Description

Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World certified facilitator training is the prerequisite for the Getting Ahead While Getting Out and Getting Ahead in the Workplace certified facilitator trainings. 

Getting Ahead in the Workplace provides a community- and relationship-based approach to stable employment for low-wage, entry-level employees and people in employee development programs.

The goal is to engage employees, their families, and volunteers as problem solvers who work shoulder to shoulder to create communities where everyone can live well.

Getting Ahead in the Workplace certified facilitators help under-resourced individuals:

  • Stabilize and take charge of their lives
  • Self-assess their resources and make plans to build them
  • Develop mental models to investigate poverty’s impact on themselves and their community
  • Create new future stories and build resources for a better life and community

Additionally, certified facilitators will receive:

  • Overview of Getting Ahead in the Workplace PowerPoint slides
  • Personalized follow-up coaching
  • Preparation to facilitate Getting Ahead in the Workplace groups
  • Getting Ahead in the Workplace workbook

Prerequisites

1) Participants must have attended a Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities workshop.

2) Individuals wanting to facilitate Getting Ahead in the Workplace trainings must register and participate in an online or in-person Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World certified facilitator training.

Recertification

Trainers must recertify every two years by December 31st of the second full year following certification.