Circle Facilitator Cohort
Become a certified
Compass Circle Facilitator
in 1 year
Schools that participate in this new 1-year certification course will select 3 or more faculty members to become certified Compass Circle Facilitators for either students or adults. Through a hybrid of in-person and online training sessions, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with a cohort of schools to share in your collective growth. And like all of our programming, you will find space to connect with like-minded educators who also want to prioritize a practice that promotes authentic connection and well-being in a safe, nurturing space.
Program Overview
Our Circle Facilitator Cohort is a 1-year certification course for schools that would like to implement a simplified version of our Compass Circles on a small scale. Unlike our 3-year Compass Camp Partnership program, this course is not a train-the-trainer model for full-scale implementation of Compass Circles at your school. Instead, this program allows us to directly train the few individuals who will be facilitating Circles at your school, and to support high quality implementation of a complex and powerful practice on a small scale. While not appropriate for schoolwide implementation, we strongly encourage you to select up to 3 individuals who will be facilitating Circles in order to create opportunities for support and feedback within your school.
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Our first cohort begins in August 2024!
Registration opens March 8, and remains open until June 3.
Please note that faculty members seeking certification are required to attend all mandatory training events.
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Participants must attend both mandatory in-person training events (Circle 101 & Circle 201) at the Compass Center in Nashville, TN.
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Participants must attend a minimum of 7 Monthly Virtual Circle & Training calls, although it is strongly encouraged that you prioritize attending all 8. This may require participants to seek coverage on these days in advance.
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Schools that are interested in implementing Circles schoolwide, and who wish to develop their own in-house capacity to train and coach Circle facilitators should redirect their efforts to a partnership in our Compass Camp program.
Aug 21-23
2024
Circle 101
(in-person)
Year at a Glance
Sep - Jan
2024 2025
Monthly Virtual Circle & Training Calls
Feb 5-7
2025
Circle 201
(in-person)
Mar - May
2025
Monthly Virtual Circle & Training Calls
Additional Requirements
Circle Implementation. A critical component of the learning and development process is the consistent and intentional implementation of the Compass Circle practice. As such, each faculty member applying for certification must facilitate a minimum of 18 weekly Compass Circles over the course of the year with a consistent participant group of either students or adults.
Video Study. Due to the distance learning nature of much of the program, it is required that each participant capture video of their own facilitation of a minimum of 10 Compass Circles for instructional purposes. Video captured should have adequate audio quality for all Circle participants to be heard. This may require the purchase of additional audio and/or video equipment. Schools should take the necessary steps to ensure all students, their caregivers, and faculty have given informed consent to use the video for learning purposes.
Program Cost
$15,000 per school for up to 3 faculty members
(+ $2,500 for each faculty member)
Full payment must be received no later than July 31, 2024.
Interested?
Contact Travis to learn more.
Feel free to shoot me an email, or click below to set up a 30-minute Zoom chat.
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