Protect their time.
Google Workspace & Microsoft 365 fluency
Learn · Practice · Apply PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION · 8 WEEKS
Bring order to a busy day.
Become trusted support.
Virtual Assistant Certification
An 8-week certification in remote executive support — inbox and calendar judgment, writing in someone else's voice, non-negotiable confidentiality discipline, and the task-tracking systems real US clients already run on.
YOUR NEXT COHORTA fresh start. A focused eight weeks.
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:—HRS
:—MIN
Not sure this course is right for you? Find your training path ↗
Or try a sample exercise—no sign-up✓ Beginner-friendly foundations✓ Practice-led learning
Training for remote work. Certification does not guarantee employment.
PICTURE YOUR NEXT CHAPTERYou are the person who keeps track of the details. Learn to make that reliability useful to a business.See the work you’ll practise
8 weeksA structured learning journey
30+ hoursCore course training
Learn + practiceLessons, quizzes & assignments
Assessed skillsKnowledge & practical tasks
THE SKILL BEHIND THE OPPORTUNITYDon’t just know what to say.
Don’t just know what to say.
Know what to do next.
8-week certification in remote executive support for US founders, managers, and small-business owners, covering inbox and calendar management, writing on someone else's behalf, confidentiality discipline, and task-tracking systems, with weekly live sessions and a graded Week 8 certification.
Communicate with judgment.
Time-zone-aware calendar management
Learn · Practice · ApplyEarn trust through detail.
Confidentiality & discretion protocols
Learn · Practice · ApplyYOUR PRACTICAL TOOLKIT
Google Workspace · Microsoft 365 · Calendly · Slack · Asana, Trello & ClickUp
YOUR COURSE IN ABOUT 20 SECONDSSee your
See your
next step.
Meet the skills you’ll practise in Virtual Assistant—and take a look inside the Academy Playground.
Explore the full curriculum ↗Course introduction · AI-generated presenter and narration with Academy practice visuals. Not a student testimonial.
Read the video transcript
Are you the person everyone relies on to keep things organised? Turn that instinct into a professional skill. Inside the Academy Playground, build confidence through practice. Coordinate a changed meeting. Write a clear, professional reply. Protect private information. Make it your next chapter. Explore the course today.
LESS IMAGINING. MORE UNDERSTANDING.Picture yourself
Picture yourself
doing the work.
Practise protecting an executive’s time, attention, and trust—not just completing a to-do list. Select a moment below to look inside the practice.
01An inbox full of decisions.Separate urgent work, routine requests, and information-only messages.↗
Tuesday morning inbox · Marcus’s backlog
TUESDAY MORNING
YOUR NEXT MOVE
Decide what needs attention and what can wait.
Start with priorities, rather than replying to the top message.
02A client needs to move a meeting.Practise a clear scheduling response without assuming availability.↗
Tuesday morning inbox · Marcus’s backlog
SCHEDULING REQUEST
YOUR NEXT MOVE
Check the relevant calendar and time zone before confirming.
A small detail can protect an important client relationship.
03Someone asks for private information.Know where helpfulness ends and confidentiality begins.↗
Tuesday morning inbox · Marcus’s backlog
A TRUST DECISION
YOUR NEXT MOVE
Protect private details. Seek permission where needed.
Having access is not the same as having permission to share.
04An urgent request exceeds your authority.Recognize when an executive must make the decision.↗
Tuesday morning inbox · Marcus’s backlog
ESCALATE WITH CONTEXT
YOUR NEXT MOVE
Flag the deadline and the decision Marcus needs to make.
Good support knows what to own and what to escalate.
Based on the Academy’s course content and signed-in Playground. Previewing these steps does not create an attempt or save a score.
Try the no-sign-up exercise ↗What will you learn in virtual-assistant training?
SchoolRegistry Academy’s Virtual Assistant course is an eight-week online programme for beginners and career changers in Nigeria. First, students learn inbox and calendar organisation, confidentiality, clear updates and scheduling judgment. Second, students practise task coordination and dependencies using personal and assigned team boards. Third, tutor-reviewed assignments, revisions and a final support-work assessment create evidence for a private portfolio. The October 2026 cohort follows a daily study plan with Friday live practice. Certification requires the published completion rules, full tuition coverage and an 80% overall result. The programme does not promise employment, clients or income, and it is not certification for third-party software.
