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ToP Advanced Facilitator
Program
toward excellence
in facilitation
download
This
program description includes the ToP
Facilitator Assessment Worksheet
The ToP Advanced Facilitator Program is designed to help you have a deep impact on individuals, groups and entire organizations. It prepares you to create a culture of participation and handle the most challenging facilitation situations in any organization. The ToP Advanced Facilitator Program includesthe Professional Facilitator Program, the Facilitative Leadership Program and regular coaching from an assigned mentor.
ICA ToP facilitators are well-known for their profound respect of group wisdom and their ability to draw out wise results, motivation and commitment from group work in virtually every sector. This program is designed for people who want to significantly increase their ability to work with groups of any size in any company, community or government setting. This program is designed to enable you to develop the capacities of an excellent facilitator.
You can bcome an "in demand" facilitator with a reputation for excellence. Build and expand your practice by deepening your skills. Be an even greater asset to your company as an internal facilitator. Gain skills to work with "flattened" organizational hierarchies. Prepare yourself for major personal work transitions. Increase your potential as a facilitator for groups of any size or interest.
Tthe AFP is a flexible program designed to meet the needs of each participant. It begins with a personal learning contract and includes 21 days of course work, frequent practice of methods and skills in your own environment, regular coaching, mentoring and observation by a master ICA ToP facilitator, and intensive practice, sharing and feedback with peers.
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Prepare for professional certification
This program
addresses all IAF and ICA ToP® competencies. Your portfolio from the
ToP Advanced Facilitator Program
will provide much of the evidence of competency to become an IAFCertified
Professional Facilitator or an ICA Certified ToP Facilitator, should
you choose either of these options. Certification assessment is evidence based
and totally separate from course work.
You need
- A learning contract with clear expectations, intents and plans
- Support from an organization or a client base within which to apply facilitation skills four times each month.
- Individual initiative and a capacity for self directed learning
- An ability to work in teams as well as the flexibility to work in structured and unstructured environments
- A high level of seriousness and a desire for excellence
- Playfulness and tolerance for ambiguity
Program Structure
1. A "Learning Contract" articulating your expectations and intents.
The learning contract will include the following elements.
- Personal goals & objectives – professional, vocational, personal.
- Your experience with ICA and ToP™ methods.
- Personal assessment in relation to ToP Facilitator Competencies
- Your key learning questions
- Capacities and results desired.
- Indicators of achievement.
- Action Plan - Courses – ICA &/or other courses - Other research, reading and study
- Scheduling Plan
- Financial Plan
2. Courses
Prerequisite Courses - 4 days
- Group Facilitation Methods - Powerful methods to facilitate and build consensus - - 2 days
- Facilitated Planning - A participatory planning process leading to commitment and action - - 2 days
Program Courses - 17 days
- Meetings That Work - Design and facilitate effective meetings - - 2 days
- Advanced Facilitation Tools - Tools and methods for getting results - - 3 days
- Organizational Transformation - Diagnose and leverage system-wide change - - 3 days
- Human Development - Foundations for working with changing behaviour - - 3 days
- The Art and Science of Participation - A facilitation design and practice intensive - - 6 days
Courses taken before joining the program will count toward the AFP.
3. Mentoring
- One hour of mentoring conversation each month.
- Record your reflections on each facilitation experience.
- Hold quarterly conversations with a mentor facilitator, including an emphasis on evaluation and suggestions for improvement.
- Debrief with a mentor after each facilitated event.
- Reflect on evaluations, personal evaluation/critique, suggestions to improve facilitation capacity.
4. Observation
Be observed by and / or co-facilitate with a mentor in 2 substantial programs. The program recommends up to 4 days of obsercation and / or co-facilitation so the mentor can see you facilitate complex work in a real situation. We recommend that the trainee’s client pay the fee and expenses for the ICA mentor to facilitate the program with you.
Completion will be demonstrated by
- A portfolio of facilitation experience including reflection sheets and mentor’s notes
- Demonstration of facilitation expertise that meets competencies
- Evidence of meeting learning objectives set out in learning contract
Completion will be documented by
- Certificate of Completion
- A letter of recommendation
Program Fees
$9,492.00 plus GST
- 20% discount over the total of all individual courses and mentoring.
- 80% of the cost of past courses can be applied toward AFP program fees.
Steps to Apply
1. Download this program description.
It includes the ToP Facilitator Assessment Worksheet
2. Write a letter stating your intent. We will let you know if there is space available at this time. Send it to:
Wayne Nelson - ICA Associates Inc.
655 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M4M 1G4
E-mail: wnelson@ica-associates.ca
Fax: 416-691-2491
3. Develop your learning contract. Send it to Wayne at the above address.
4. A mentor will be assigned in consultation with you.
5. Talk through the learning plan with the assigned mentor and make appropriate mentoring arrangements.
Please contact Wayne Nelson at 416-691-2316 to register for this program.
