Upcoming Registration Deadline for IF Collaborative Discussion Coach Training

​Register now for the Interactivity Foundation’s September or October 2024 Collaborative Discussion Coach Training to enhance your skills in facilitating collaborative discussions. This training equips participants with essential tools, resources, and the ability to award certificates and digital badges in collaborative discussion. Limited to 10 participants per session, this interactive, hands-on program is ideal for educators, community leaders, and professionals passionate about fostering collaboration. The registration deadline is Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Read the blog post below and learn more here. 

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Release: Register Now & Become a Certified IF Collaborative Discussion Coach

Are you looking for resources and training to help you have better discussions and build collaboration skills and mindsets in your classroom, community, or workplace?

Register for the Interactivity Foundation’s (IF) September or October 2024 Collaborative Discussion Coach Training to become a coach and join our growing community of coaches (100+) who award certificates in collaborative discussion (700+). One of the participants from this year’s summer training shared: “This was an amazing training! I am walking away with a diverse set of tools that I can meaningfully integrate into my program curriculum as well as reflections about how I approach collaborative discussions myself.”

By the end of the Collaborative Discussion Coach Training you will have...

• Deeper understanding of key collaborative discussion concepts
• Greater familiarity with the collaborative discussion toolkit and intentional design of toolkit activities
• Experienced a selection of expedited toolkit activities with a debriefing on how to facilitate each activity
• Access to coach only resources, assessment suite, certificate program templates, and more!
• Administrative support to award certificates and digital badges in collaborative discussion
• Access to post-training one-on-one consultations with the program director and support team
• Invitation to monthly gatherings, workshops, webinars, and opportunities to join working teams
• Opportunity to be part of a growing community of educators, dialogue practitioners, and civic professionals

Both the September and October trainings are limited to 10 participants to ensure interactive, hands-on engagement. After completing this training, certified collaborative discussion coaches will be able to offer their own certificate programs in classrooms, communities, and workplaces. Coaches are able to award certificates & digital badges to participants who successfully complete their certificate program.

Who should register? Anyone interested in becoming a Certified IF Collaborative Discussion Coach. Open to educators and staff (higher education and K12), librarians, community leaders, civic consultants, teaching assistants and graduate students, professional development managers, and others passionate about the power of discussion to build collaborative intelligence.

When is the deadline to register? Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Register for the September 2024 Collaborative Discussion Coach Training
When: The training will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (eastern) on Saturday, Sept. 28, online. An optional follow-up session will take place from 10 a.m. to noon (eastern) on Sunday, Sept. 29, online.
How much does it cost? $265

Register for the October 2024 Collaborative Discussion Coach Training
When: The training will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (eastern) on Wednesday, Oct. 2; Wednesday, Oct. 9; Wednesday, Oct. 16; and Wednesday, Oct. 23, online.
How much does it cost? $265

Scholarship: We are able to offer a discounted price due to the generous support of the Interactivity Foundation. Our programming should never be cost prohibitive. Please contact us if a scholarship is needed.

Questions? Contact Ritu Thomas at [email protected]