Village Music Circles™
Level 3 Advanced Leadership Training
Leadership • Advanced Facilitation • Community Mentoring
Level 3 is for experienced VMC facilitators ready to learn by leading.
The Mentorship Experience is a service-learning leadership training designed to strengthen the Mentor's facilitation skills by mentoring others through the facilitation training process.
A major focus of the Mentorship Experience is the leadership training. The Leadership forum takes place during the first three days where Mentor activities are directed toward leadership building and personal growth exercises designed to strengthen the Mentor’s communication and community building skills.
The Mentorship Experience reinforces community service values while developing breadth and depth in facilitation practice. Both challenging and rewarding advanced Facilitators will stretch the boundries of their facilitation practice and leadership skills.
Pre- requisites: Must have attended a level 1 intensive. Level 2 training encouraged but not currently required. Must be actively facilitating using the “Arthurian” methods.
“ There are no mistakes, only opportunities for learning. You can apply this concept both to your
circle participants and to yourself as facilitator .” A. Hull
A 10-day leadership training for Drum Circle Facilitators (DCFs) ready to mentor others through
rhythm facilitation and community-building processes. Participants will learn advanced
community-building techniques and group process skills while leading and mentoring Level 1
participants through the basic drum circle facilitation processes.
The Level 3 Mentor Experience will allow advanced facilitators to experience the practical
application of process facilitation and communication skills required for community leadership. This
challenging yet rewarding experience provides experienced facilitators a safe place to practice and
develop their unique community leadership skills and styles. Throughout the week, mentors will
continue developing and enhancing their own DCF techniques, as they help others learn. Mentor
facilitators will receive critique and evaluation from master trainers Arthur Hull and Jim Boneau.
Mentors will also receive feedback from their mentor and peer groups.
Program Content
This very special program integrates expanded theory and practice for selected facilitators as
they turn their practical skills into leadership experience. This program begins with a
mentors-only weekend forum to bring our leadership community together.
With trainer oversight, mentor facilitators will be assigned a small group of facilitators to
mentor and assist in the training processes that occur throughout the week. Mentors meetings
will take place to help mentors process and facilitate their leadership experiences.
Mentors will be instructed in specific process facilitation techniques that are essential to
problem solving, communication and community building. Mentors will have plenty of time to practice
and develop their own facilitation skills during small group practice and community
“jump-time.”
Networking with other community leaders and professional DCFs offers mentors a stimulating
environment for inspiring their own professional development and building their rhythm
community.
2005 Hawaii Playshop mentor team
Educational Objectives
Participants of the Level 3 Advanced Leadership Training will:
- Learn advanced facilitation techniques and philosophies
- Develop and refine personal facilitation skills through the process of mentoring others
- Learn communication and process facilitation skills
- Gain the skills and confidence necessary to build and lead a rhythm community
- Increase their knowledge and experience of the profession of DCF
Qualifications
- Must have graduated from the Level 1 Intensive Facilitator Training
- Must be actively facilitating community rhythm events using the “Arthurian Technology”
- Will be ready to develop group leadership and advanced facilitation skills
- Will be capable of small group leadership
- Enrollment is subject to selection by senior VMC facilitators
Continuing Education Credits
Music therapists, social workers, college students and teachers may earn Continuing Education and
Professional Development Credits through our training programs.
CEU info...
Village Music Circles Certification
The Mentorship Experience provides service learning and leadership training designed to add depth
and breadth to facilitation skills. Committed Facilitators seeking to professionalize their practice
will benefit from Village Music Circles certification process. Village Music Circles™ facilitation training is recognized internationally as the defining
standard for drum circle facilitation excellence.
VMC™ Certification identifies trained Facilitators and assures organizations that a Drum Circle
Facilitator has achieved an identifiable standard of competency. Village Music Circles certification
process provides Facilitators in-depth training in Drum Circle Facilitation skills development and
offers a process for personal and peer evaluation while incorporating a strong foundation in leadership skills and community building values .
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