Action learning facilitator training
– for individuals
If you are a professional facilitator, or use facilitation in your work, action learning is a valuable tool to add to your portfolio. Action Learning Associates offers specialist training for individuals who want to become action learning facilitators.
Our training is endorsed by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) and, on successful completion of the programme, can lead to a Professional Development Award in Action Learning Facilitation.
Full immersion in an action learning set is the best way to understand it. Our course takes three days so that you can fully understand the process and principles and experience being in and outside the set. With a maximum of six people on each course, everyone gains first hand experience of running an action learning set and receives feedback on their performance. You come away with confidence in the action learning process, ideas about how you can apply action learning and a sound basis to further develop your facilitation skills.
During the training programme we cover:
- the principles and conventions of action learning
- setting up new sets
- the skills of facilitation
- coping with challenging set members
- enabling sets to become self facilitating
- alternative models of action learning
- evaluation and accreditation.
We provide resource material and handouts for you to reproduce or adapt in your own work. If you choose to register for ILM accreditation you will complete a Reflective Learning Log as a record of your learning and attend a follow up day a few months after the initial training to complete the accreditation process.
Is it for you?
Participants come from public, voluntary and private sectors. Some employed, others freelance. Many are full-time facilitators, most work in management, learning and development roles. A few are simply intrigued by the buzz of action learning and want to find out if its reputation is deserved. All find useful approaches and techniques to inspire or revive their practice.
We run programmes around three times a year – always non-residential and generally in central London.
For details of our track record in facilitator training see what our customers say.
Forthcoming courses
- 16–18 September 2008, London – booking now
- 16–18 December 2008, London – booking now
- 17-19 February 2009, London – booking now
If you're looking for an in-house action learning facilitator training course for more than three people we can design an ILM approved course to your requirements and at a location of your choice.
For course details and fees contact info@actionlearningassociates.co.uk or telephone 020 7407 1971.