How the Academy supports your progress
AI study support
Ask academic questions in the lesson player. The assistant uses lesson context but does not answer assignments or grade your work.
Practical task boards
Manage personal work and participate in assigned team tasks with columns, dependencies, comments and history.
Feedback and revision
Use tutor feedback, explain your changes and resubmit while the original and revised evidence remain available for review.
Your assessed portfolio is private by default. Sharing is optional and revocable. Available learning-media formats depend on the lesson; caption and low-bandwidth processing is still being completed across the library.
DESIGNED AROUND DOINGA course you
A course you
participate in.
Not just watch.
Build a habit of learning, applying, and improving. Each part of the week gives the next one a purpose.
Explore your eight weeks ↗MONDAY–THURSDAY
Learn in focused sessions.
Work through self-paced lessons and check your understanding with module quizzes.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Put the lesson to work.
Apply what you’ve learned through assignments and track-specific practical exercises.
FRIDAY
Practice. Get feedback. Improve.
Join the live session and submit your weekly assignment on the cohort schedule.
YOUR LEARNING ROADMAPEight weeks.
Eight weeks.
A stronger
skill set.
From the foundations to your final practical assessment, each stage builds on the last.
A clear standard at every step.
Module quizzes check understanding before you move forward. Final certification includes written and practical assessment.
01WEEK 1Foundations+
What a VA actually does, the core tool stack, non-negotiable time-zone and confidentiality rules, and a full real-world morning managing a US executive's inbox and calendar.
02WEEK 2Advanced Inbox, Calendar & Document Systems+
Deeper Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 fluency, expense logging, travel booking, and clean document and meeting-note prep.
03WEEK 3Client Relationships & Multi-Executive Juggling+
Onboarding a new client from scratch, building a voice profile fast, and supporting more than one executive without ever mixing up their voice or their confidential information.
04WEEK 4Industry Specialization+
The different rhythms and tools a founder, a real estate agent, a coach or consultant, and an e-commerce seller each expect from a VA.
05WEEK 5Advanced Pressure & Confidentiality Gray Areas+
Handling a genuine high-stakes scheduling collision for an executive and a real confidentiality gray area under time pressure.
06WEEK 6Tools & Reporting Mastery+
Deep task-tracking fluency across Asana, Trello, and ClickUp, and building the weekly summary report a busy executive actually reads.
07WEEK 7Full Simulation+
Sustaining a realistic week's full workload — multiple inboxes, competing deadlines, and the remote-work discipline of running on US hours.
08WEEK 8Certification+
Written exam, a graded inbox-triage simulation, and a practical task-board and reporting exercise — pass all three to certify.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
Your next step, on your terms.
Keep the curriculum, fees, start date, and study checklist in one handy course guide.
A SMALL TASTE OF THE TRAININGA moment of judgment.
A moment of judgment.
What would you do?
Start with good judgment. Try this illustrative exercise and see the reasoning behind a useful response.
SAMPLE EXERCISE No sign-up. No score saved.
PRACTICAL JUDGMENT01 / 01
A colleague asks why your executive has a private appointment.
Choose your next response.
sr / SCHOOLREGISTRY ACADEMYCERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENTEarned through
Earned through
demonstrated skill.
Virtual Assistant Certification
KNOWLEDGE
COMMUNICATION
EXECUTIONSR
ACADEMY
COMMUNICATION
EXECUTIONSR
ACADEMY
SAMPLE DESIGN · NOT AN ISSUED CREDENTIAL
MORE THAN COURSE COMPLETIONA certificate.
A certificate.
And the work behind it.
SchoolRegistry Academy certification is assessed through knowledge and practical tasks—not simply time spent watching lessons.
- A written assessment of your understanding
- Track-specific practical assessment
- Applied work that demonstrates your skills
- A unique certificate ID and verification page
Issued by SchoolRegistry Academy. This is not a third-party accreditation or a guarantee of employment.
MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICEIs this your
Is this your
next step?
A good fit if you…
- You can hold genuinely confidential information — a client's finances, a health matter, an unannounced deal — without needing to talk about it, even to friends, even when it feels harmless to mention.
- You'd rather own a piece of someone's inbox and calendar and make the small decisions yourself than sit and wait to be told exactly what to do on every single item.
- You're comfortable working hours built around someone else's day in the US — which for a Lagos-based VA usually means afternoon-into-evening local time, not a 9-to-5 you set yourself.
Plan for the practicalities.
