Join Our 1-Hour Information Session: Training of Trainers Program
We are excited to invite you to a 1-hour virtual information session about our upcoming Training of Trainers (ToT) program launching in Winter 2025. This session is perfect for those interested in developing their skills as trainers and facilitators in Public Narrative and Organizing and want to learn more about the program.
Key Learning Points
What You’ll Learn in the Info Session:
- Overview of the 3-month ToT program ,curriculum & learning objectives (please see below the full ToT schedule & outlines)
- Insights into the pedagogy of developing trainers through this course.
- How the program can help enhance your facilitation and Training skills
- Information on the application process and scholarship opportunities
- Meet alumni of the program and ask them questions around it.
Who Should Attend?
This session is for experienced coaches looking to expand their leadership to teaching and training roles. If you’re passionate about Public Narrative and Organizing, this is an opportunity to learn more and ask any questions you may have.
Speaker & ToT Lead Trainer
Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher is a Canadian-Egyptian educator and coach who specializes in teaching public narrative, organizing, and leadership. She has her Master’s in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, with a focus on the arts in education. She has spearheaded the design and implementation of many large-scale education projects, including an executive education course of the Public Narrative course taught through HKS, and an intensive curriculum for mayors from around the world through the Bloomberg Harvard Initiative. She has coached, taught, and coordinated over 100 Public Narrative and Organizing workshops across the United States, Canada, and beyond, and has had the opportunity to teach and coach hundreds of individuals, including artists, mayors, congresspeople, Dreamers, grassroots organizers, and TED talk speakers.
ToT Program
ToT Program Sessions breakdown: (Please click HERE to review curriculum outline & commitments)
| SESSION BREAKDOWN | *Sessions are 3 hours long each | ||
| Content Topic | Pedagogy/Facilitation Topic | ||
| January 8, 2025 | Session 1 | Launch | Intro, launch, ground setting, expectation setting, general best practices of up front training lecture & discussion, division of sessions |
| January 15, 2025 | Session 2 | Intro to Narrative & SOS | Topic: establishing & teaching for teaching points |
| January 29, 2025 | Session 3 | Intro to Organizing & Coaching | Topic: facilitating participation & interaction while teaching |
| February 12, 2025 | Session 4 | Relationships & Teams | Topic: managing “problem” participants or challenges to framework – best practices |
| February 26, 2025 | Session 5 | Story of Us & Strategy 1 | Topic: trusting yourself and your instincts as an up front trainer – how to develop your own personal practice of continued learning |
| March 12, 2025 | Session 6 | Strategy II & Action | Topic: overall learnings & takeaways – group discussion |
| March 26 2025 | Session 7 | Story of Now & Linking | Topic: effectively facilitating debriefs |
| April 9, 2025 | Session 8 | Celebration/Wrap Up | |
