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HOPE Train the Facilitator Certification

Spread HOPE in your community

We would love to have you as the newest HOPE Facilitator who helps to bring HOPE to your community! After completing the Train the Facilitator Certification program, you will be able to deliver the Introduction to HOPE workshop out in the community. You will be a driver in spreading the core concepts of the HOPE framework with key partners, community members, and staff.

What you will learn

At the end of the Train the Facilitator Certification program, you will be certified to provide your version of the Introduction to HOPE workshop tailored specifically to your community and sector

Hear from HOPE Facilitators

I believe I have brought encouragement and excitement into the demanding fields of child care and mental health [as a HOPE Facilitator]. People share that they feel hope for the future and feel motivated to continue building strong and invested relationships!

Sarah Boll

Safe Families for Children

Cater to your audience, HOPE is flexible.

Audra Green

Meridian Library District

[I have] Brought awareness and interest to PCEs [positive childhood experiences]. People have been considering how Protective Factors and PCEs are connected and intersect.

Maria Cook

Early Childhood Support Network-Eastern Region

[I have been] Spreading the impact of positive childhood experiences and the HOPE framework not only to the caregivers of my patients, but all stakeholders involved with children and adolescents.

Lourdes Valdez, MD, MPH

Great training, well put together, concepts are easy to grasp and can be incorporated into work being done around ACEs

Nikki Berger

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy

I have been able to offer HOPE information to the newest hospital residents in our town and I have been part of a team that updated our Kindergarten Readiness Evaluations to be strength-based rather than deficit-based. I use the HOPE lens in my daily work with the public and my coworkers as well as my personal life with my autistic child. I was recently part of a team to bring HOPE to our Commission.

Karla Kohler

First 5 Mendocino

We [as HOPE Facilitators] have trained many child care providers and helped them to understand that they can legitimately make a lasting impact in the lives of children. We help them focus on creating positive experiences for the children in their care. Interaction by interaction, they are able to improve outcomes for them.

Shannon Valles

Choices CCR&R

The online videos [and] the opportunity to talk to others in the training [were the most helpful aspects.] DO IT!!

Vicki Kavanaugh

Arbor Circle

This [HOPE framework] can lead to heavy conversations, vicarious trauma, and the need to have other local resources to refer to in your back pocket. However, this information is so important and worthwhile. Helping others understand PCEs [positive childhood experiences], perspectives, and reframing strategies can help or possible change a person’s view, experience, and their own personal trauma can be uplifting.

Tracey Adkins

Link CCR&R

I have been able to impact my organization and community by speaking about the HOPE framework beliefs and practices through workshops and seminars.

Aileen McCoy

Tampa Housing Authority-Building Hope Program

Are you ready to become a Facilitator?

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Train the Facilitator Certification program, we ask that you:

Be a seasoned trainer with experience providing trainings or workshops;
Have participated in a live Introduction to HOPE workshop, completed the Spreading HOPE online course, or be willing to complete the online course prior to program launch date.

Time Commitment

Each cohort will consist of 10-16 individuals working around the country in different sectors who want to Spread HOPE. Together, you’ll complete three virtual, interactive, hands-on sessions over the course of 4-6 weeks and end the program with a new HOPE certification. The program consists of three sessions each about two weeks apart with homework in between each session. The first session will be approximately 3 hours long. The following two sessions will each be 90 minutes and offer reflection and group sharing about the homework assignments.

Cost

The Train the Facilitator program costs $1,500 per person. Once completed, you will be certified to offer the Introduction to HOPE workshop and charge up to $1,500 per workshop. Certification also comes with the option of being listed on our website as a Facilitator for those looking for local trainers.

Scholarships

There are a limited number of scholarships available on a first come, first served basis for each Train the Facilitator cohort. If you are either self-employed or working for an organization with an annual operating budget under $250,000 without a staff development budget, please reach out to us for more details.

Annual Recertification

HOPE Facilitator Certification is valid for one year. To maintain your certification and have access to ongoing support, resources, and Office Hours, Facilitators will need to present at least two HOPE workshops per year and submit evaluations that are satisfactory or above.

Register for the next cohort

Each Train the Facilitator cohort will consist of 10-16 individuals and will complete three interactive, hands-on sessions over the course of 4-6 weeks.

Cohort 37

Session 1: June 5, 2 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Session 2: June 18, 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Session 3: July 1, 2 – 3 p.m. ET

Cohort 38

Session 1: July 15, 2 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Session 2: July 30, 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Session 3: August 13, 2 – 3 p.m. ET

Cohort 39

Session 1: August 14, 12:30-3:00 PM ET
Session 2: August 28, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
Session 3: September 10, 1:30-2:30 PM ET

Cohort 40

Session 1: September 9, 2:00-4:30 PM ET
Session 2: September 24, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
Session 3: October 14, 2:00-3:00 PM ET

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Not sure if the Train the Facilitator Certification program is right for you? Reach out to us with any questions.

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