The MCT Summit is where MCTs gather to hone their presentation skills, learn about the latest technological advances, and network with fellow MCTs, discussing how best to impart these advances to students and colleagues.
This year, MCTs from all over will be gathering in San Francisco from October 19-21, 2011. Presentations for developers, IT Pros, SQL, Office, and Personal Development will be given by fellow MCTs and presenters from Microsoft. The theme for the MCT Summit is “The Cloud,” and as such presenters are encouraged to present on topics pertaining to developments and challenges related to various cloud technologies.
At TechEd North America 2011, TrainSignal had the pleasure of interviewing one of this year’s organizers for the MCT Summit, Dave Franklyn:
What is an MCT?
For those of you who are unaware, Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) are people who have proven themselves to be superior technical and instructional experts on Microsoft technologies. To become an MCT, individuals must meet quite a few stringent MCT certification requirements. They must meet all certification and competency requirements for each course they teach, maintain high customer satisfaction scores on course evaluations, and prove model instructional presentation skills.
TrainSignal is fortunate enough to have on staff quite a few MCTs, including Ed Liberman, instructor for our Windows Server 2008 Training, Jeff Hicks, instructor for our new Windows PowerShell Fundamentals Training, J. Peter Bruzzese, instructor for our Exchange 2010 Training and SharePoint 2010 Administration Training, just to name a few.
Interested in Becoming an MCT?
If you are currently an MCP certified in a premier certification (Systems Engineer, Desktop Support Technician, Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, Microsoft Office 2010 Specialist, or other premier Microsoft certification) and are interested in becoming an MCT, one of the requirements to become an MCT is to prove instructional presentation skills. One way to fulfill this requirement is to attend an approved Train the Trainer (TTT) session; however, these sessions are often hard to come by.
On Tuesday October 18, 2011, (the day before this year’s MCT Summit), MCT hopefuls may register to attend this 1.5 day bootcamp style Train-the-Trainer event and become an MCT upon successful completion.
Ordinarily, Train-the-Trainer classes are much longer and can cost several thousand dollars, not to mention the normal MCT annual dues.
This Train-the-Trainer bootcamp, however, costs only $700, which includes the MCT fees for the remainder of the year, and includes admission for MCT Summit!
Due to the condensed format, there will be required prep work to do before the event and “homework” to do on the Tuesday evening to ensure success.
To learn more about the Train-the-Trainer event, additional requirements for becoming an MCT and how to register for the October 18, 2011 pre-conference Train-the-Trainer session at the MCT Summit visit the following links:
- Lean more about the Train-the-Trainer event: MCT Summit Train-the-Trainer Event page
- Requirements for becoming an MCT: MCT Certification Page at Microsoft
- Register for the October 18th Train-the-Trainer session: Train-the-Trainer Registration
Bill Kulterman and I have been training Microsoft Office applications for years, but have never pursued our MCT credentials (mainly because the MCT was not always open to Office instructors). This year, Bill and I will be attending the Train-the-Trainer bootcamp so we can join our fellow TrainSignal Trainers in the MCT ranks. We are looking forward to it!
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