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 in?
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Help every learner engage, grow, and thrive
Bring personalized learning into your practice through an interactive training experience designed for educators who want to engage students more deeply, respond to individual needs, and navigate real learning challenges with confidence. The training draws on more than 50 years of Clonlara practice, together with research in education, psychology, and brain-based learning.
Through hands-on activities, group discussion, and guided reflection, educators gain practical, adaptable strategies for creating more student-centered learning experiences that nurture curiosity, confidence, motivation, and each learner’s unique potential.
Heather MacPhail is Clonlara’s Mentor Training Specialist and an experienced personalized learning mentor. With a genuine passion for supporting learners and schools, she approaches mentoring as a caring partnership—one that builds confidence, encourages curiosity, and helps each learner recognize their potential. Her work supports and inspires learners and educators around the world.
Registration is now open for our 3-hour workshop.
Training Options
Mentors workshop: October, 2026
- 3-hour online, live interactive session
- Led by Heather MacPhail, Clonlara’s Mentor Training Specialist
- Live interactive session, with immediate tools and strategies
- Learn about the science that supports it and experience it through group exercises
Original Price:
USD 200
New Price: USD 80 (60% OFF)
21 October
Eastern Time (US & Canada): 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
22 October
Portugal & UK: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Central Europe: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
24 October
Eastern Time (US & Canada): 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Portugal & UK: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Central Europe: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
28 October
Japan & Korea: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
China & Singapore: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Mentors training course
Starting in fall 2026
- 10 modules and resources with mentoring support
- Flexible learning with live and self-paced sessions
- In-depth mentor training experience
- Price: USD 2000
- 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
