UMaine Extension Offers Training in Leading Groups
Contact: Jane E. Haskell, Extension educator, (207) 342-5971
WALDO, Me.– University of Maine Cooperative Extension will present “Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, Level 1, Training Series” later this spring. Classes are scheduled for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays April 14, April 28, May 12, May 26 and June 9 at the UMaine Extension Waldo County office, 992 Waterville Rd., Waldo.
The workshop is limited to the first 18 participants who pre-register and a commitment to all sessions is encouraged. The cost to participate in the training series is $100, which includes a resource notebook and an option to buy a resource text. Limited scholarship assistance is available.
“Strengthening Your Facilitation Skills, Level 1, Training Series” will help participants learn and practice facilitation skills, particularly those that will help get meeting-based group work completed efficiently, in an experiential setting. To date, more than 100 people from the mid-coast and mid-Maine area have been trained through this program, developed by Jane Haskell, Gabe McPhail and Louise Franck Cyr and produced by University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
For more information, or to receive a brochure with a registration form, call UMaine Extension Waldo County at 1-800-287-1426. UMaine Extension programs are open and accessible to all in accordance with program goals.