ATD Master Trainer® Program
Focused on practice and grounded in theory, establish your credibility in delivering the most engaging and effective training solutions—in both the classroom and virtual environments.
Elevate your skills through this experiential and blended assessment-based program.
Grow your knowledge, prove your skill, and challenge yourself. Become an ATD Master Trainer®!
A strategic education partnership between the Association for Talent Development (ATD) & MIS Academy
Course Info
The role of the trainer has evolved to include building consultative partnerships, demonstrating facilitation skills dependent on learner dynamics, and reporting on business metrics to validate the effectiveness of the learning solution. Aligned to the Talent Development Capability Model™, this renowned program covers the entire process of training delivery including purpose and assessment, decision making, planning and preparation, presentation and facilitation, performance and evaluation, and business metrics and reporting.
Engage with your cohort and facilitator to lift the conversation about training delivery to the master level, showcasing your ability to adapt to learner needs and be successful delivering in any modality (classroom, virtual, asynchronous, or a blend). Identify where you excel and where you have opportunities for growth. Benefit from a structured and collaborative learning experience and the opportunity to assess your knowledge and skills through discussion, practice, and skills demonstrations.
Timeline
Weeks 1–3: Online, Cohort-Based Learning (5 hours over a 3-week span)
Week 4: Facilitator-Led, Face-to-Face or Live Online Sessions (16 hours over a 3-day span)
Weeks 5–6: Online, Cohort-Based Learning (2 hours over a 2-week span)
Weeks 6–8: Final Learning Project (5 hours over a 2-week span)
Total Duration: 28 Hours Over an 8-Week Blended Experience
What You Will Learn
● Diagnose your current ability in delivering training with the ATD Master Trainer self-assessment tool,
the Learning Prioritization Inventory.
● Diagnose your current ability in delivering training with the ATD Master Trainer self-assessment tool, the Learning Prioritization Inventory.
● Demonstrate the ATD essential skills in delivering training, including preparation, creating a
positive learning climate, facilitating learning, managing challenges, and evaluating learning.
● Demonstrate the ATD essential skills in delivering training, including preparation, creating a positive learning climate, facilitating learning, managing challenges, and evaluating learning.
● Select questions to use when conducting a needs assessment to determine the need for training.
● Apply adult learning principles and cognitive learning theory.
● Describe various models of instructional design (ID).
● Convey measurable outcome-based learning objectives.
● Plan and prepare to conduct a consultative needs analysis conversation.
● Identify best practices for maintaining and enforcing organizational standards.
● Apply decision-making models to a scenario.
● Prepare for a training session by sequencing facilitation.
● Select methods to address learner motivation.
● Define types of delivery media, including facilitating virtual training.
● Identify best practices in learning technology.
● Recall copyright guidelines for use of creative work.
● Create stories, examples, and analogies to connect with participant needs.
● Identify best practices in co-facilitation.
Why You Should Attend
● Accelerate your pathway toward achieving APTD® or CPTD® certification.
● Develop and demonstrate mastery of training and facilitation through multiple practice deliveries.
● Demonstrate the ATD essential skills in delivering training, including preparation, creating a
including individualized feedback and analysis.
● Demonstrate the ATD essential skills in delivering training, including preparation, creating a including individualized feedback and analysis.
● Earn the industry-recognized ATD Master Trainer designation and digital badge.
● Gain access to tools, resources, and templates to use on the job.
● Receive personalized feedback from your facilitator and peers.
Note: This program is offered in collaboration with MISA to bring world-class training to professionals in Malaysia.
Program Format
Intake Dates
13 April – 06 June 2026
Fee
RM18,000
Delivery
Face-to-Face or Live Online + Self-Directed Online Components
Duration
28 Hours Over an 8-Week Blended Experience
Level
Advanced
Capability Areas
Training Delivery and Facilitation, Instructional Design
Recognition
ATD Certificate of Completion, Digital Badge
Recognition
Successful participants of this program will earn the ATD Master Trainer certificate and digital badge.
Earn the Master Trainer designation and digital badge after:
● Completing all online modules
● Attending the three-day face-to-face or live online sessions
● Completing the skills demonstration assessment
ATD Master Trainer® Program Brochure
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Why Earn the ATD Master Trainer Certificate
We interviewed Cristina Gardner, APTD, on her experience with earning the Master Trainer certificate to share with others considering enrolling in the program. Here are her major takeaways.
What Makes a Master Trainer?
A lot of people ask me to describe what makes a master trainer. Are they better presenters? Do they use PowerPoint slides or flipcharts in some magical way? Or is it how they prepare?
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