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• Certified Facilitator of Training (CFT)

  • Start
    06 Jan 2026
  • End
    05 Jan 2028
  • Location
    virtual

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  Applications open for the Certified Facilitator of Training

  (CFT)

  
  

  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, LDA, AVTECC, and the International Facility Management Association (IFMA).

   

  You must submit one or more videos that demonstrate your competence in facilitation, 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:

  • Promote participation
  • Engage learners equitably
  • Promote reflection
  • Reinforce learning points
  • Clarify participants’ remarks and questions
  • Follow up on participants comments
  • Promote relevant conversation among learners so they process the content
  • Redirect questions to other participants to promote engagement

  2.       The Learning Process – Competent Facilitators:

  • Introduce the purpose, content, participants, and value.
  • Establish the relevance of the content; relate the content to needs and the learner experience.
  • Give examples that illustrate and reinforce the learning objective
  • Guide learners in activities designed to reinforce the objectives 

  3.       The Learning Assessment Process – Competent Facilitators:

  • Elicit examples from learners on how they will apply the content in the workplace
  • Assess comprehension                          

  4.       Professionalism – Competent Facilitators:

  • Demonstrate proficiency in the content and facilitation expertise
  • Respect participants’ opinions and perspectives

  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

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• Certified Developer of Training (CDT)

  • Start
    06 Jan 2026
  • End
    06 Jan 2028
  • Location
    virtual

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  Applications open for the Certified Developer of TRaining (CDT)

   

  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, LDA, Training, and AVTECC.   

  
  

  The 9 standards are:

  1.  Address Sustainability 
  2.  Align Solution
  3.  Assess Performance
  4.  Collaborate and Partner with Stakeholders
  5.  Elicit Performance or Practice
  6.  Enhance Retention and Transfer
  7.  Ensure Context Sensitivity 
  8.  Engage Learners
  9.  Ensure Relevance

  Click here to download the Handbook for the complete standards and the scoring rubrics.  The cost is $600.   Applications are accepted throughout the year.    
  

  Once certified you will receive a digital mark.  Please contact Judy@HaleCenter.org if you have questions

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• Coffee with Judy & Friends

  • When
    26 Feb 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Coffee with Judy & Friends

  Feb 26th, at 9 AM Central

  Happy Hour

  Feb19th, at 6PM Central

  
  

  Please join me for Coffee or Happy Hour.  Both are informal get togethers.  There is no agenda, so be ready to share and contribute to what others bring to the discussion.  However, you must register, if you want to get the link to join.   I look forward to sharing ideas.

  There is no Wednesday with Judy this month.  Instead, she is presenting for Training Magazine Network at noon Pacific (2pm Central) Feb 19th. The topic is Assessing Clients Readiness for Change.

  Register here for the Training Mag session:

  https://www.trainingmagnetwork.com/events/4383?gref=JH

  
  

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