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Master Trainer Certification Program

On-Site Experience

Curated. Hands-on. Actionable. Impactful.

A one-of-a-kind trainer preparation experience and professional development experience specifically curated for your organization! A path for your colleagues to become Certified Master Trainers designed specifically to meet their growth areas

and your organization's ROI needs.

3.5 Days!?

Application of Learning

Connecting with Colleagues

On Site Benefits

By effectively completing Leadership Trainer's Certification Program, your team members will become knowledgeable, skilled, and dynamic Certified Master Trainers who can facilitate diverse training experiences in which their participants can access the training message and material, internalize their learning, and then apply that learning to their own practice. The On Site experience is a valuable and impactful trainer preparation experience for five core reasons:

COST
EFFECTIVE

Hosting the Leadership Trainer Certification Program experience on site enables more members of your organizational community to participate - compared to sending your colleagues to an off-site retreat and incurring individual fees, transportation expenses, and other incidental costs.

SYNERGISTIC
CONNECTIONS

By bringing the Leadership Trainer Certification program to you - on site - we will craft an engaging team-building opportunity that results in meaningful connections for members of your organizational community.

MEETS SPECIFIC
NEEDS

In addition to our empowering facilitation and meaningful identity curricula, we will curate deep dive sessions to emphasize the specific learning and development needs of your team members.

TRAINING
CROSS-POLLINATION

With an On Site experience, we will be preparing a large swatch of your colleagues to design amazing trainings and then deliver impactful training experiences. Rather than relying solely on members of one particular department to facilitate trainings, colleagues from across the organization will be able to serve as dynamic and skilled facilitators.

This can (a) enhance learning by widening the voices of training facilitators, (b) deepen connectivity to the institution and personnel by introducing colleagues to diverse team members from beyond their sphere of influence, and (c) lessen the training load of those who have heavy training responsibilities.

CONFIDENCE-RAISING FOR LEADERS

Hosting an On Site Leadership Trainer Certification Program will ensure that at every training touch-point facilitated by your team members, their participants will be immersed in an engaging and dynamic experience in which they can access the training message and material, internalize their learning, and apply that learning to their practice. This will prove to have immediate impact as well as long-lasting implications for learning and leadership development.

Your On Site Experience Includes...

Just about everything!

Curated training curriculum led by expert Master facilitators.
Networking and relationship-building with a community of passionate leadership trainers.
Hands-on learning opportunities to experiment with dynamic facilitation techniques.
Hard-copy training resources including the Preparing Leadership Educators book.
A year-long subscription to our virtual resources including videos and downloadable worksheets.
Two leadership training-coaching sessions to prepare you to become a Certified Master Trainer.
Unlimited Leadership Jam Sessions with our community of Certified Leadership Trainers.
Reduced pricing for other Leadership Trainer programming and resources.
Grants to support the leadership training initiatives of our Certified Master Trainers!

What's Included in all of Leadership Trainer's Certification Programs:

Curated Curriculum

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This is the most comprehensive trainer preparation experience on the market! We intentionally curate this high-impact one-of-a-kind train-the-trainer curriculum to meet your facilitation goals, training up-skill desires, identity exploration needs, and leadership development objectives for each and every Master Trainer Certification Program.

Master Trainers

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We are Master Trainers and expert facilitators. For every Certification Program each Master Trainer is specially-selected to support your learning and skills development.

Our team understands how to create spaces of belonging where all participants can access the training message, internalize learning, and then apply that learning to their own practice. More, we know how to train you to consistently facilitate high-impact, high-engagement, and high-enjoyment trainings.

Engaged Learning

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The Certification Program is a hands-on learning experience! We learn by doing. We have intentionally crafted this experience to provide you with ample opportunities to actually facilitate experiential learning activities and host reflective dialogue. Moreover, you receive celebrations and healthy critique to strengthen your skills.

Connected Community

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Like all great professional development experiences, this program is an opportunity to cultivate meaningful and nourishing relationships! By participating in the Certification Program, you will expand your network to include exceptional trainers who are passionate about facilitating amazing and impactful training experiences consistently.

Scholarships & Grants

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Our 'friendly financial model' makes it easy for you to say, "yes!" With our all-inclusive prices, our Certification Programs provide you with the highest-quality product at the best rate. And for those who need added financial support, we offer scholarships! Following the Certification Program, those who become Certified Master Trainers are eligible for grants to support their training experiences.

Online Resources Hub

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In addition to your hands-on learning, you will have access to an incredible Community Hub that includes an online library of resources. You'll have access to videos (almost 4 hours of content), downloadable worksheets, and more. Our Community Hub becomes a training and facilitation headquarters for you to access all of the resources and benefits of the Certification Program.

Year-Round Engagement

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The Certification Program experience is just the beginning! We offer year-round opportunities for you to enhance your training skills and development - and stay connected to our amazing community. This includes live experiences through Jam Sessions and our Community of Practice, digital engagement through social media, and gatherings at conferences and events.

Leadership-Training Coaching

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Certification Program participants receive two training-coaching sessions to best prepare you to become a Certified Master Trainer. These sessions are designed to ensure you will shine while delivering an exceptional Certification Exam and any other training experiences you facilitate.

