Do you facilitate learning events? Online? In person?
Intended Audience: The CFT certification is for professionals who facilitate training done online or in person and who want to be recognized for their skill in engaging learners.
This performance-based certification is endorsed by ISPI, Training Magazine, and the International Facility Management Association (IFMA).
You must submit one or more videos for a maximum of 35 minutes that demonstrate your competence in facilitation and are supported by learner evaluations and client attestations, and commit to a Code of Conduct. The 4 competencies are:
1. The Facilitation Process – Competent Facilitators ask questions that:
2. The Learning Process – Competent Facilitators:
3. The Learning Assessment Process – Competent Facilitators:
4. Professionalism – Competent Facilitators:
The cost is $600 for Hale Center professional members, ISPI, and IFMA and $725 for others. Click here to download the Handbook with the standards, requirements, and the scoring checklists. Register here. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Once certified you will receive a digital mark. Please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you have questions
Do you develop learning solutions, such as Instructor-led training, asynchronous or synchronous training, simulations, serious games, and the like?
Intended Audience: The CDT certification is for professionals who develop training and instructional solutions that are delivered live, in-person, or online and who want to be recognized for their ability to create effective learning events.
To earn this performance-based certification you must demonstrate all 9 standards by 1) answering questions about one of your learning solutions that are supported by client attestations and artifacts, and 2) committing to a Code of Ethics. The CDT is endorsed by ISPI.
The 9 standards are:
Click here to download the Handbook for the complete standards and the scoring rubrics. The cost is $600 for Hale Center Professional and ISPI members and $725 for others. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Take one, all, or any combination
Friday's 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time
2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24
Intended Audience: This program is for internal and external consultants wanting to strengthen the data-gathering skills used when designing job task analyses for training and certifications. The methods include observing and interviewing individuals and groups at task and in work settings. You will see real examples, practice some of the methods, and get jobs aids with practical guidelines you can apply to your work. The Data Gathering series is part of Hale Center's 2023 theme on Consulting and specifically focuses on the technical skills required of consultants.
You can take the whole series or just selected topics that are most relevant to your work. When you complete the series, you receive a certificate in Data Gathering.
Topics in the series are:
Materials: Each topic comes with a workbook containing the slides, guidelines, and other supporting materials.
Cost: For the series for the general public is $404, a $30 series savings; the cost for ISPI and LDA members is $374, a $60 series savings; the cost for Hale Center Professional Members is $344, a $90 series savings. Please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you want to find out how to arrange for an in-house program.
Friday's 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Central Time
Intended Audience: This series is for internal and external consultants wanting to strengthen their ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and effectively use statistics. It is part of the Hale Center's 2023 theme on Consulting and is designed to enhance your technical consulting skills. You will see real examples and get job aids with practical guidelines you can apply to your work.
You can take the whole series or just topics of interest to you. When you complete the series you will receive a certificate.
Topics in the series:
* Cost per session for the general public. Discounts are available to ISPI and Hale Center Professional Members. If you want to register for specific topics only, please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org and she will complete your registration. Also one paid registration for the series allows everyone in your organization to attend at no additional charge. Just send Judy the names.
Cost: For the series for the general public is $414, a $30 series savings; the cost for ISPI and LDA members is $384, a $60 series savings; the cost for Hale Center Professional Members is $354, a $90 series savings. Please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you want to find out how to arrange for an in-house program.
Friday's, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time
Intended Audience: This program is for internal and external consultants wanting to sharpen their skills in developing valid tests and assessments. It covers what is required of a test, different testing methods, ways to score performance-tests, and how to analyze test data. You will see real examples and get job aids with practical guidelines you can apply to your work. The Test and Assessment series is part of Hale Center's 2023 theme on Consulting. It is designed to strengthen your technical skills in assessment and measurement.
You can take the whole series or just selected topics of interest to you. When you complete the 6-part program you will receive a certificate in Testing.
* Cost per session for the general public. Discounts are available to ISPI, LDA, and Hale Center Professional Members. If you want to register for specific topics only, please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org and she will complete your registration. Also one paid registration for the series allows everyone in your organization to attend at no additional charge. Just send Judy the names.
Happy Hour
with Judy & Friends
March 23rd, at 6 PM Central
Please join me for an informal get together. There is no agenda, so be ready to share or contribute to what others bring to the discussion. You must register, if you want to get the link to join.
75 minutes
Mar 24th, 11:00 AM Central
This webinar is last of the miniseries on data gathering methods. It discusses the rules for developing surveys with forced choice and scaled items. It also explains how to interpret the results.
Other topics in the series include How to Conduct Observational Interviews, Critical-Incident Interviews, Sociograms, the Nominal Group Technique, and the Flanders Interaction Analysis.
Objectives: You will be able to:
Materials include a Workbook and QC Guide.
Cost: $79, discounts for ISPI and professional members. Contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you want to discuss an in-house program. Visit Workshops to learn more about the whole series.
75 Minutes
Mar 24th, 1:00 PM CDT
This session is about how to code and weight qualitative data so you can apply statistical methods to analyze the data. The methods apply to survey, interview, observation, and focus group data whether the data are recorded using rubrics, checklists, or lists.
This is the last topic in the analytics and psychometric mini-series. Other topics in the series are psychometric basics, how to control error, how to set standards and pass scores, how to do item analyses and measure tests equivalency, and how to analyze quantitative data.
Objectives: You will be able to follow a set of guidelines to:
Cost: $69, discounts are available to ISPI and Hale Center Professional Members. Please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you want to find out how to arrange for an in-house program.
90 Minutes
March 24th, 3:00 PM Central Time
This mini-webinar covers the ins and outs of creating checklists and rubrics that capture the attributes of behaviors ranging from not acceptable to exemplar. The tool includes probing questions you can use with your subject matter experts to identify the features or nuances that distinguish the very good from the barely acceptable. You will see examples of checklists and rubrics and learn why they work.
This is the last topic in the six-part series on testing. The other topics are test basics, deciding what and how to test, multiple-choice questions, analyzing test results, and performance items.
Materials: Workbook with guidelines
Cost: $79. There are discounts for ISPI and Hale Center Professional Members.
Contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you are interested in an in-house program. Visit workshops to see other topics in the series.
Coffee with Judy & Friends
April 13th, at 9 AM Central
Please note the day and join me for an informal get together. There is no agenda, so be ready to share or contribute to what others bring to the discussion. You must register, if you want to get the link to join.
April 19th, Noon Central, 60 minutes
This year's Wednesday with Judy series builds on the theme of consulting. Specifically, each Wednesday examines one of the 10 human performance improvement standards. The discussion in April is about the 4th of the four principles - Partner & Collaborate. The discussion will explore what is really means to work as a team, rely on others, earn others' trust so they lean on you and more. We will explore what this standard means to and how it is demonstrated by trainers, learning and development professionals, and consultants. Judy also shows how being able to collaborate helps you differentiate yourself in the marketplace. The intent of the Wednesday series is to build a common framework that we can share with our peers and clients. So, please join Judy and help create a common or universal model for performance excellence. You will receive a zoom link upon registration.
April 20th, at 6 PM Central
5/19 through 6/23
May 19 to June 23
Friday at 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time
Call or Email Us! Office: (630) 235-0195 Email: judy@halecenter.org