Curriculum training is essential to assure that your instructors deliver Dibble materials with fidelity while meeting the needs of the young people they serve. Our Training Specialists provide a highly interactive, in-depth experience for all Dibble programs.
Benefits of training your staff:
- Enhance grant performance
- Boost speed of grant implementation
- Increase confidence and competence of instructors
- Improve program fidelity
All training clients receive Technical Assistance as part of their training package. We offer two hours of complimentary consultation per organization that have held or attended a Dibble training.
Trainings will take place under the oversight of Dr. Rachel Savasuk-Luxton, Director of Training and Research. A Dibble Training Specialist will facilitate the training over five consecutive days (M-F) for 3.5 hours each day, the equivalent of a three day training. In addition, trainees in virtual sessions will be given pre-work and daily assignments to complete in order to enrich the training time.
Training of Educators (TOE) will build the competence and confidence of your front line staff to deliver the content with fidelity.
A TOE includes:
- Curriculum overview and theory of change explanation
- In-depth lesson-by-lesson examination
- Hands-on use of curriculum’s essential teaching tools.
- Examples of the flexibility of curriculum implementation.
Upon completion of a TOE, participants will be able to:
- Explain the philosophy and research base of the program.
- Confidently implement the curriculum in a way that creates positive student outcomes.
- Select the best lessons and activities to meet student needs
- Formulate an organization plan for implementation, lesson utilization, and program fidelity.
- Access two hours of complimentary Technical Assistance.
To schedule a TOE, complete our Training Inquiry form or contact us at 800-695-7975 or RelationshipSkills@DibbleInstitute.org.
What people have said:
“The trainers were enthusiastic and listen closely to participants responses with an unbiased mindset. Very well prepared!”
“I liked the breakout sessions and sharing because it makes the training more personable and you get to know your fellow participants!”
“The facilitators were excited about the materials, and were obviously experts in presenting this curriculum. They were also concerned about us as learners, and gave us the support, space, and time we needed.”
Curriculum Booster Sessions allow your staff to dive deeper into the curriculum content after an initial training.
Now that your staff has facilitated a Dibble program, they may have additional questions about content, delivery, or implementation. Scheduling a curriculum Booster Session will deepen their understanding and improve their approach. Booster Sessions are customized for your organization’s needs because we want to meet your facilitators where they are and prepare them to provide even better service to youth.
To schedule a Booster Session, complete our Training Inquiry form or contact us at 800-695-7975 or RelationshipSkills@DibbleInstitute.org.
Our online or in-person training options cost the same. (If the training is in person, the trainer’s travel costs will be added.) Please call us at 800-695-7975 for a quote.
A Dibble Training Specialist will facilitate the training online over five consecutive days (M-F) for 3.5 hours each day or in person over three days. In addition, trainees in virtual sessions will be given pre-work and daily assignments to complete in order to enrich the training time.
The group training fee entitles your organization to 25 training seats during the following 12 months. This allows you to train your staff as a group and also accommodate those you hire later in the year. (Example – you have 10 facilitators ready to train now. You book a training for them. Then a few months later, you have some turn-over or you hire additional staff, you can book individual seats for them in our regularly scheduled Dibble trainings.) You may use your seats for a training in any Dibble program, exclusive of TOT Training.
We will fill training sessions with facilitators from multiple organizations. If you would like the training to be exclusively for your organization, we will count that training as having used 25 seats.
Tuition for single trainees is $995 for the five-day online training, which will give them the same high quality training as outlined above.
Training (either group or individual) comes with a complimentary 2 hours of TA per organization to consult on issues related to implementation like recruitment, retention, or facilitation.
Each trainee is expected to have the most recent print version of the instructor’s manual.
Call us at 1-800-695-7975 for a quote and to schedule your group or individual training.
Training of Trainers (TOT) is a rigorous training program leading to becoming a Certified Dibble Trainer.
The goal of the TOT is for Certified Dibble Trainers to understand, experience and learn the Dibble Training Model in order to successfully conduct the Love Notes TOE with their organization’s facilitators. The trained educators will then effectively and with fidelity implement Love Notes with youth in multiple settings.
In order to apply for a TOT you must have:
- Successfully completed a Dibble-certified Training of Educators in the most recent adaptation of the curriculum
- Have taught and/or observed the majority of the curriculum within the last year, with a minimum of 6 months of programming experience in the most recent adaptation of the curriculum
- Complete and submit our Dibble TOT application
- Agree to the TOT terms and conditions
- Have a copy of the most recent adaptation of the curriculum
If you are interested in learning more about our TOT process, please contact our Director of Research and Training, Dr. Rachel Savasuk-Luxton at Rachel@Dibbleinstitute.org or our Training and Research Coordinator, Carlie Kaeppler, at Carlie@Dibbleinstitute.org.