Workshop Facilitator Training
Learn how to create and facilitate educational workshops for Parents, Early Childhood Educators, Teachers and other Early Years Professionals.
On-Demand Starting Feb 2025
**EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS JAN 31, 2025**
This Program is for Individuals and Organizations
Workshop Facilitator Training is leadership training designed specifically for experienced Early Years Professionals (Early Childhood Educators, Primary School Teachers, ECE College Instructors, Early Intervention Clinicians, etc) who want to learn how to create and facilitate educational workshops for parents, caregivers, and other Early Years Professionals.
One-on-one consultations are available however they are very limited.
Note to Organizations:
If your mandate is to provide educational information to your community but internally nobody is taking initiative, this training is perfect for your organization! Book a call with Ana to learn more about organizational pricing.
Note to Individuals:
This training is for you if you:
Have more than 8-10 years of experience in the Early Years field.
Have a passion for learning, educating, sharing and creating.
Want to help others by sharing your experience and expertise.
Want to broaden your impact and create positive impact in the Early Years field.
Are action oriented and ready to level up your creating and presenting skills.
This program includes:
- Access to a supportive instructor via email throughout the duration of the program.
- A workbook, templates and resources to support your learning and content creation.
- An introduction to address mindset barriers.
- 6 modules that take you through a proven system.
Access to the recordings for up to a year.
A bonus one-on-one consulting session with the instructor, Ana.
BONUS: IF YOU REGISTER BEFORE FEB 1ST, 2025 YOU WILL GET TWO ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS
Program Outcomes:
At the end of this training you will be:
Able to create unique educational professional development workshops.
More confident at public speaking and presenting your ideas.
Well prepared to facilitate and manage groups.
A potential candidate to join our online workshop library, join our next Online Summit and added to our directory of Certified Workshop Facilitators (optional)
Curriculum and Modules:
In the introduction, you will get a walk through of the program outline and expectations. You will begin work on addressing your mindset and shifting your mindset to one that is a growth mindset which is necessary to succeed in the program.
During this module, you will learn how to identify and describe your core philosophies and beliefs about child development, and from there, select a workshop topic that you feel confident teaching to your niche audience.
In this module, you will learn how to structure an effective workshop presentation, create an outline for your workshop presentation content, and choose specific stories, examples, discussion topics, and activities to utilize throughout your workshop to help make it engaging for your participants.
In this module, you will learn how to enhance your public speaking and presentation skills and confidence as a facilitator, best practices for being an effective presenter (both online and in-person), and how to avoid many of the common presentation mistakes that contribute to a negative experience for workshop participants.
In this module, you will learn how to effectively manage the participants in your workshop (both online and in-person), create a safe space for participants, encourage discussions, and minimize disruptive behaviour among participants.
In this module, you will finalize the content and the design of your workshop presentation, plus prepare any additional resources for your workshop participants.
In this module, you begin to learn the basics of writing a proposal to help you get hired as a workshop facilitator.
In this one-on-one call you get to ask about strengthening your workshop, writing your proposal and/or getting hired to maximize your success.
Your Program Facilitator:
Ana Valle Rivera
Ana is a proud mother of three, a public speaker, a consultant, and the founder of Early Years Thriving. Since 2007 Ana has gained experience working with children and families using inclusive and trauma-informed approaches.
Through her passion for teaching, Ana has facilitated hundreds of educational workshops for thousands of ECEs, teachers, caregivers, and parents.
Through Early Years Thriving Ana provides leadership training in the form of Workshop Facilitator Training and she organizes yearly Online Summits for the Early Years community.
Ana has a background in ECE, a Bachelor’s Degree in Child and Youth Care, and she is completing a Master's in Professional Education in ECE.
Learn more about Ana: anavallerivera.com
Testimonials From Past Participants:
Chris YR.
Early Childhood Educator
Ana was there every step of the way to support the participants. Ana facilitated several different ways for participants to receive support from her and the other participants.
Carli M.
PROGRAM MANAGER
I took Ana’s workshop on creating and facilitating workshops to help me build confidence in becoming a facilitator. Ana provided feedback and was always there to support me through building my workshop and presenting it. She answered any questions I had and gave me a lot of great advice. After I facilitated my first workshop with Ana she not only helped me during the facilitation process but also helped me understand how I could improve. After facilitating my second one I felt way more confident in my abilities and very well supported. Ana has also been willing to connect me with her wide-reaching network of organizations and individuals who hire early years facilitators. This has also increased my income potential. I recommend working with Ana and Early Years Thriving if you are seeking to start or level up as a facilitator. Ana is professional and easy to work with and genuinely cares about the success of the people she coaches. I look forward to facilitating with Early Years Thriving again!
Lobna A.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR
Attending the Early Years Thriving workshop about creating and facilitating workshops helped me as RECE and Early Childhood Leader ECL. It shaped my understanding of audience needs, facilitation methods, purpose and objective of facilitation for educators. Moreover, it opened a door for me to facilitate a workshop at the Early Years Thriving about micro-aggression in the ECE workplace. Working with Ana allowed me to facilitate with confidence and passion. Her motivation is highly appreciated as she believed in my potential and strengths and guided me with great tips to facilitate a successful workshop. Attending a workshop about creating and facilitating workshops was an eye-opener to learn more about adult education. It motivated me to enroll in the Adult Education Certificate program. Thank you Early Years Thriving and Ana for the great help for educators so they can learn, facilitate and thrive!
Rita T.
Registered EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR
This program has helped me gain the confidence I needed in order to develop my own workshops. It has inspired me and opened my eyes to new possibilities in my future. The facilitating tips Ana provided were the little golden nuggets of the course. The templates are very user-friendly and I will definitely be using them in the future. Thank you Ana for creating a great 6-week course!
Frequently Asked Questions:
You can register at any time. This is a self-paced (on-demand) training program. You will get access to all of the program materials after you sign the participant agreement. If you are registering before FEB 1st 2025, please note, you will get access to all of the course material after FEB 1st 2025.
Yes, any participant who successfully completes all the of training and assignments in this program will receive a Certificate of Completion.
YES, we offer a special rate on Workshop Facilitator Training when taken in groups. For organizational bookings please contact Ana directly for pricing options.
This training will only focus on content creation, presentation skills and facilitation skills. We cannot guarantee that you get hired as a Workshop Facilitator. Getting hired to create and/or facilitate workshops will depend on a variety of factors that we cannot control. We offer consulting and more training that focuses directly on writing proposals and getting hired.
We are happy to issue you a refund if you have read through the participant agreement and feel it is not the right program for you. If you sign the agreement and take the training and you are still unsatisfied, unfortunately are no longer eligible for a refund. If you apply to join this program, our expectation of you is that you are committed to taking all of the training sessions and completing all the work in a timely manner.
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YOU WILL GET ACCESS TO ALL THE MATERIALS STARTING FEB 1ST, 2025
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