BECOME A CERTIFIED PARENT EDUCATOR
SEL Chicago / FACE Collaboration
SEL Chicago and Chicago Public School's Office of Family and Community Engagement in Education are collaborating this summer to provide training for parents and/or guardians of currently registered Chicago Public School students to become Certified Parent Educators in Positive Discipline.
Participation in this course is limited to 30.
Applications will be prioritized to create equitable representation across all CPS Networks.
Online Experiential Learning for Authoritative Leadership
Participants will earn certification as Positive Discipline Parent Educators and learn to facilitate conversations with parents and families as a fun and effective way for them to get specific help with real challenges .
Training Session Schedule
Learning sessions are held in SELChicago's vitural Zoom platform on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7pm-9pm, Central Time . Attendance in all sessions is required for certification.
Lesson 1: July 21, 2020 7:00pm-9:00pm, CST
Lesson 2: July 23, 2020 7:00pm-9:00pm. CST
Lesson 3: July 28, 2020 7:00pm-9:00pm. CST
Lesson 4: July 30, 2020 7:00pm-9:00pm. CST
Lesson 5: August 4, 2020 7:00pm-9:00pm. CST
Lesson 6: August 6, 2020 7:00pm-9:00pm. CST
Gain skills in Authoritative Leadership and Group Facilitati
Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way (developed by Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen) provides a step-by-step approach to starting and leading experientially based parenting groups.
Facilitated by CPS parent and Certified Positive Discipline Trainer Kristin Hovious, this course emphasizes experiential activities that reach both head and heart to inspire deeper understanding of brain science of relationships and authoritative family leadership.
Participants will earn certification as Positive Discipline Parent Educators and learn to facilitate conversations with other parents and families as a fun and effective way for them to get specific help with real challenges. Participants will:
- Learn research based effective tools and techniques for teaching parents how to use discipline that is kind and firm at the same time (non-punitive, non-permissive).
- Learn how to facilitate a parent class from the position of a non-expert.
- Gain practice with experiential exercises that help parents go beyond intellectual understanding to be able to respond in empowering ways that teach children.
- Learn how to use materials and activities in group settings, parenting classes and individual work with families
Participation is limited 30 participants. Complete attendance to all virtual sessions is required for certification.
