Become an ASSISTments Certified Educator by completing our training modules and using ASSISTments regularly in your classroom. Certified Educators are awarded with an ASSISTments badge, complete professional development hours, and gain access to an exclusive community of teachers.
Get StartedNo. Anyone, no matter their current level of ASSISTments use, can become certified.
In order to be an ASSISTments Certified Educator, you must:
Complete end-of-module assessments
For modules 1-4, you must answer all questions and get 80% correct on multiple choice questions
Schedule a 15-minute 1:1 check-in at the mid-point
This will be an opportunity for us to get to know you and answer any questions you may have.
Submit one artifact to the Teacher Corner that showcases how you use ASSISTments in your classroom. You will submit this via the Module 5 Completion Form.
Create 15 assignments within ASSISTments, that 10 or more students complete, within the past month. We will verify this data in our system once you submit your Module 5 Completion Form
The Final Completion Form.
We estimate between 3-4 hours, but this will vary depending on how familiar you are with ASSISTments. For new or novice users, it may take 5-6 hours, as you will be learning a lot of new information! If you are an experienced user and already know everything in the module, you can skip ahead to the assessment. If you did this for every module, you could be done in an hour. It’s all self-paced and up to you!
ASSISTments Certified Educators get awesome benefits. You will:
In addition to these benefits, becoming Certified makes you eligible for leadership opportunities with ASSISTments. These include:
No. Like ASSISTments, becoming an ASSISTments Certified Educator is always free!
ASSISTments Certified Educator certifications are valid for 2 years from the date you receive your certification. At that time, you can again go through the certification process to become recertified.
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Still using our legacy version? Click HereASSISTments is a free public service operated jointly by Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the ASSISTments Foundation.
The ASSISTments Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization sponsored by Worcester Polytechnic Institute created in 2019.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a 501(c)(3) non profit created in 1865.
The ASSISTments Project work at WPI is led by Professor Neil Heffernan.
The ASSISTments Foundation is led by Cristina Heffernan.
