Champion Improved Mentoring Skills as An Endorsed Training Provider

Organizations that run short mentoring programs with less than 20 hours of mentoring training can qualify clients as Endorsed Training Providers. These programs can be eligible for their clients for Certified Associate Mentor, Certified Professional Mentor, or Certified Master Mentor credentials or for credential renewals. Training centers must provide courses that provide mentoring skills development or domain or knowledge development. Each program’s curriculum must include the following in their courses: 

IMC’s Definition of Mentoring

IMC Code of Conduct and Ethics

IMC Core Competencies 

The programs must provide their clients with the necessary skills for each credential and enhance their skills and knowledge for credential renewal.

The validity of each credential is two years from the date of issue. After which, for renewal, these requirements must be fulfilled by a credential holder with the help of endorsed training providers:

A credential renewal needs 20 endorsed training hours, of which: 

• The IMC Core Competencies must be 5 hours
• Resource or Professional Development must be the remaining 20 hours 

During the application renewal for a credential, mentoring programs or endorsed training programs attended after the initial date of the credential will only be considered. 

IMC has a thorough and rigorous review process to ensure that organizations maintain the quality and standards of mentoring education programs. Our goal is to ensure endorsed training providers maintain the highest standards in mentoring education.

Each section requires you to provide details about your organization or your endorsed training program. Once you submit your application, IMC will thoroughly examine it and the uploaded documents. The review process may take up to 4-6 weeks from the time you complete the application and payment. You may be asked to provide additional details; please comply. 

For further clarification on the process, feel free to contact us. 

Upon successful review, you will receive an email update about your IMC accreditation and a media kit to showcase your accreditation. The accreditation is valid for two years from the date of issue. 

Under organization details, there are some questions about the basic information about your organization. These would include information such as

• Organization Type, Name, and Address of the Training Organization
• DBA (Doing Business As)
• Name and Contact details of the Owner/Director or CEO
• Upload Your Profile: Documents with a comprehensive view of the company’s history, mission, vision, achievements, and other information that portrays its identity and values.
• Legal documents that prove the organization is registered and recognized by relevant authorities. This can include certificates of incorporation, business licenses, or other regulatory documents.
• Proof of registration for tax purposes, including VAT or equivalent tax registration certificates.
• Enter the details of the individual responsible for handling the student details at the organization, and enter fields such as Designation, First and Last Name, Phone, and Email.
• Contact Information about the individual handling administrative details like Designation, First and Last Name, Phone, and email.
• Website and marketing Compliance details, such as Website URL and Public Accessibility Checks with the name of the program, program URL, Program Calendar, Email marketing policy, Data privacy policy, and Website access policy.

Upload a comprehensive single document of a maximum of 20 MB detailing the program’s governance structure. including policies on:

• Disability/Discrimination/DEIJ statement/policy
• Complaint/Grievance policy
• Enrollment Policy
• Attendance Policy
• Assessment Policy
• Partial completion policy
• Payments/Program Fees Policy
• Refund Policy
• Transfer of credit policy
• Illness Policy
• Ethics, Integrity & Transparency Statement

You can provide details about the mentoring training programs that you offer: 

• Program Name, Training hours, Program Curriculum/Outline 
• Program/Training Presentation 
• Student Manual 
• Workbook or any other material supplied to the students 
• Program Delivery type, Languages, Locations
• Program Profile/ Brochure/ Marketing Presentation 

Submit the detailed profiles of each instructor involved in the mentoring training

• First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone 
• IMC Credential – If you are an IMC Credentialed Mentor, please choose your highest credential
• Designation 
• Profile of Instructor—A file listing the instructor’s skills and areas of expertise, availability, preferred delivery mode (e.g., online or offline), and the upper limit on the number of students.

Details about each participant, including Name, Email address, Contact Number, Program Name, Program Start Date, and End Date. 

The file format can be PDF, and the size limit is 5 MB to ensure compatibility and ease of review.

The program structure of your endorsed training program can be based on any of the topics mentioned below. They must also include 20% of IMC core competencies as well: 

• Capacity Building
• Talent Cultivation
• Skill Enrichment
• Knowledge Expansion
• Expertise Enhancement
• Capability Strengthening
• Proficiency Advancement

Your endorsed training programs must fall into one of these three categories:

• Structured/Active Learning 

Attending training courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, and eLearning courses.

• Reflective/Passive Learning 

Watching training videos and tutorials, attending a non-interactive lecture, industry briefings, podcasts, case studies, and industry updates.

• Informal/Self-Directed Learning 

This includes discussions in forums, reading books, articles, and publications in print or online. Publishing industry-specific research and news articles are also counted.

The fee to become an Endrosed Training Center is 300 USD.

Your accreditation is valid for two years from the initial accreditation application date.