Facilitators help people discuss challenges, make decisions, and co-create solutions, which are all vital to how companies achieve their goals. Being a great facilitator means you are the guide for the process while remaining neutral to the specific outcome. Like any skill set, facilitation can be developed and continuously improved.
Scrum Alliance is proud to announce the launch of a new certification course focused on developing a facilitation mindset and skill set. Register now for the Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF) course (formerly the Agile Coaching Skills - Certified Facilitator ACS-CF course). It’s made for anyone who wants to be better at facilitation.
Who is the Course For?
Anyone interested in improving their facilitation skills. You don’t need a scrum or agile background to become a CAF. Basic knowledge of agile principles and facilitation is beneficial, but you’ll have the opportunity to build a strong foundation from materials provided by your instructor ahead of class.
Agilists interested in a coaching career or building their agile leader skill set. This course is essential if you’re on a journey to become an agile coach or leader, or have other plans for a career focused on better ways of working.
What to Expect: Key Learning Objectives
The CAF course dives deep into a facilitator's mindset, ability, and knowledge, not just techniques and tools. Key learning objectives fall under:
- Setting the Stage
- Understanding the Group’s Context and Needs
- The Orientation of a Facilitator
- Facilitating Through Conflict
- Forwarding the Action
- Facilitation Practice
The course will define facilitation, explore the orientation of the facilitator (concepts known as facilitating from the front, back, and from within), and show you how to unearth a group’s needs. You’ll also learn about facilitating through conflict and utilizing conflict as a powerful tool. These are just a few of the learning areas you can expect to cover.
You and other attendees will get at least 16 hours of live instruction. At least four hours are dedicated to hands-on facilitation practice.
Who Will Be Delivering the Course Material?
This course will be delivered by a Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST®), Certified Enterprise Coach℠ (CEC℠), or Certified Team Coach℠ (CTC℠) who has validated experience or education in facilitation. These professionals have been intensely vetted for their expertise. The CST, CEC, and CTC certifications are some of the toughest to acquire in the industry and speak volumes about the instructor’s expertise and ambassadorship in scrum and agile principles, practices, and values.
You can learn about your trainer in the course search results, which will display the date, time, format, and details about the instructor and the teaching style.
Register Today for CAF
Scrum Alliance is thrilled to open the Certified Agile Facilitator course for registration. Use Course Search to find a class that works for you. You’ll be able to browse for the right dates, time, format, and trainer of your choosing.
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