the opportunity to work with technical professionals who knew their subject matter—but needed an entirely different set of capabilities to successfully develop other people.
Knowing the technology and teaching the technology are two different professional capabilities.
That distinction is as important today as it was when FDTEC began in 1999.
A Course Can Teach Instructional Skills. Professional Instructor Development Builds Capability That Can Move With You.
The difference matters because your career will probably extend far beyond one course, one certification, one employer, or one technology ecosystem.
That question focuses on completing a defined learning requirement.
That question focuses on developing professional capability with long-term value.
A course has an end date. Professional capability can travel with you for the rest of your career.
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.