This two-day Way of Council Training is offered through the Marlboro College Center for New Leadership and will be held at the Marlboro Graduate Center in Brattleboro, VT on May 7 & 21. To register, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/way-of-council-training-tickets-22458867076. For more information, contact the instructors, Kirstin Edelglass and Paul LeVasseur, at kedelglass@marlboro.edu.

Council is a dialogic process that stimulates compassionate understanding, deeper self-awareness, community building, collective decision-making, conflict transformation, and shared leadership. It is used worldwide in a variety of contexts including public schools, universities, prisons, social service agencies, faith-based communities, families, wilderness programs, non-profit organizations, and businesses.

Students will gain experience facilitating various forms of council both in and out of class and will look at ways they can integrate this “circle process” into the communities where they work and live. The two full-day Saturday workshops are spaced two weeks apart, enabling students to read supportive texts and write reflections on the councils they are facilitating.

The training is appropriate for anyone who facilitates groups. It can be taken for 1 graduate credit through Marlboro College Graduate and Professional Studies at additional cost of $155 and with some additional expectations. The course fulfills the requirements for the “Level 1 Council Training” offered by the Center for Council. Scholarships are available.

Feb 1, 2025, 10:30 AM to 12 PM

Feb 1, 2025, 11 AM

Feb 3, 2025, 7 to 9 PM