Train-the-Trainer: Connecting Identity to Social Services

Course Details

  • Three all-day sessions

Capacity: 20 participants

Join The Nova Collective’s learning leaders for an immersive facilitation skill-building program, giving you the tools to lead the impactful “Connecting Identity to Social Services” workshop for your staff. This program will provide you with an accessible entry-point to facilitating dialogue, so that your staff can:

  • Connect current staff and program participants dynamics to historical impact
  • Reflect on how their individual experiences around social identity influences their work with program participants
  • Practice interrupting bias using the ACT Framework
  • Apply what they’ve learned to shift program culture and climate

Signing up for this session is a critical part of the ecosystem that will sustain the work of the REIB Statewide Initiative into the future. 

Session Structure

The 3 day structure of this training includes: 

Part 1
Experiencing the Content

Participate in the workshop and unpack reflections

Part 2
Understanding Our Approach and Self Work

  • Dig deeper into content knowledge including county history and key terms
     
  • Build an understanding of concepts and skills within the curriculum (e.g. multipartiality and dominant/counter narratives)

Part 3
Content Facilitation & Gain Tips and Tools

  • Practice facilitation and challenging conversations
     
  • Partner with colleagues to practice and adapt facilitation approaches
     
  • Practice interrupting bias using the ACT Framework

Workshop Materials

Participants will receive the following materials:

  • TTT Participant Guide
  • REIB Glossary
  • Connecting ID Facilitation Guide
  • Connecting ID Participant Guide
  • Historical Data Script and Best Practices
  • Connecting ID Workshop Deck (virtual use only)
  • Connecting ID Snapshot Agenda
  • Facilitation Resources
    • Facilitator Checklist
    • Materials Checklist
    • Facilitation Best Practices and Support Q&A

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