A computer, headset, reliable internet, and a quiet place to practice will help you participate. Check the live-session schedule before enrolling.
Future US-client work may involve afternoon or evening hours in Nigeria.
GIVE YOUR LEARNING A DIRECTIONSkills with a
Skills with a
role in mind.
Roles this training prepares you to pursue. Start with the work you want to do, then build the skills to demonstrate it.
Virtual Assistant
Support a client’s daily administration and communication.
YOUR TRAINING CONNECTION
Inbox decisions, confidentiality, and task coordination.
Administrative Assistant
Organize information, requests, and follow-through for a team.
YOUR TRAINING CONNECTION
Document, communication, and organization lessons.
Scheduling Assistant
Coordinate appointments and communicate changes clearly.
YOUR TRAINING CONNECTION
Calendar judgment and time-zone awareness.
Employers may require specific office software, discretion, and overlap with their working hours. Senior executive support usually requires experience. Employment is not guaranteed; role titles and hiring requirements vary by employer.
THE SKILL IS ONLY PART OF YOUR STORY
Explore enrollment ↗Learn how to show what you can do.
The shared Career Readiness course covers your LinkedIn profile, résumé, interview practice, and getting paid as an international remote contractor. Describe practice honestly as training—not employment.
Talent should have
more than one way forward.
Need help with your course fee? Apply for a Founder's Scholarship before enrolling. You can also invite a family member, employer, or supporter to sponsor all or part of your training.
Scholarship awards depend on review and available budget. Sponsorship does not guarantee admission, certification, or employment.
INVEST IN A SKILL YOU CAN USEYour next chapter
Your next chapter
starts with
one clear step.
Choose your payment option. Get a clear view of the commitment before making your decision.
One track. The complete program.
- Eight-week structured curriculum
- Self-paced lessons and module quizzes
- Live Friday practice sessions
- Weekly assignments and final assessment
- Certification when requirements are met
VIRTUAL ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION8-week program
Pay in full or choose two installments at checkout.
₦200,000
Full course fee · or ₦100,000 × 2 installments
- Total course fee
- ₦200,000
- Format
- Online + live practice
- Cohort start
- Oct 1, 2026 · 11 AM WAT
Choose your payment plan securely at checkout.
Questions? Book a free advising call ↗Choose an available time with the Academy team. All times are WAT.
BEFORE YOU DECIDEGood questions.
Good questions.
Straight answers.
How much of someone's actual personal information will I have access to?+
More than you might expect. A real contract typically means delegated access to an executive's inbox and calendar, which means seeing financial figures, health appointments, and family matters that were never meant to be broadcast. Week 1 treats this directly, not as a footnote — confidentiality is one of only two things in this course with zero tolerance for a casual mistake.
Do I need an accounting or bookkeeping background?+
No. Light expense logging comes up in Week 2 as one small piece of admin work, not as bookkeeping. If a client needs real accounting, that's a different role entirely — this track is about protecting an executive's time and attention, not managing their books.
I'm in Nigeria. How does working 'US hours' actually work?+
You work around the executive's own day, not a fixed shift you pick yourself. The course's own working example, a Lagos-based VA supporting an Atlanta founder, logs on in her afternoon to catch his early morning Eastern Time. Week 1 also covers the mechanics in detail, since the continental US alone spans four time zones and getting this wrong is the single most common early mistake new VAs make.
When does the cohort begin?+
October 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM WAT (Nigeria). Confirm the recurring Friday-session schedule in your enrollment information.
Is a job guaranteed?+
No. The Academy develops and assesses skills. Employment depends on your performance, employer requirements, and available roles.
What does the fee include?+
₦200,000 covers this track. You can pay in full or in two ₦100,000 installments, with the balance due three weeks later. Review the handbook and checkout terms before paying.
A little clarity.
A more confident decision.
Talk through this course, your experience and how to get started. Choose a time from the Academy team’s shared availability.
See available advising times ↗Four more ways to move forward.
A certificate should be
easy to check.
Employers and partners can confirm the current status of a shared SchoolRegistry Academy certificate using its 12-character ID.
Verify a certificate ↗Related career guides
Use these existing SchoolRegistry guides to compare the wider career decision before you enroll.
BUILD THE SKILL. PRACTICE THE WORK.Your next opportunity
Explore your enrollment ↗
Your next opportunity
deserves preparation.
Explore your enrollment ↗Virtual Assistant Certification · SchoolRegistry Academy