Become a Certified Professional Instructor With Self-Paced Development

What This Opportunity Means in Practice

Self-paced professional instructor development lets experienced professionals build new capability around existing work, consulting and family responsibilities.

FCI develops Communication, Active Listening, Facilitation, Emotional Intelligence, Presentation, Questioning, Classroom Management, Conflict Resolution, Executive Presence, Coaching, Feedback, Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Knowledge Transfer.

Build professional instructor capability on your schedule.

From Legacy Training Expertise to Professional Instructor Capability

This FDTEC legacy resource on Become a Certified Professional Instructor With Self-Paced Development remains part of the site's training and instructor-development history. The professional opportunity has now expanded beyond a single vendor or platform. FDTEC develops professional instructor capability that can complement existing technical, industry, occupational, and professional expertise.

FDTEC Certified Instructor™ develops transferable capabilities in communication, active listening, facilitation, emotional intelligence, presentation, questioning, classroom management, conflict resolution, executive presence, coaching, feedback, adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving, and knowledge transfer.

Current self-paced options are Standard FCI — $1,497 and FCI Capstone Verified — $2,497 . The credential is valid for 36 months and has no additional yearly FDTEC program fee.

Microsoft Certified Trainer • Professional Instructor Development

For years, professionals came to FDTEC to understand the steps to Microsoft Certified Trainer certification and the benefits of becoming an MCT. The Microsoft pathway has evolved—but the professional capabilities behind exceptional technical instruction have become even more valuable.

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.

Microsoft now controls its own MCT qualification, onboarding, enrollment, and renewal process.

If your specific objective is to earn or maintain Microsoft Certified Trainer status, you should follow Microsoft's current requirements directly.

But if your larger objective is to become a stronger professional instructor—to communicate, facilitate, coach, present, solve problems, transfer expertise, and create learner capability—the opportunity is much broader.

That broader professional opportunity is where FDTEC's 25+ years of instructor-development experience now leads.

The Traditional MCT Path Was Built Around Microsoft Ecosystem Status.

Historically, professionals typically approached the MCT journey through a combination of Microsoft technical credentials, instructional-skills development, and Microsoft enrollment.

The professional first demonstrated qualifying technical expertise within the Microsoft certification ecosystem.

Professional instructor capability was developed so technical knowledge could be communicated and transferred more effectively.

The professional then completed Microsoft's applicable enrollment process to participate as a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

The process mattered. But the most durable professional asset was never the paperwork. It was the capability developed behind the credential.

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 process in-house, FDTEC had become the longest-serving provider of MCT instructional-skills certification.

That history matters because it gave FDTEC decades of experience with the real challenge behind professional technical instruction:

How do you turn subject-matter expertise into professional capability that another person can understand, retain, apply, and use?