Program Manual

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You will receive the award-winning Preparing Leadership Educators book - written by Leadership Trainer's Executive Director. This incredible resource serves as our go-to training manual. The book includes our 'Training Story' methodology, instructions on how to facilitate 45+ activities, overviews of leadership theories and practices, and more!

Our proven Master Trainer preparation experience is guided by 5 objectives:

1. Prepare you to consistently facilitate high-impact, high-engagement, and high-enjoyment trainings rooted in dynamic, culturally relevant, and learning-oriented facilitation techniques - specifically experiential activities and reflective dialogue.

2. Engage you in purposeful self-reflection and identity exploration.

3. Cultivate a community of exceptional trainers and facilitators.

4. Provide practical opportunities to advance your leadership practice.

5. Begin the process of you becoming a Certified Master Trainer.

By effectively completing Leadership Trainer's Certification Program, you will become a knowledgeable, skilled, and dynamic Certified Master Trainer - one who can facilitate diverse training experiences in which your participants can access the training message and material, internalize their learning, and then apply that learning to their own practice.

Core Curriculum

The Core Curriculum of the Leadership Trainer Master Certification Program is divided into four key segments: Training and Facilitation Skills, Identity Exploration, Leadership Development, and Community Engagement. Explore the four segments of our Core Curriculum below:

Training & Facilitation Skills

Learn our proven method and framework - the "Training Story" methodology - to design and facilitate consistently high-impact, high-engagement, and high-enjoyment trainings.
Enhance your training skills through hands-on practice and direct, individualized feedback from Master Trainers.

Identity Exploration

Explore your values, authentic trainer presence, and abilities to meet dynamic and diverse participants where they are at.
Learn how to intentionally create spaces of belonging so that all participants are empowered to learn and then apply that learning to their practice - where it matters most.

Leadership Development

Expand your own leadership skills and capacity to be more effective in your work, organization, and communities.
In addition to these curated leadership development themes, utilize these sessions to model the "Training Story" framework to participate in, observe, reflect upon, and practice this high-impact method.

Community Engagement

Engage in a nurturing and nourishing environment with like-minded aspiring Master Trainers who are committed to transforming the leadership landscape through trainer preparation and skill enhancement.
Participate in group mentoring experiences where you receive support and healthy challenges to enhance your training practice and prowess.

Retreat Schedule

Activity Key:

Community Engagement

Facilitation Skills

Leadership Development

Identity Exploration

Wellness Practices

DAY 1:

9:00-9:30 AM

Welcome and Introductions

9:30-10:00 AM

Building Community

10:00-12:00 PM

What is Effective Training & Facilitation?

12:00-1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00-2:00 PM

Deep Dive: Emotional Intelligence

2:00-3:00 PM

Identity Exploration: Positionality ('Who Am I!?')

2:00-3:30 PM

Facilitation Observations

3:30-4:30 PM

Training Story: Rising Action

4:30-5:00 PM

Daily Evening Check-In

* This schedule is a template and is subject to change.

DAY 2:

9:00-9:30 AM

Daily Morning Check-In

9:30-11:30 AM

Training Story: Apex (Activity)

11:30-12:30 PM

Deep Dive: Resilient Mindsets

12:30-1:15 PM

Community Lunch

1:15-2:15 PM

Identity Exploration: Values Exploration

2:15-2:45 PM

Facilitation Observations

2:45-4:30 PM

Training Story: Falling Action

4:30-5:00 PM

Daily Evening Check-In

DAY 3:

9:00-9:30 AM

Daily Morning Check-In

9:30-10:30 AM

Training Story: Exposition

10:30-11:30 AM

Training Story: Resolution

11:30-12:30 PM

Deep Dive: Power & Oppression

12:30-1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15-2:15 PM

Identity Exploration: Intersections of Identity

2:15-2:45 PM

Facilitation Observations

2:45-4:30 PM

Facilitation Laboratory

4:30-5:00 PM

Daily Evening Check-In

DAY 4:

9:00-9:30 AM

Daily Morning Check-In

8:30-9:30 AM

Training Story: Resolution

9:30-11:00 AM

Identity Exploration: Critical Approaches to Training

11:00-11:30 AM

Becoming Master Trainers

11:30-12:30 PM

Closing Insights & Reflections

What our Participants Have to Say

Over the years, more than 250 participants have completed the Leadership Trainer Certification Program, with 86% rating it a 4- or 5-star experience. Our most recent three cohorts exceeded even that, with over 91% awarding the program top marks. Participants consistently tell us they value not just the experience, but the practical tactics and techniques they immediately apply in their work. Learn about the Certification Program from the lens of our participants:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Thank you for changing my reality about how I am approaching my trainings.

Senior Learning and Development Specialist, Keck Medicine of USC

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

It was transformative and eye opening. Created an inclusive environment for learning and development.

Director of Student Life and Engagement, University of the Virgin Island,

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jonathan approached the group with sincerity and knowledge. Our session was a great mix of activities and reflective work.

Assistant Director for Programming & Outreach, University of Texas @ Austin

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Jonathan's training was learner centric, engaging, highly applicable and works for professionals at many levels in their tenure. I was thoroughly impressed, even after seeing so many facilitators over the week.

Curriculum Specialist, L.E.K. Consulting