MENTORS TRAINING
Personalized learning training for educators
Real learning starts with strong relationships.
Our personalized learning training sessions give you practical tools to connect with students, understand their unique needs, and create learning experiences that build confidence, motivation, and autonomy.
Transform the way you support student learning. Connect with us.
Which training are you interested?
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR MAY!
4-hour live workshop for educators.
Join this exclusive live workshop, led by Heather Macphail, designed especially for educators who want to put personalized learning into action.
During this workshop, you will:
- Explore a student‑centered approach that adapt to each learner’s needs, interests and goals.
- Develop real‑world strategies, and engage in hands‑on activities, and interactive group exercises.
- Gain practical insights to apply personalized learning in your specific educational context.
Heather Macphail is Clonlara’s Training Coordinator and an experienced personalized learning mentor. With a genuine passion for supporting learners and schools, she approaches mentoring as a caring partnership, one that nurtures confidence, curiosity, and each learner’s unique potential. Her practices inspire learners and educators around the world.
DATE: Wednesday May 27, 2026.
PRICE: USD 200.
Training Options
Mentors workshop
Next session May 27, 2026
- 4-hour online, live interactive session
- Date & Time: Wednesday, May 27 | 9:30–13:30 EST (Europe: 14:30–18:30 UK | 15:30–19:30 CET)
- Price: USD 200 (20% discount for the first 15 participants)
- Led by Heather Macphail, Clonlara’s Mentor Coordinator
- Live interactive session, with immediate tools and strategies
- Learn about the science that supports it and experience it through group exercises
Full course
October, 2026
- 10 modules and resources with mentoring support
- Flexible learning with live and self-paced sessions
- In-depth mentor training experience
- First session: Wednesday, October 21.
- Price: USD 1900 (20% discount for the first 15 participants)
- If you attended our workshop, the cost will be discounted from the course price
Our training sessions are the right fit for educators who:
- seek a different approach from the traditional curriculum.
- are looking for better ways to motivate and engage students.
- want support navigating real classroom challenges.
- value continuous learning, professional growth and a support community along the way.
A personalized approach to mentoring
This training helps you move from directing learning to thoughtfully guiding it, encouraging reflection and ownerhip. You’ll learn how to recognize each student’s strengths, interests, and motivations, and how to use them to inspire meaningful learning and a lifelong love of learning.
Learner as driver
We support each student’s individual interests, needs, pace, and learning styles. When the student is at the center, the learner is the curriculum.
Mentor as guide
The mentor walks alongside the learner, listening, asking thoughtful questions, co-creating learning pathways and adapting strategies to the learner’s interests.
Curiosity as compass
Learners explore their interests and pursue their goals, turning curiosity into meaningful knowledge and skills. When students are engaged their learning is real and long-lasting.
Reflection as process
Students reflect on their learning process, they understand their needs and own their progress, building self-awareness, adaptability, and readiness for life beyond school.
Growth as outcome
Our educational approach nurtures confidence, autonomy and resilience while developing critical thinking, effective communication and collaboration skills.
What our mentors say:
Why personalized learning?
Our work is based on education and psychology research, along with various proven pedagogical approaches that place the child at the center of the learning process.
These approaches see learning and development as interconnected, recognizing that the child’s needs, interests, and abilities are valuable sources of information to guide their growth.
One important foundational theory is brain-based education – an approach grounded in the science of how the human brain learns naturally. It aligns instructional strategies with student’s cognitive, emotional and developmental needs at different stages of growth to support learning.
In a traditional school setting, brain-based strategies can help educators to integrate movement, project-based learning, and other forms of personalization into the curriculum.
At Clonlara, this affirms what we have been doing for more than 50 years: putting students at the center of the learning process and allowing their interests to guide their educational experience.
“It’s truly astonishing that the dominant model for formal learning is still ‘sit and get.’ It’s not just astonishing; it’s embarrassing.”
― Eric Jensen, Teaching with the Brain in Mind, 2nd Edition
