Certified Dialogue Facilitator Public Cohort (July 2025)
Jul 21, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025Get certified to confidently facilitate constructive dialogue about divisive issues across lines of difference in class or co-curricular campus settings.
Overview
This practice-oriented certification program equips Faculty and Staff or Student Leaders with the skills to confidently plan and facilitate difficult conversations among students or peers across various campus contexts. Participants will develop competencies in dialogue facilitation techniques, conflict navigation strategies, and constructive management of tense situations.
Learn more about CDI's Certified Dialogue Facilitator training options.
Course Curriculum & Schedule
Session 1: Becoming a Facilitator (July 21, 2025)
- Introduction to CDI and constructive dialogue
- The role of a facilitator - mindsets and core commitments
- Facilitator identity and role
- Facilitator conflict styles
- Moral Foundations Theory
- Reflective listening
Session 2: The Dialogue Approach (July 24, 2025)
- Dialogue demonstration
- The contexts for dialogue
- How to build trust within a group
- How to set expectations and boundaries for the dialogue
- How to invite dialogue through topic, question, and structure
- How to model mindsets that support constructive dialogue
- How to close out a dialogue
Session 3: Navigating Conflict (July 28, 2025)
- Deciding when/whether to jump in
- Consider the context
- The 4 conflict navigation strategies
- Scenario-based practice opportunities and roleplays
- Personal case analyses
- Where to draw the line
Session 4: Facilitation Practicum (July 31, 2025)
- 5-hour dialogue practicum to demonstrate competency
Cost
The cost of this certification program is $2,500 per participant.
Please complete the registration form at the link below and proceed to the payment page. Your registration is not confirmed until you pay at checkout or by invoice.
For general questions please email trainings@constructivedialogue.org.
Per our Training and Workshop Cancellation and No-Show Policy, if you are unable to attend a training or workshop, you must cancel your registration at least 1 week prior to the scheduled date of the training or workshop. Any seats reserved and not utilized or canceled with sufficient notice will be forfeited and will be ineligible for a refund or transfer.
Meet CDI’s Teaching & Learning Team
Jake Fay, Ed.D., CDI Director of Education
Jake is an educator at heart with years of experience teaching and thinking about civic discourse. He holds an Ed.D and Ed.M from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an MA in American History from Brandeis University, and is a proud graduate of the Shady Hill Teacher Training Course. Read full bio.
Eliza O'Neil, Ed.M., CDI Senior Curriculum Developer
Eliza is an educator, dialogue facilitator, and curriculum writer. Inherently, her work has centered around bringing communities who might never meet together to forge connections and learn from differences. Before joining CDI, Eliza was a program director for Seeds of Peace, where she ran dialogue and facilitation programs for young adults and educators across the US. Read full bio.