Facilitation Essentials

Workforce Professionals Training Institute (WPTI) increases the effectiveness of people, programs, and organizations that are committed to generating pathways out of poverty through employment. Our three-tiered approach strengthens capacity at all levels of the workforce development system.Professional Training: Develop the skills and careers of practitionersOrganizational Consulting: Maximize productivity of programs and teamsSystems Building: Create linkages, foster research and influence funding and best practice priorities”Since its founding in 2004, WPTI has become the preeminent non-profit training and technical assistance intermediary for New York City’s workforce development community. The organization has trained over 9,000 workforce practitioners from over 900 organizations that collectively serve over 500,000 jobseekers. As a standalone, non-political organization, WPTI provides an inclusive bridge among providers, funders and government agencies that contribute to building NYC’s workforce.Drawing on well refined resources and relationships, WPTI combines the expertise of highly experienced workforce professionals, direct employer input, academic research, labor market information, and interactive adult learning principles to create high-quality curricula, impactful consulting frameworks, and useful resources for the field.

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Learn best practices for designing and implementing effective, dynamic and empowering workshops for your workforce development programs.

Workforce professionals are increasingly being called upon to lead workshops for participants from diverse backgrounds. Designing and implementing dynamic and empowering workshops requires staff to be equipped with effective training design and facilitation methods. This hands-on workshop will teach the principles of workforce development instruction and will prepare participants with the strategies and resources necessary to create a learning environment that is safe, respectful, challenging, and engaging of multiple intelligences. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:<ul><li>Understand the essential traits of an effective facilitator and the elements of workshop design;</li><li>Identify different approaches for customizing workshops to support academic, industry, and employability standards;</li><li>Know training methods that engage a variety of learners. </li></ul>This training will take place virtually via Zoom meeting. Participants will receive the Zoom link one day in advance of the training session.Target Audience: This course is suited for Career Coaches, Employment Counselors/Case Managers, Employment Educators 
and Employment Trainers, Front-Line Managerial Staff, Life Skills Instructors/Facilitators, Program 
Managers, Retention Specialists, Vocational Counselors and Certified Vocational Rehabilitation 
Counselors (CRCs), and Workshop Facilitators.Meet your facilitator: Wendell Moore Wendell Moore is the Lead Consultant for WPTI’s Mentor/Internship Program (MIP), a virtual platform that offers career exploration workshops for foster care youth who are aging out of the system. He is the President and Founder of Moore Training Services (MTS), a training consultancy whose client base includes WPTI, ACS, Global Kids, and Medgar Evers College. Mr. Moore is also a training facilitator and content creator for the New York Giants football team and Major League Soccer.Cancellation Policy: Thanks to funding from the Altman Foundation, this professional development opportunity is provided at no cost to workforce development practitioners and leaders. If you register for and are subsequently unable to attend this session, you are responsible for canceling your registration in advance or risk being waitlisted for future events.<ul><ul></ul></ul>

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