Mentoring Micro-Credentials Program

Advance Your Mentoring Practice. Strengthen Your Program Leadership.

The Mentoring Institute proudly presents the Mentoring Micro-Credentials Program—a dynamic professional development series crafted to advance mentoring expertise and strengthen program leadership across academic and professional sectors. Earn up to four stackable micro-credentials that demonstrate your mastery, skills, and competency in building and evaluating mentoring relationships, programs, networks, and ecosystems.

Who Should Participate?

This program welcomes faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, administrators, mentoring program leaders, and professionals from diverse industries. Participants will engage in a transformative learning experience rooted in research, reflective practice, and real-world application.

Flexible Program Structure

Earn up to four micro-credentials by completing 16 hours of synchronous instruction over eight weeks.
• Live Sessions: Weekly two-hour Zoom meetings
• Asynchronous Work: Pre-session preparation and post-session project-based assignments
• Non-Sequential Modules: Join any section at any time.
• Participants must attend at least 80% of classes and complete 80% of coursework with a satisfactory grade.

Why Enroll?

• Experience The Mentoring Way (Alred & Garvey, 2019): autonomy, reflection, and community
• Learn from an internationally recognized, award-winning facilitation team
• Apply your learning immediately through project-based work
• Earn stackable credentials that showcase your mentoring expertise

Enrollment: Registration opens two months before the start date and closes one day prior. Minimum 10 and maximum 20 participants per cohort.

2026 Schedule

Course	Section	Online Sessions	Dates
MC1 – Mentoring Essential Skills	1	Tuesdays, 9:00–11:00 am MT	Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2026 Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, 2026	Register
MC2 – Mentoring Relational Strategies	1	Tuesdays, 9:00–11:00 am MT	Mar 10, 17, 24, 31, 2026 Apr 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026	Register
MC3 – Well-Prepared Mentoring	1	Tuesdays, 9:00–11:00 am MT	May 12, 19, 26, Jun 2, 2026 Jun 9, 16, 23, 30, 2026	Register
MC4 – Effective Mentoring Programs	1	Wednesdays, 9:00–11:00 am MT	Aug 19, 26, Sept 2, 9, 2026 Sept 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 2026	Register

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