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Mentor-Guided Development

A guided transition into the educator role, backed by real mentoring.

Exclusive to Complete Partners

This offering is available exclusively to ATI Complete Partners. It is not included with other ATI partnership levels.

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What It Is

Mentor-Guided Development is a first-of-its-kind program built to support novice nurse educators through the transition into an educator role. It pairs an 8-hour, self-paced online course with live mentoring sessions led by an expert nurse educator, giving new faculty both the foundational knowledge and the personal guidance they need to teach with confidence.

The self-paced portion covers everything from classroom management to assessment and lesson planning, with faculty earning 8 ANCC Contact Hours upon completion. The live mentoring sessions then apply that learning to each educator's real classroom, goals, and challenges.

The Program at a Glance

Online Self-Paced Program
Topics Include
Transition from Clinical to Educator
  • Transition from Care to Classroom
Curriculum
  • Components of a Nursing Curriculum
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Competencies and Objectives
  • Curriculum Mapping
Teaching & Learning
  • How Do We Learn
  • Developing Clinical Judgment
  • Teaching and Learning Strategies
Understanding Classroom Management
  • Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning
  • Student Accountability for Learning
  • Promoting Collaboration
Assessment & Evaluation of Students
  • Student Learning Principles
  • Student Feedback
  • Evaluating Student Learning
Lesson Planning
  • Teaching Focused on Learning
  • Lesson Planning
  • Domains, Strategies and Assessments
Testing Essentials
  • Test Blueprints
  • Item Writing
  • Item Analysis and Revision

Live Mentor Sessions

Live virtual mentor sessions with an expert nurse educator round out the program, applying what's learned to each educator's own classroom.

Mentoring Sessions Cover Topics Including:

  • Goal Setting
  • Key Challenges
  • Role Transitioning
  • Resource-Sharing
  • Future Planning
Educator on a video call with a mentor

Why It's Different

  • A structured, 8-hour curriculum built specifically for the clinical-to-classroom transition
  • Live coaching sessions with an expert nurse educator, not just self-paced content
  • 8 Contact Hours earned upon completion
  • Guidance tailored to new educators' real challenges: goal setting, role transitioning, assessment, and feedback

How to Get Started

  • Confirm your program's Complete Partner status and access to the program with your ATI representative.
  • Your representative will enroll your educator in the program.

Not yet a Complete Partner?

Ask your ATI representative what it takes to move to Complete Partner status and unlock Mentor-Guided Development for your faculty.

Also Available to Your Team

Round out your program's development options

Even with mentoring in place, Self-Guided Development and Community-Powered Microlearning remain great ways for your broader faculty to keep building skills between mentoring sessions and they're included with every ATI partnership.