Mentor training for preschool teachers
Train one great mentor. Grow teacher after teacher.
Mentor Success Academy (MSA) is a 12-week mentor training program that teaches experienced preschool teachers how to mentor and coach other early childhood teachers, built on MSA’s LEAP framework. Your strong teachers become skilled, confident mentors: each one learns how to observe, give feedback and coach, and practices those skills right away with a colleague in your program. The skills stay with the mentor, ready for the next teacher, and the next.
12 weeks of mentor training, three focus areas
Everything about Mentor Success Academy
How it works
The mentor is the one being trained. Each week the mentor learns a skill online, then practices it with a mentee in a 30–45 minute meeting.
How it works →The program, week by week
Twelve weekly modules in three focus areas, with 192 coaching scenarios built on MSA’s LEAP framework.
See the 12 weeks →About the founders
Created by Mary Wardlaw and Rebecca Munlyn, combining decades of early childhood and leadership development experience.
Meet the founders →Free research trial
A free 3-month trial beginning January 2027. Mentors receive the training, valued at $1,200, at no cost.
See who can apply →Center membership
Full program access, priced monthly per mentor, with discounts for 2 or more mentors. Start any time.
See membership →Questions
Time each week, certification, MSA’s LEAP framework, the research trial and more.
Read the FAQ →Mentors are trained. Your whole program benefits.
Mentors
The ones being trained. Experienced teachers learn how to observe, give feedback and coach, then earn MSA certification and keep those skills for every teacher they support next.
Mentees
The teachers your mentors support. They meet with their mentor each week and get steady, personal support while the mentor puts new skills into practice.
Directors
Choose the teachers to train as mentors, protect weekly meeting time and build a team that can grow its own great teachers.
Two ways to bring MSA to your program
3-month research trial
Train your mentors free for 12 weeks and help build the evidence for mentoring in early childhood education.
- Full access for every participating classroom
- Mentor training valued at $1,200, free for participating mentors
- Mentoring pairs meet 30–45 minutes a week
- For licensed, privately owned US preschool programs
Full program access
- Mentor training and annual certification for your mentors
- Tools for your mentors, their mentees and your director
- Priced per mentor, with discounts for 2 or more mentors
- Start any time, no research requirements