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=** **= A Guide for Training Study Circle Facilitators Summary Pages: 101 This guide is designed to help you train study circle facilitators. It is intended primarily for facilitator trainers who work in community settings, where large numbers of circles meet simultaneously across a city, town, or region. However, the principles set out here apply, regardless of the setting, topic, or scale of the effort. Study circles are small-group dialogues where all voices are equal and people listen respectfully. Participants examine complex issues and discuss possible solutions. Community-based study circle programs usually involve large numbers of people in many circles. These programs help communities develop their own ability to solve problems by bringing all kinds of people together to think, talk, and work to create change. In a study circle, the facilitator is essential to helping the members talk and work together productively. A Guide for Training Study Circle Facilitators will help you develop a comprehensive training program that will yield a team of well-trained, competent, study circle facilitators.
 * The Purpose of this Guide**

//This guide is a very comprehensive guide for how to train study circle facilitators that contains many examples, supporting documentation, resources and lays it out in a very lengthy but comprehensive guide.// Chapter 1: An overview of study circles, including an explanation of the special role that study circle facilitators play in large-scale, citizen engagement efforts. - Study Circles as a Tool for Community Change - Five Principles that Guide Study Circle Processes and Programs Chapter 2: Information you will need to lay the foundation for a comprehensive training program. The material includes guiding principles, information on recruiting trainees, finding appropriate training sites, scheduling, and other related information. Be sure you read this chapter before you work with the training agenda in Chapter Four. - Building a Training Program from the Ground Up - Co-Faciliation - Finding Trainees - Planning Successful trainings - Supplemental Data - Training Sites - Timing - Paid or Unpaid? - Maintaining High-Quality Facilitation Chapter 3: A snapshot of the training, with goals, a list of supplies and equipment, and an abbreviated agenda. - Goals of the Training - Preparing for the Training Chapter 4: The annotated training agenda, with detailed instructions for each part of the training. - A comprehensive day by day plan on how to facilitate the session. Chapter 5: Additional training content to supplement the annotated agenda. - Cultural Communication Styles: Part A - Cultural Communication Styles: Part B - Additional Tips to facilitate Chapter 6: A training agenda for young people (ages 13 to 17). Chapter 7: Evaluation tools to support your training program. - Evaluation tools: How are things going? - Tailoring the Evaluation -
 * Using this Guide**

Additional Resources - Facilitator Profiles - Facilitator Check-Ins - How did your study circle go? - A Reading list of suggested resources - Organizations that can support you