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Become a Facilitator
Are you interested in helping diverse parents, teachers, and students confront racial barriers to student achievement? The MCPS Study Circles Program is training a team of facilitators who have the skills and passion to lead dialogues on race and achievement.
The MCPS Study Circles Program helps schools to organize roundtable dialogues that provide a facilitated process for diverse parents, teachers, and students to form relationships, understand racial barriers, and create action steps for change. Each study circle is assigned two trained facilitators.
Requirements
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How to Apply
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Facilitators must have strong process skills, experience working with racially and ethnically diverse participants, and some knowledge of racial barriers to student achievement. Facilitators in study circles are not the experts or teachers, and do not give their opinions. Facilitators manage the discussions from a neutral perspective, create a safe space for participants to take risks, and help participants examine issues from many points of view.
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Please read the Step-By-Step Application Process below before filling out an application form.
Questions? Call the MCPS Study Circles office at (301) 279-3455.
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Facilitator Training
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Application Forms
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| Participants in our facilitator training receive instruction in multicultural and group process skills, a certificate of completion, and a $500 stipend when they facilitate a full study circle. Because of the immediate need for strong facilitators, the next training will be limited to facilitators who already have some related experience. Interested participants must submit an application and take part in a short interview. We regret that we can only accept a limited number of participants in our training at this time. |
- We are not accepting applications at this time.
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