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Facilitators in Training is a semester-long program where students learn the skills to facilitate any kind of organizational or academic groups. Participants gain practical knowledge and experience while working with professional facilitators in a fun environment.

The program is sponsored by the Student Leadership Team, a chartered organization sponsored through Student Life.

* Upon program completion, participants will have the opportunity to apply to join the Student Leadership Team.

Facilitators in Training

As a Facilitator in Training you will:

• Train in facilitation of low-ropes activities
• Practice teambuilding exercises
• Learn the stages of group development
• Enhance your leadership and communication skills
• Interact with professional facilitators in a fun, hands-on environment

The Role of a Facilitator - Understanding What Facilitators Really DO!
(includes excerpt from www.work911.com)

Most people associate the word "facilitator" with the training environment. Often, that person at the front of the room leading a training session is referred to as the course facilitator. While it is true that some seminar leaders do "facilitate," the facilitation role is important in many areas. For example, the chairperson at a meeting often takes on the responsibility for facilitating the meeting, rather than "running it." A student involved in a group project is a facilitator, likewise a member of a student organization who is leading a sub-committee in a project.

A facilitator is an individual whose job is to help to manage a process of information exchange. While an expert's role is to offer advice, particularly about the content of a discussion, the facilitator's role is to help with HOW the discussion is proceeding.

In short, the facilitator's responsibility is to address the journey, rather than the destination.

Important Dates

• Monday, January 23, 5:00pm Applications due
• Wednesday, January 25, 7:00pm Interview event
• Friday, January 27 Applicants notified
• Training will be held each Wednesday from 7:00-9:30 p.m., beginning February 1, ending April 5. No training will be held on March 15th (Spring Break).
• Please also keep Saturday, February 25 and March 4 open for possible ropes course activities.
• On Saturday, March 25 we will practice our group skills by facilitating a student organization in low ropes activities.

Turn in applications in the mailbox outside the SLT office in Student Life (Ragsdale 308). Candidates must meet the application deadline and attend all aforementioned functions.

About Student Leadership Team:
The Student Leadership Team is a group of students trained and experienced in group facilitation, program planning, teambuilding, and leadership study. In addition to continually developing its own members through programs such as Facilitators in Training, the Team strives to provide fun quality opportunities for fellow students to develop their own leadership identities.

Students who complete the Facilitators in Training program have the opportunity to apply to join the Student Leadership Team. Here you will have the opportunity to continue your leadership development and help facilitate stronger student organizations and students through teambuilding and low ropes elements.

We appreciate your interest and look forward to meeting you!

For questions contact Kaitlin Leckie with SLT at 448-8420 or slt@acad.stedwards.edu.

Click here for Facilitators in Training Application.