Educators whose Expert Mentor applications have been accepted move onto Mentor Academy to:

★ Learn to support and empower educators as a Modern Classroom Mentor.

★ Practice supporting their first Modern Classroom mentee.

★ Experience the online course from the mentee's perspective.

Mentor Academy is a blended, self-paced, and mastery-based experience.  

Mentors-in-Training will receive a stipend after completion.

Qualifying educators must be credentialed DMCEs to submit the Expert Mentor application and provide general MCP background information, a narrative about their desire and willingness to support mentees, as well as practice submission feedback.  

The application is scored by a trained committee member and approved applicants move onto Mentor Academy.  Applications not receiving a passing score are returned and applicants invited to reapply in six months.

Unlike the Distinguished Modern Classroom Educator credential application, rather than a portfolio submission, the Expert Mentor application application features open-ended prompts.  Therefore, the submission template is designed without a step-by-step walkthrough in order to capture organic responses.

Expert Mentor applications are accepted on a rolling basis.  However, because Mentor Academy is offered at specific times throughout the year, it is possible to experience a waiting period between the acceptance and cohort start dates.

Mentor Academy is self-paced and typically spans 6 weeks.  MITs must complete the approximately 12 hours of training, including onboarding exercises by the specified date in order to be eligible to mentor during the upcoming Virtual Mentorship Program session. 

Mentor Academy Review Committee members (MARCs) are paid out in a flat, per completed mastery check rate. Once mastery checks are marked as "Complete" in the system, MCP staff will submit an entry on your behalf. 

The rates of pay for each MARC activity are as follows:

• Mentor-in-Training Correspondence: $35 (this rate covers all communications and will be paid out regardless of whether the MIT completes Mentor Academy work.)

• Mastery Check #1: $60  

• Mastery Check #2: $75  

• Mastery Check #3: $60