To submit a Master Trainer Certification form or to print an existing certification, log in to your the Member portal and submit your agreement and certification application online. If you have any questions, please contact us at certification@selfmanagementresource.com.
Full Certification Guidelines (PDF)
Guías para Certificación (Certification Guidelines in Spanish – PDF)
Definitions
Certification:
Permission granted by the Self-Management Resource Center to individuals who have completed training in SMRC programs, have been recommended for certification for Master Trainer by their trainers, and who have completed additional requirements as detailed in the Certification Guidelines document. Certified Master Trainers are allowed to train Leaders. Leaders are not certified by SMRC, but gain and maintain active status through their organization’s Leader trainings and workshop activities. Leaders facilitate community workshops for persons with chronic diseases for caregivers in their community.
Active:
An “active” Leader or Trainer has successfully completed training in a program, met requirements due within the initial 12 months after training in that program, and continues to facilitate all activities required by policy outlined in the Certification Guidelines in all subsequent years. Active status is retained separately for each program in which someone has been trained. To remain active in more that one program, Leaders must conduct one full workshop every other year (i.e., every 2 years) for every program for which they are certified.
Leader Training:
An event during which prospective Leaders are trained by two Master Trainers. This can be in-person or virtual training.
Master Training:
A 9 hour (over three weeks) virtual training given by SMRC. To attend, one must be an active Leader who has lead three or more participant workshops, one in the past year which was virtual.
Cross-Training
An event, either by webinar or in-person, to prepare a Leader or Master Trainer to facilitate a workshop in a program other than that in which they were originally trained. For example, if you were trained in CDSMP you might be cross-trained to Diabetes or Cancer: Thriving and Surviving. Cross-trainings for Leaders are conducted by Master Trainers or by SMRC. Cross training for Master Trainers is conducted only by SMRC via webinar. Program-specific activities are covered in cross-trainings.
Certificates of Completion of Training:
- For Leader training: Given by the organization offering the training. Format is at the organization’s discretion.
- For Master training: Certificates of Completion of Training are given by SMRC. Master Trainer Certification is given by SMRC once the person completing Master training has facilitated two participant workshops and has submitted their Master Trainer Agreement and Certification Application to SMRC.
Policy about the Transferability of Master Trainer Status
Once trained and certified as a Master Trainer in one program, status can be upgraded to Master Trainer for all programs for which the person is currently an active Leader and has submitted the certification application for that program in their portal.
When a Master Trainer is trained in any new program and facilitates one (1) workshop as a Leader, they can be certified as a Master Trainer in that program.
Annual Report Requirements
All Master Trainers are required to submit an annual report in January of each year for their activity during the previous calendar year. Reports must be submitted in their member portal. Annual reports are a requirement to maintain Trainer certification. Failure to submit the report on time results in the following consequences:
- $100 fee for reports submitted in February
- For reports submitted in March, Trainers will lose their certification and a $150 fee will be required to reinstate it.
- After March 31, Trainers will be required to re-take a full Leader’s training in order to regain their certification.