Certified Trainers Institute:

(formerly known as Summer Institute)

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Experiential and pragmatic:

 

• 40 hours of intensive training.

• Candidates must fulfill pre-requisites

• Candidates apply and are selected by leadership core of current certified trainers

• Candidates are selected from participants of the Family Literacy Workshop Series

• Participants additionally receive a laptop for their continued training and success

• Participants acquire the following:

  • The history of L.P.C.

  • L.P.C.'s mission and philosophy

  • Rationale, strategies, and criteria for each workshop's intended outcomes

  • Practice with each other in conducting a workshop series

  • Receive constructive feedback from experienced trainers

  • Support, encouragement and continued motivation for success

  • Coaching from experienced certified trainers 

• Graduates commit to at least a one year covenant agreement where they are required to fulfill:

  • Training of other parents

  • Continue the modeling of what they teach in their own children, school and family

  • Attend monthly T.O.T. meetings

  • Devise a plan for continue personal growth and development beyond their first year

  • Implement their personal "pond ownership" goals and plan with their assigned coach.