Certification for Professional Mentors
(Excluding Tutors and Academic Coaches)

Mentor Certification requires a minimum number of structured training hours supervised by an NTA certified trainer or supervisor. Training as a Professional Mentor may be delivered by a Certified NTA Master Trainer or by any institution where an NTA Certified Tutor Trainer/Academic Coach/Professional Mentor is on staff, or by taking the Mentoring Webinars offered by the National Tutoring Association.

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PROFESSIONAL MENTOR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 

• Current NTA Membership in good standing
• Associate’s Degree Required
• Minimum of ten documented hours of volunteer mentoring
• Competency proven through the following: 
  • Successful completion of Learning Preferences Webinar.
  • Successful completion of Basic Level Mentor Webinar.
  • Successful completion of Advanced Level Mentor Webinar.
• ​Completion of NTA Certified Tutor Training can be via in-school training, NTA regional or national workshop/conference, or by live or recorded webinars.