MOUS Master Instructor Ed. Requirements Released
6/6/2001 -- On Friday, Microsoft announced the education requirements for its upcoming MOUS Master Instructor certification.
According to the MOUS.net Web site, candidates will need one of the following in order to apply for the program:
- A diploma or transcript indicating that the instructor has satisfied the requirements for a college degree in one or more fields of educational study; or
- Written verification from a current or past employer of two or more years of employment delivering competent training on Microsoft Office applications; or
- A certificate indicating that the instructor has completed a Microsoft-approved presentation skills or Train-the-Trainer course; or
- An instructor completion certificate from any of the following vendors: Caldera, Certified Internet Webmaster, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Lotus, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle or Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
The requirements are very similar to those required for its predecessor, the MOUS Authorized Instructor (MOUS AI) program.
As reported earlier by CertCities, Microsoft decided last month that it will replace the MOUS AI with the MOUS Master Instructor program this July. MOUS Master Instructor requires passing more exams than did the MOUS AI, and does not offer logo benefits. Fees and some other details of the new program still have yet to be determined, although Microsoft has said it will offer a discount to current MOUS AIs who apply to become MOUS Master Instructors.
For more on the MOUS Master Instructor program, click here.  -B.N.
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| 6/24/01: Amos says: |
MOUS is the least known certification of all Microsoft Certification. I feel that it is not important to take it. It is better for us to spend our time to obtain the degree, masters and Ph.D . Concentrate more on Oracle JDeveloper and Microsoft SQL Server 7 and 2000. |
| 6/24/01: Joseph says: |
Your point in concentrating on the more advanced and established credentials such as a college degree is a valid one. The purpose of getting certified has been misunderstood over the years. Certification was originally meant as a supplement to traditional education, not a replacement. Certifications were meant to fill the void after one graduates from college to prove their skills are up-to-date. These were designed for professionals that didn't have the time or the funds to reenter college for two or more years. Also, at the time, programming was the main degree that colleges provided. There weren't any degrees focused on networking or office applications, the very things required to work in today's world. This is mostly true today. In other words, you shouldn't forsake a college degree for certifications. You can earn both. The most important thing is to know what your career goals are and approach them realistically. |
| 6/24/01: Rob says: |
Joseph I also note that reading the contract i have for MOUS AI nothing is said about discontinuing the Qualification mereley that updating will be required. the only definite statement is with regards to the Logo which states that we may not use it after the end of June. The implication in the contract is that the MOUS AI Qualification will continue perhaps a test case is needed to clarify this. (don't ask me I'm poor) |
| 6/24/01: Joseph says: |
I believe since the MOUS Authorized Instructor is being discontinued and replaced with MOUS Master Instructor, the MOUS AI designation would be meaningless anyway. For consistency, it would just be better that Microsoft/Nivo give instructors the benefit of logo usage. We should all know about a week from now what Microsoft/Nivo decide to do. Hopefully, their decision benefits us all. It could be worse. Let's just hope they don't up the requirements like requiring a passing score of 900 on all the exams to be considered an instructor! Yikes! |
| 6/25/01: Rob says: |
I beg to disagree joseph it is very relevant for those AI's who have only 2 MOUS expert quals and have not been given enough time to learn Access (and usually dont need to know it for the purpose of their trainers role) they are the ones who have been dumped on by Microsoft/Nivo causing them very serious embarrasment when dealing with clients. |
| 6/25/01: Mighty says: |
Rob: I hope you'll agree with me that the Access exam is a joke. One of the questions is to display a table's sub-datasheet. Doing 'tasks' like this does not make you an Access Expert. People who are afraid of Access do not deserve a title (AI) that is superior to those who know it. As well, I hope they increase the required scores to pass all the exams. Having to score 750 in PowerPoint and 790 in Outlook makes proving that you know these applications a complete laughing stock. By the way - if you want a tough MOUS exam, try Project 2000. It would give anybody reason to complain. |
| 6/25/01: Rob says: |
Unfortunately fear is not the problem, time and money however is the problem i will repeat that those it is ridiculous to deny those AIs who have been bringing people up to MOUS Standards prior to end of june the right to use the term Authorised Instructor just because Microsoft/Nivo want to promote Access which is only relevant in a very minor fashion to their training role. By the way could you state just how many points you feel that each application should attract in order to gain a pass? i am very interested. Cheers |
| 6/26/01: Mighty says: |
Rob: I would like to offer you my input/rationale on the exams and what has been happening with this program (I am (was) a 5x AI for Office 2000). However, I don't think they'll let me post it all here. Give me an e-mail at [email protected] |
| 6/26/01: Rob says: |
Will Do |
| 6/26/01: Joseph says: |
I do agree the Access 97 and 2000 exams weren't that difficult. We must also remember the MOUS Access 2000 exam is available as proficient level not expert and designed for a user not a programmer. It you really want to use Access realistically, you have to get into programming and integrating it with SQL. That's not what MOUS is all about. There are MCP exams for that. In fact, there are some MCP exams that delve into the nitty-gritty of Microsoft Office like technical support and Access programming. If you want to be a true Office guru then you can opt to take those exams. As instructors, we should try to provide a little extra for the students rather than what they can just read in the courseware. Give them some advanced tasks to try out and provide more complex scenarios for them to overcome. To be fair, we also have to remember most users don't or won't use many of the advanced features of any software. What's more baffling is that they turn to third party software to perform the same task. A perfect example is at my company: A user wanted to print envelopes from a list of customers. Instead of creating a table and using mail merge in Microsoft Word, she made a request for the company to buy another software to do the same task. She refused to learn to use the mail merge wizard and eventually got her request fulfilled! Ridiculous, yes but there are many users out there performing tasks using many steps rather than a few that learned individuals like us take for granted. I won't even get into the countless times users call about losing the toolbars and can't get them back! |
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