Description:
Through one of two facilitation skills trainings developed by the University of Maine (UMaine) Cooperative Extension, learners develop competencies and apply their learning in a professional or community group setting. To earn the University of Maine System (UMS) Facilitation Skills micro-credential, learners are assessed on and deemed to meet six core competencies aligned with the Facilitation Core Competencies of the International Association of Facilitators:
- creating collaborative client relationships
- planning appropriate group processes
- creating and sustaining a participatory environment
- guiding groups to appropriate and useful outcomes
- building and maintaining professional knowledge
- modeling a positive professional attitude
Evidence of competency is verified and approved by authorized UMS faculty or staff or another relevant party to ensure UMS micro-credential quality standards are met.
Who is eligible to register?
Anyone is eligible to register.
How can I earn this micro-credential?
Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills
- Delivery mode is in person, with three full-day meetings.
- Cost is $400. Discounts (external link) may be available for those whose employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce.
- For more information, upcoming dates and to register for Level 1, visit the UMaine Division of Lifelong Learning Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills webpage (External Site).
- With questions, contact Kristen Grant, UMaine Cooperative Extension Senior Program Manager for Community Engagement (email: kngrant@maine.edu).
Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills
- Delivery mode is Distance Synchronous Learning (online live), with five class meetings.
- Cost is $225. Discounts (external link) may be available for those whose employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce.
- For more information, upcoming dates and to register for Level 1, visit the UMaine Division of Lifelong Learning Building Your Virtual Facilitation Skills webpage (External Site).
- With questions, contact Kristen Grant, UMaine Cooperative Extension Senior Program Manager for Community Engagement (email: kngrant@maine.edu).
View each level in the badging platform:
Visit the Micro-Credential Pathway for Facilitation Skills (External Site).
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Last Update: 12/23/24