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  • Home
  • Meet Kathy
  • Events
  • Work With Kathy
    • Design & Facilitate Powerful EDI Workshops
    • References
    • Workshops
      • Foundations of Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
      • Creating Inclusive, Socially Just Campus Environments
      • Deepening Multicultural Competencies: Strategies for Professional Development
      • Training of Trainers Program to Design and Facilitate Workshops on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      • Developing a Team of Inclusion Practitioners
      • Facilitating Difficult Dialogues: Navigating Triggering Events
      • White Ally Development Program
  • Resources
    • Free Courses/Webinars
    • Blog
    • Radio Show
    • Books
      • Leading White Accountability Groups
      • In It For The Long Haul
      • …But I’m Not Racist
      • Turn The Tide
        • Book Worksheets
    • Access to our Facilitation and Design Knowledge Base
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  • professional development | continuing education | facilitators
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Infusing,  Professional Development

    Train the Trainer: Continuing Education is Key

    November 21, 2018 /

    As a facilitator, your role is very different from that of a teacher or educator. How so? Instead of providing information or giving your opinion, you’ll focus on asking lots of questions that help members of the group learn and deepen understanding from sharing their reflections, feelings and experiences. You may: Relate to what someone has shared Offer a bit about yourself to make a connection Encourage interaction and productive dialogue in the group Most importantly, the emphasis is on group members interacting with their peers. Specifically, you’ll: Bring as many different voices into the dialogue as possible Help share the air time equitably Encourage others to join in the…

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