FOUNDATIONAL GUIDE TRAINING
3-Week Hybrid Certification
The Clearest Step By Step Certification
to prepare teachers and guides with skills to lead 2 Hour Learning so your students learn 2x in 2 hours, love school, and achieve impossible goals.
AM I A FIT?
Whether You Have...
No experience with 2 Hour Learning
You'll leave with 2 Hour Learning Guide Certification, confident and equipped.
Uncertainty about what to do
You'll get a simple, step-by-step roadmap to carry you to professional success.
Questions about the 4 hours in the afternoon
You'll develop irresistible ideas for impossible possibilities for your students.
Reluctant staff or parents
You'll gain knowledge and tips for how to energize your stakeholders and get buy-in.
Limited time for training
You'll fast-track your skills and leave with practice, templates, and shortcuts.
Few mentors to support you
You'll join a loyal cohort of guides who will support and nudge your progress.
Why Our Program Prepares You So Well
BY THE TIME YOU'RE CERTIFIED, YOU WILL HAVE:
Examined Alpha School and its 2 Hour Learning method in detail
through a series of documentary-style videos that give you the complete insider's view of their systems.
Developed a persuasive vision of the benefits of the guide role
compared to the traditional teacher role based on examples of successful guides in top-performing schools.
Practiced giving a walk-through tour of your implementation
to rally the support of your stakeholders, including civic leaders, parents, students, and the media.
Designed your students' first weeks of the 2 Hour Learning experience
ensuring you can confidently lead your classroom implementation without a lengthy planning phase.
Recentered on building individual relationships with students
to shift into a coaching role where you offer relentless motivation, emotional support, and high expectations.
Demonstrated mastery by completing in-person mastery challenges
to earn provisional certification based on peer assessment and official certification based on student surveys.
Foundational Guide Training Syllabus
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DAY 1 | 3 NOVEMBER 2025 | LIVE REMOTE
Kickoff Call
Meet your cohort and pick up your tools
- Roadmap for the three-week journey
- How to access remote learning apps
- What success looks like and how to reach it
Zoom Discussion: 3‒4 p.m. Mountain
1A
PART 1 STUDY | 4-6 NOVEMBER 2025| SELF-PACED REMOTE
Introduction to Foundational Guide Skills
Self-Paced Coursework: 3‒4 hours at your convenience
- School Tours
- Role of a Guide
- The 3 Commitments
Application: 3‒4 hours at your convenience. Practice and apply the learning independently using the provided templates. Prepare for the Test2Pass mastery challenge.
1B
PART 1 MEETUP | 6 NOVEMBER 2025| LIVE REMOTE
Peer Critique and Review
Support cohort members in designing and preparing school tours, understanding the Guide role, and the 3 Commitments.
Zoom Discussion: 3‒5 p.m. Mountain
2A
PART 2 STUDY | 7-11 NOVEMBER 2025| SELF-PACED REMOTE
Launching into Core Skills
Self-Paced Coursework: 3‒4 hours at your convenience
- Limitless Launches
- Core Skills & 2 Hour Learning Tech Support
- 1-1 Limitless Meetings
Application: 3‒4 hours at your convenience. Practice and apply the learning independently using the provided templates. Prepare for the Test2Pass mastery challenge.
2B
PART 2 MEETUP | 11 NOVEMBER 2025| LIVE REMOTE
Peer Critique and Review
Support cohort members in designing and preparing Limitless Launches, Core Skills & 1-1 Limitless Meetings.
Zoom Discussion: 3‒5 p.m. Mountain
3A
PART 3 STUDY | 12-17 NOVEMBER 2025| SELF-PACED REMOTE
Timeback Afternoons
Self-Paced Coursework: 3‒4 hours at your convenience
- Workshops & Masterpieces
- Check Charts
- Working with Stakeholders
- Townhalls
Application: 3‒4 hours at your convenience. Practice and apply the learning independently using the provided templates. Prepare for the Test2Pass mastery challenge.
3B
PART 3 MEETUP | 17 NOVEMBER 2025| LIVE REMOTE
Peer Critique and Review
Support cohort members in designing and preparing Workshops & Masterpieces, Check Charts, Stakeholder Communications, and Townhalls.
Zoom Discussion: 3‒5 p.m. Mountain
4A
PART 4 EVENT | 18 NOVEMBER | IN PERSON
Travel Day & Dinner
Morning: Grab your autumn coat and travel to our in-person retreat.
Welcome Dinner: 6‒8 p.m. Mountain at a top-rated local restaurant. Introductions, icebreakers, and first Test2Pass Challenge.
4B
PART 4 EVENT | 19-20 NOVEMBER| IN PERSON
Test2Pass Challenges
Implement your learning designs and demonstrate foundational guide skills with peers. Get feedback in preparation for official certification with K-12 students on your own campus.
4C
PART 4 CULMINATION | 21 NOVEMBER | IN PERSON
Final Challenge & Provisional Certification
Final Test2Pass: Complete your final demonstration of foundational guide skills.
Closing Lunch featuring local catering and awarding of provisional certification to qualifiers.
Departure: The retreat ends at 12:30 p.m. Schedule flights to depart after 2:45 p.m. MT.
Program Details
Start date for Cohort 2
3 November 2025
Remote Learning Days
4‒17 November 2025
Travel Day & Welcome Dinner
18 November 2025
Dinner begins at 6 p.m. Central in Provo, Utah; venue TBA
In-person Learning Days
19‒21 November 2025
Location of In-person Learning
Slope School
890 E Quail Valley Dr
Provo, UT 84604
Airport Options
Provo Airport (PVU)
9 miles away
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
47 miles away
Price
$3,500 per person
Includes the Welcome Dinner and breakfast/lunch on Nov. 19‒21.
Travel, lodging, and other meals are not included.
Certification
Successful completion of Foundational Guide Training results in Provisional Guide Certification. We'll also support your journey toward Official Guide Certification at no additional cost. Documentation for applying for continuing education units is available upon request.
Refund & Cancellation Policy
Due to our carefully curated cohort sizes and composition, we do not offer refunds at this time.
Byron, 11-year-old student at Alpha School
“Before I came to Alpha, I was feeling kind of limited. But once I started 2 Hour Learning, I began learning at more than twice the pace I did before. The afternoon workshops and projects let me explore things I’m passionate about, like engineering and music, and my guides have helped me discover new interests and skills. I feel more motivated and engaged every day, and I actually look forward to school now.”
We help you reach impossible teaching goals.
As predicted by the theory of disruptive innovation, AI apps are replacing conventional instruction with stunning efficiency. I've helped schools embrace this disruption for 15 years. It's the solution many discouraged or underchallenged children need.
You have the opportunity to lead the way in fixing today's broken instructional model. You can make a world-changing impact.
Alpha School and its 2 Hour Learning method are at the forefront of the movement. Plus, they're hiring a lot of guides!
Ditch the traditional classroom and bring mastery-based, personalized, limitless learning to students. You'll fall in love with teaching in an entirely new way.
I hope you'll join our next cohort for an exclusive experience to reskill for a breathtaking new paradigm. You'll leave with confidence, tools, and skills to guide students to love school, learn 2x, and reach impossibly big goals that simply aren't reachable in the old system.
Grab your spot today!
