What does it take to become a Certified Scrum Trainer (CST)? Passion and Energy. You should stand out from the crowd!
The Scrum Alliance Trainer Acceptance Committee held its first ever workshop for CST Aspirants last week at SGPHX, the Phoenix Scrum Gathering. This gave candidates a chance to ask questions and understand what is really expected of a CST to get through the final examination.
The answers to two questions really stood out for me in this workshop:
Why do I have to submit my own learning materials?How many students must I have taught?
Why do you have to submit your own learning materials? Many Aspirants today work for a company that has already created a "deck" for teaching Scrum. I am told that Scrum.org even requires their trainers to train to a standardized deck. Why reinvent the wheel?
If an Aspirant is using someone else's materials, here is a typical conversation during the final interview: Examiner: What does this diagram on page 35 mean?Aspirant: <…
The Scrum Alliance Trainer Acceptance Committee held its first ever workshop for CST Aspirants last week at SGPHX, the Phoenix Scrum Gathering. This gave candidates a chance to ask questions and understand what is really expected of a CST to get through the final examination.
The answers to two questions really stood out for me in this workshop:
Why do I have to submit my own learning materials?How many students must I have taught?
Why do you have to submit your own learning materials? Many Aspirants today work for a company that has already created a "deck" for teaching Scrum. I am told that Scrum.org even requires their trainers to train to a standardized deck. Why reinvent the wheel?
If an Aspirant is using someone else's materials, here is a typical conversation during the final interview: Examiner: What does this diagram on page 35 mean?Aspirant: <…