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Anyone who enjoys helping other professionals in business, healthcare and other occupations achieve their goals can use MentorCoach, The Option Institute or the Behavioral Coaching Institute to become certified. Each training choice offers rigorous training and can help you create positive results in businesses. The certification standards and completion times vary. Therefore, you must select the most comfortable education provider for your time and money. To get started, you must complete training to be considered a certified mentor.
Register for the training courses that meet your needs. The MentorCoach Training Program is a 31-week program that teaches fundamentals, like ethics and how to set up your business. You must successfully finish this to be considered for advancement into the certification program. The Option Institute has a training that lasts four weeks in many areas, like mediation. The Behavioral Coaching Institute has an accelerated program, the Certified MasterCoach, that lasts only four days.
Apply to your selected certification program. Complete the minimum hours of practice coaching regarding the certification program or meet program standards. MentorCoach, The Option Institute and the Behavioral Coaching Institute have specific training strategies that vary. Review each website to determine more details.
Submit any program-required documentation of hours with clients. You will need a letter indicating the time spent, and also, receive supervision from a certified coach for added experience.
Obtain verification of successfully completing the training program. This can come in a variety of ways. For instance, an average of 70 percent on each section of the MentorCoach Final Examination is required to become a certified mentor. It encompasses a written exam (multiple choice and essay) with an oral exam. The Option Institute requires full course completion and not necessarily a formal test. However, the Behavioral Coaching Institute offers an internationally recognized license that needs to be renewed occasionally after program completion.
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Program Overview
The National Mentor Training and Certification Program™ curriculum is strategically aligned to the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL). The 2019 edition of Leading Learning Communities: Pillars, Practices, and Priorities for Effective Principals serves as the guiding framework alongside NAESP’s mentor competencies.
Participants are awarded the National Mentor Certification upon successful completion of both parts of the program. The National Mentor Certification is valid for a period of 3 years and can be renewed through participation at a one-day recertification training session.
National Mentor Certification fulfills Bethel University, St. Paul, MN requirements for EDUC802 Leadership Evolution, three doctoral-level semester credits. Participants who wish to earn the graduate credits at zero tuition cost can apply to Bethel online to be a non-degree seeking, individual course student. There is a one-time $200 transcription fee. More information about Bethel’s Doctor of Education: Leadership in K-12 Administration program can be located at this website.
This 2-day event (available virtually or face-to-face) provides the foundational knowledge for the mentor program. Participants receive 15 professional development hours upon completion of the LII. Please note, participation requires completion of a pre-requisite activity, the Top 5 CliftonStrengths assessment, which should be purchased from Gallup.
Training modules include:
- Mentoring Principals to Lead Learning Communities
- Build Culture: Creating Schools That are Great Places to Teach and Learn
- Empower People: Leading Learning to Bring Out the Best in Teachers and Students
- Optimize Systems: Ensuring School Operations, Processes and Contexts Support Effective Teaching and Learning
Upon completion of the LII, participants who choose to pursue National Mentor Certification transition into a nine-month virtual Mentor-in-Training (MIT) internship cohort led by a trained, certified NAESP coach. MITs will work with their chosen protégés throughout the internship while engaging in monthly meetings with their cohort and coach to deepen their mentoring skills, discuss strategies, and review lessons learned. Internship requirements include:
- 72 total contact hours with chosen protégé (virtual and/or face-to-face)
- 9 Monthly virtual cohort meetings and reflection assignments
- Final culminating project
National Mentor Certification fulfills Bethel University, St. Paul, MN requirements for EDUC802 Leadership Evolution, three doctoral-level semester credits. Participants who wish to earn the graduate credits at zero tuition cost can apply to Bethel online to be a non-degree seeking, individual course student. There is a one-time $200 transcription fee. More information about Bethel’s Doctor of Education: Leadership in K-12 Administration program can be located at this website.
Program Fees
2 day training only, no certification
- Early Bird Rate (On or before 1 month from start of event)
- NAESP Members: $699
- Non-Members: $949
- Regular Rate (Less than 1 month from start of event)
- NAESP Members: $799
- Non-Members: $1,049
2 day training with 9 month certification internship
- Early Bird Rate (On or before 1 month from start of event)
- NAESP Members: $1,299
- Non-Members: $1,599
- Regular Rate (Less than 1 month from start of event)
- NAESP Members: $1,399
- Non-Members: $1,699
Three hour training
- Early Bird Rate (On or before 1 month from start of event)
- NAESP Members: $200
- Non-Members: $300
- Regular Rate (Less than 1 month from start of event)
- NAESP Members: $275
- Non-Members: $375
Contract with NAESP
NAESP can contract with school districts, states, and local LEAs to deliver private training, certification, and recertification opportunities. For more information, please contact Katie Earley at or 703-518-6264.
Upcoming Trainings
All 2022-2023 Leadership Immersion Institute Mentor Training and Mentor Recertification Training sessions will take place virtually. To register for a training, please click on the appropriate link below. Please note that the online registration system will only accept credit card payments; to pay by check, purchase order, or to register a group/team, please contact .
Leadership Immersion Institute Mentor Training
Participation requires completion of a pre-requisite activity, the Top 5 CliftonStrengths assessment, which should be purchased from Gallup. Complete the assessment in advance so that you come to the training with an understanding of your results.
- November 9-10, 2022 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET – Registration is closed; training is at maximum capacity.
- February 8-9, 2023 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET
- May 10-11, 2023 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET
Mentor Recertification Training
- March 16, 2023 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
- March 16, 2023 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET