Due to popular demand, we are now running a second session in July 2025 and a third session in September!
Coach Training: July 2025 – Collaborative Discussion
When: 12 pm – 3 pm (eastern) on July 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25
Cost: $495.00
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Become a Collaborative Discussion Coach
About the Summer 2025 IF Collaborative Discussion Coach Training
This training is limited to 10 participants to ensure interactive, hands-on engagement. After completing this training, certified collaborative discussion coaches will be better equipped to use activities from the Collaborative Discussion Toolkit in their work and be able to offer their own certificate programs in classrooms, communities, and workplaces. Coaches are able to award certificates & digital badges to participants who successfully complete their certificate program.
By the end of the Collaborative Discussion Coach Training, you will have…
- Deeper understanding of key collaborative discussion concepts
- Greater familiarity with the Collaborative Discussion Toolkit and intentional design of toolkit activities
- Experienced a selection of expedited toolkit activities with a debriefing on how to facilitate each activity
- Access to Coach Only Resources, assessment suite, certificate program templates, and more!
- Administrative support to award certificates and digital badges in collaborative discussion
- Access to post-training one-on-one consultations with the program director and support team
- Invitation to future workshops, webinars, and trainings
- Opportunity to be part of a growing community of educators, dialogue practitioners, and civic professionals
When: 12 pm – 3 pm (eastern) on May 28, May 29, May 30, June 2, and June 3
Where: Online via Zoom, with small group breakout sessions
Who should register? Anyone interested in becoming a certified IF Collaborative Discussion Coach. Open to educators and staff (higher ed and K12), librarians, community leaders, civic consultants, teaching assistants and graduate students, professional development managers, and others passionate about the power of discussion to build collaborative intelligence.
How much does it cost? $495. We are able to offer a discounted price due to the generous support of the Interactivity Foundation. Our programming should never be cost prohibitive. Please contact us if a scholarship is needed.
When is the deadline? Sunday, May 4, 2025
Questions? Contact Ritu Thomas at [email protected]
Once the training is full, please complete this form to join a waitlist for this training or register for a future training on our events calendar.
Refund policy: If you need to cancel your registration, please contact Ritu at [email protected] before May 14, 2025. Your registration fee minus 10% processing and administrative fees will be refunded up until May 7, 2025. After May 7th, you will receive a 50% refund up until May 14, 2025. After 4pm eastern on May 14, 2025, we will no longer be able to offer refunds.
