Dialogue Facilitation Certification
For: Higher EdTraining + CertificationsGet certified to confidently facilitate conversations about divisive issues across lines of difference in class or co-curricular campus settings.
Confidently Facilitate Difficult Conversations
A Certification Program for Faculty and Staff
Overview
This practice-oriented certification program equips participants with the skills to confidently plan and facilitate difficult conversations among students. Participants will gain a deep understanding of the role of a facilitator, learn facilitation techniques and intervention strategies, and practice their emergent skills in a community of fellow aspiring dialogue practitioners.
Skills developed from the program can be applied across a range of settings, including planned residential life programming, responding to unexpected campus crises, and mediating interpersonal student conflicts. After successfully completing the program and demonstrating competency, participants will receive a certification in dialogue facilitation from CDI.
Who should register?
This certification program is geared toward faculty and student-facing staff (e.g., residential life teams, student advisors, DEI teams, student life staff).
Course Objectives
By the end of the certification, participants will:
Understand the purpose and role of a facilitator, as well as the basic skills a facilitator uses to guide a dialogue.
Demonstrate skills to effectively plan and facilitate constructive dialogue for students across a range of contexts.
Gain the confidence and readiness to address and manage tense or controversial situations constructively.
Format & Time Commitment
All sessions will run from 11 AM - 4 PM Eastern for 4 sessions in total, and include built-in breaks throughout each session.
15 hours of live, virtual learning
1 hour total of homework including watching a video and writing a personal reflection
3 hours of independent small group work
1 final 5-hour practicum day
Course Curriculum
Introduction to CDI and constructive dialogue
The role of a facilitator – competencies and skills
Facilitator identity
Facilitator conflict styles
Cost
This certification program is $2,500 per participant.
For questions and to pay by invoice, 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.
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