Team building and MCT Certification
AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators — Included with FCI.
Strong teams are built when people communicate clearly, listen actively, facilitate effectively, manage disagreement, coach one another, solve problems, adapt, and transfer knowledge.
Team building and MCT Certification: Develop Portable Professional Instructor Capability
Strong teams are built when people communicate clearly, listen actively, facilitate effectively, manage disagreement, coach one another, solve problems, adapt, and transfer knowledge.
Professional context
Those are precisely the kinds of professional capabilities that help subject-matter experts, technical professionals, instructors, consultants, facilitators, and leaders make the people around them stronger.
Practical application
Technical Expertise Can Build the Solution. Professional Instructor Capability Can Help Build the Team.
Knowledge transfer
Listen actively to understand people, problems, and perspectives.
Career opportunity
Coach people toward stronger performance and greater independence.
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
Strong teams are built when people communicate clearly, listen actively, facilitate effectively, manage disagreement, coach one another, solve problems, adapt, and transfer knowledge.
Strong teams are built when people communicate clearly, listen actively, facilitate effectively, manage disagreement, coach one another, solve problems, adapt, and transfer knowledge.
Those are precisely the kinds of professional capabilities that help subject-matter experts, technical professionals, instructors, consultants, facilitators, and leaders make the people around them stronger.
Technical Expertise Can Build the Solution. Professional Instructor Capability Can Help Build the Team.
Listen actively to understand people, problems, and perspectives.
Coach people toward stronger performance and greater independence.
Adapt to different people, situations, learning needs, and environments.
Transfer expertise across the team instead of allowing knowledge to remain trapped in one person.
The MCT Connection Was Never Just About Teaching a Microsoft Course.
Microsoft Certified Trainer historically represented something important: the combination of technical expertise and the ability to develop other people.
But it also mattered inside project teams, consulting engagements, implementations, customer environments, technical departments, and organizations.
Professionals who can explain, facilitate, coach, question, resolve conflict, solve problems, and transfer knowledge frequently contribute far beyond formal training.
The Microsoft MCT pathway has changed. The professional need behind instructional skills has not.
Team Building Is Not One FCI Competency. It Is What Multiple Professional Competencies Can Help Produce.
FDTEC does not treat “team building” as a standalone professional instructor competency.
Instead, stronger teams can emerge when professionals apply several capabilities together.
Help people understand goals, expectations, responsibilities, decisions, and technical information.
Understand concerns, ideas, assumptions, challenges, and different perspectives before responding.
Move groups through discussion, collaboration, problem solving, decisions, and action.
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.