38 Arranging training for facilitators
You should consider if training in facilitation would be beneficial before staging your event. For example, you may be working with colleagues and students new to the curriculum or learning design, or the topic under exploration may be new to a facilitated approach.
Use training as an opportunity to develop a package that supports all of your facilitators. Beyond the necessary resources, you should also consider running a workshop (or a series of workshops).
Establish a channel for ongoing communication, collaboration and a buddy system. This can help build relationships between more experienced facilitators and those will little or no experience in this area.
To help you reflect on your thoughts and organise your thinking, you can use the following template to plan your facilitation training. Add your content in the right-hand column of the table below. Colleagues from Organisational Development and Professional Learning can support you with guidance in this.
| What are the requirements? | |
| Who will the facilitators be? | |
| How can we support our facilitators in preparation for the planned offer? | |
| What resources would help?
· Could these be Open Educational Resources for wider sharing? Could you use resources that are already available? |
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| Would a workshop or a series of workshops be useful?
· How long would this be? Are there materials you could re-use? |
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| How will we engage facilitators in the process?
· Relationship building, etc. |
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| How will facilitators be supported during the running of the course? | |
| How will you evaluate the facilitator experience? | |
| Will you provide a certificate for facilitator training? | |
| How will you work with the facilitators in the future? |
Refer to Appendix 6: About facilitator training to find out about arranging training for facilitators in relation to the Social Justice Jam: Spaces for Change event in June 2024.
