The Virtual Educator Network Certified Facilitator Course

The VEN Certified Facilitator (VCF) Training

The VEN is a virtual, interactive, collaborative experience that supports any educator professional who wants to improve best teaching practices & student outcomes. This course teaches facilitation skills that will transform your education practice.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to The VEN!
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1. Note-taking
2. Audio & Video Support
3. Please Note - Clarifying Course Terminology
4. Course resource: The VEN Facilitation Guide
5. System requirements
1. Meet The VEN Consulting Team
1. Learning Objectives
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1. Shifts in Professional Development (PD)
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1. What is The VEN
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2. The VEN mock simulation
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1. Research & The VEN
2. Social Learning Theory (Bandura & Walters, 1977)
3. Social Network Analysis (Moolenar, 2012)
4. Learning Sciences (Sawyer, 2014) and Affective Neuroscience (Immordino-Yang, 2011)
5. Adult Learning Theory (Knowles, 1968)
6. Research Review-Reflect on the research that is the basis of The VEN. The following quiz is a quick check of your understanding.
1. The VEN Theory of Action
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2. Facilitator notebook reflect and reframe
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1. The VEN is...
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2. The VEN is not...
1. How The VEN accomplishes its goals
2. Facilitation in The VEN
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3. Reflect & Reframe: The ROI® and The Help Seat
4. Routine of Interaction (ROI)® and The Help Seat explained
5. Tools for productive venning
6. Tools for productive venning-Connector Activity
7. Tools for productive venning- The VEN note-taking document aka Protocol Worksheet
8. Tools for productive venning- Google Drive Collaboration Folder
9. Tools for productive venning-End of session survey
10. Tools for productive venning-The Help Seat check-in
11. Tools for productive venning- Email and Calendar invites
1. The Role of Co-Facilitation in The VEN
2. What kind of facilitator am I? survey instructions
3. What Kind of Facilitator Am I? Survey
4. Facilitator Notebook Reflect & Reframe-What kind of facilitator am I?
5. The VEN wrap up, Chapter 1
1. Audio & Video Support - Chapter 2
2. Chapter Two Prerequisites
3. Note-taking
1. Learning Objectives
1. Recap Chapter One
1. How The VEN differs from other types of PD
1. Facilitator notebook survey reflection: What kind of facilitator are you?
1. Facilitation Strategies
2. Internal skills
3. Examples of Internal skills
4. Other Internal Skills
5. Other Internal skills-continued
6. Recursive strong and weak facilitation examples
7. Reflect & Reframe-Internal Skills
8. Non-verbal screen language
9. Verbal skills-The "Three P's"
10. Pausing and Virtual Facilitation Strategies
11. Paraphrasing
12. Verbal skills Strong and Weak Facilitation response examples
13. Paraphrasing Strong and Weak Facilitation response examples
14. Mid-module quick check
15. Questioning
16. Putting it all together-Facilitation Skills Practice
17. Reflect & Reframe
18. Paraphrasing Strong and Weak Facilitation response examples
1. Simulated VEN Agenda
2. The VEN Simulation-Revisiting The Help Seat
1. Reflect & Reframe-The VEN Simulation
1. Audio & Video Support - Chapter 3
2. Chapter Three Prerequisites
3. Note-taking
1. Learning Objectives
1. Recap Chapter 2
1. Checkpoint - The VEN Certified Facilitator (VCF) Training
1. Co-Facilitation & The VEN
2. The Importance of Co-Facilitation
3. Developing Trust & Establishing Relationships
4. Building Facilitator Trust Among VEN Participants
5. Co-Facilitation Responsibilities in The VEN
1. Listening and note-taking practice
2. Verbal and Questioning skills practice
1. VEN Certified Facilitator Practice
2. Chapter 3 -Course wrap up
1. Part 1: The VEN end of course quiz
2. Part 2: The VEN asynchronous VEN Certified Facilitator Course-End of course rubric
1. Course survey

Transform your facilitation. Transform educator support and learning.

$250.00
83 lessons

The strategies you'll learn in this course reduce teacher isolation.

Learn the research grounded process that improves communication, builds relationships, and creates a safe space for teachers. Become a VEN Certified Facilitator today.

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The VEN Certified Facilitator (VCF) Training

Course curriculum

The VEN Certified Facilitator Asynchronous Training (VCF) Chapter 1: Shifts in Professional Development and The VEN overview

Before you get started

Meet the VEN Consulting Team

Chapter 1 Learning Objectives

Shifts in Professional Development (PD)

Overview of The VEN

Research & The VEN

The VEN Theory of Action

The VEN: Recap of what The VEN is and is not

The VEN Process

Facilitation and The VEN

Before you get started

Chapter 2 Learning Objectives

Chapter 1 Recap

Overview of The VEN: How it differs from other forms of PD

What Kind of Facilitator Are You?

Facilitation strategies

The VEN Simulation

Reflect & Reframe

VCF Chapter 3: The VEN Co-facilitator role and facilitation practical implementation

Chapter 3 Learning Objectives

Chapter 2 recap

At this point in the VCF checkpoint

Co-facilitation and The VEN

Verbal and Questioning skills practice

Put it all together

The VEN Certified Facilitator Training (VCF) end of course assessments

Course feedback

Transform your facilitation. Transform educator support and learning.

The strategies you'll learn in this course reduce teacher isolation.