Introduction to Working in Community-Based Educational Spaces Course

You must have worked in the field 5 years or less. You must currently be working in a CBES with young people (K-12th grade). If you have questions about eligibility, please email professionaldevelopment@eliecircle.com before submitting payment.

Yes, you will receive an Introduction to Community-Based Educational Spaces Certification.

You must attend 6 of 8 meetings, the final showcase, make up the any missed meetings, and complete all in-between work to receive your certification. If you do not receive certification, you will receive a certificate of attendance for each full meeting you attend. There is no refund if you miss.

Yes, this is structured like a course. You must engage with materials (e.g., videos, readings) and writing between meetings to receive your certification.

Yes, we will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays in July 4p-6p via Zoom.

Yes, the meetings are spaces where we will collectively engage with the materials through discussions and activities and integrate assigned materials with our personal and professional experiences. This is a cooperative course and relies on group participation.

You will need to a Google account. We will use several online tools to facilitate a collaborative learning environment (e.g., Google Workspace – Drive, Docs, Classroom, Forms, Calendar; Zoom; Slido; Mentimeter; Padlet). Facilitator will share instructions on online tools during the meeting.

No, to ensure free and open discussion of ideas, meetings will not be recorded. However, all the items and notes from meetings will be available for your review. You may also attend Office Hours to meet with facilitator one-on-one.

No, not at this time. However, if there is enough interest, we may be able to offer Social Work CEUs for an additional fee.

There are no refunds. The course can be transferred to another person or used for another course/training session, before July 8, 2025. The only exception is if the course is cancelled due to low enrollment. If you miss more than 3 meetings, you can receive attendance certificates.

If the enrollment is under 10 participants after June 24, 2025 4p, more than 1 person from the same organization can enroll. If you would like to have your whole staff certified, please contact professionaldevelopment@eliecircle.com for more information including pricing.

Absolutely!

You are certified for one year, based on the date of the final showcase. You will need to be recertified every year. The recertification process is a 1-day 4-hour workshop.

Once you are certified you will keep access to our Google Classroom, official certification, and once a month optional office hours with facilitator.

Debralyn Woodberry-Shaw, PhD, LMSW, (she/her) is an educator, researcher, and social worker with 15 years of experience in CBES with young people, kindergarten to 12th grade, with all different developmental levels. For more information go to sites.google.com/view/debralynwoodberryshaw/home.