Discovery Dating Training Information
Discovery Dating Training Information
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Discovery Dating Trainings are designed to create confident and creative
instructors. Because Discovery Dating is applicable to hundreds of situations,
trainees come from a wide variety of backgrounds including: health
clinics, domestic violence organizations, youth groups, high school teachers,
and justice departments. Trainings occur over two days, either consecutive days
or consecutive weeks. Participants receive a Discovery Dating student
workbook.
WHAT
IS INVOLVED IN A TRAINING WORKSHOP? A
pre-test is administered at the start of the training session and a post-test
comes at the end the training workshop. Wise Women Gathering Place is always
evaluating our training process and these pre and post tests, along with
trainees input help keep the workshop headed in the right direction. We want to
provide a quality workshop in order to give our trainees the confidence that
they are indeed making a difference for the communities they serve.
Trainees learn how Discovery Dating was created and why the workbook was
written. They learn that Discovery Dating is about making the right
connection, reclaiming a tradition of fulfillment, developing a
lifetime to look forward to and building a history to look back on
and tell about. Participants are taken through the workbook and instructed on
how to properly use the Discovery Dating pyramid and trimarkers, diary sheet and
Key cards. The Key cards walk the student through the surface issues, the
deeper topics and the intimate issues as a relationship develops. Time is also
spent on discussing the benefits of partnership and the pitfalls of unhealthy
relationships. An important concept to Discovery Dating is being able to
discern the difference between temporary and permanent choices. Trainees are
taught to know how each decision they make in the course of their daily
activities may in fact impact every aspect of lives in different ways and how
much of an impact do they want to make with their choices.
Next, trainees do a little self-exploration by filling out a diary sheet on
themselves. Before you can form an opinion on someone else, you must truly
understand yourself. The personal diary sheet helps the participant to focus on
their own beliefs and attitudes. The self exploration continues with the use of
the Dreams and Goals chart. The chart has participants develop three goals,
short-term, mid-term and long-term. Then time is spent looking at the steps
needed to achieve those goals and the potential roadblocks that could get in the
way. What makes the Discovery Dating goal-setting process unique is that
participants are also taught to think about the benefits that will come to them
and their community once they have achieved their goals.
Mentors are an important part of the Discovery Dating process. Students in the
full Discovery Dating classes are required to find two older adults to mentor
them through their lives as they have relationships with friends, co-workers and
romantic partners. To accomplish this, attendees at Discovery Dating training
spend part of the time discussing the characteristics of a good mentor and think
about those that mentored them in their own lives. The
second day of training goes a little more in depth with lots of follow up of the
previous session's activities. Trainees will revisit the Dreams and Goals
charts. They will also spend time practicing with diary sheets in a variety of
activities including using script dates and the Virtual Date activity. A look
at examples of unhealthy relationships and the red flags that are associated
with those helps drive home the idea the teaching young people how to discern
the difference between healthy and unhealthy choices is important in any kind of
relationships. An additional activity called Key Encounters has trainees create
messages about the "big issues", the ones that teens tell us their parents avoid
talking about. The
training continues out of the workshop. To complete the training and to receive
their certification, Discovery Dating trainees need to teach a Discovery Dating
class. Wise Women Gathering Place staff members will check in with the trainees
to see how they are progressing and to schedule a class room visit for
observation purposes. Ensuring that Discovery Dating is being taught in the
best way possible, Wise Women Gathering Place is always available to answer
trainee questions and to provide assistance when needed.
TO
SCHEDULE A TRAINING
Trainings can be scheduled anywhere across the country (or world!) as needed.
They require at least 20 participants and have a maximum or 30 trainees. The
cost for a training workshop varies by location but includes a Discovery Dating
student workbook, a Dreams and Goals Chart, and a My Ideal Island Chart for each
trainee and a Key Encounter kit for each organization. If you and/or your
organization would like to arrange a Discovery Dating training near you, please
contact the Wise Women Gathering Place office (920-490-0627 or wwgp at
new.rr.com).
Discovery
Dating© * Wise
Women Gathering Place * 2482 Babcock Rd
* Green Bay, WI 54313 * 920-490-0627
*
info at
discoverydating.com
Topic
Date
Location
Fee
Discovery Dating Teacher Training
March 26-27, 2009
Oneida Community Education Center
$375
2632 S. Packerland Dr. Green Bay, WI
ToP Training: Group Facilitation Methods
May 7-8, 2009
Oneida Community Education Center
$645, Early Bird $595
2632 S. Packerland Dr. Green Bay, WI
ToP Training: Strategic Planning
July 23-24, 2009
Oneida Community Education Center
$645, Early Bird $595
2632 S. Packerland Dr. Green Bay, WI
Discovery Dating Teacher Training
August 13-14, 2009
Oneida Community Education Center
$375
2632 S. Packerland Dr. Green Bay, WI
ToP Training: Group Facilitation Methods
October 15-16, 2009
Oneida Community Education Center
$645, Early Bird $595
2632 S. Packerland Dr. Green Bay, WI